I have used a number of launchers over the years from Nova, Apex, Go Launcher and some odd ball ones too. I asked on twitter the other day for any recommendations other than Apex and Nova.

The results included Mi Launcher, Go Launcher EX, Next Launcher, ADW, Action Launcher, Aviate and Themer. There was strong support for Nova as being the class leader. The Nexus Launcher also had a vote.

I own the Pro versions of both Nova and Apex despite the fact that they are really close in feature count with just some minor variances. I had Nova installed on my Samsung Note 3 but kept getting redraw and crashes, all memory related. So I wanted to try something different and after trying all the above, I have moved to Apex Launcher.

Apex is not crashing every time I change the theme and so far hasn’t had any redraw issues. It also allows me to customise the icon size for the app drawer, home screen and dock independently, something Nova doesn’t feature. There are a few other minor improvements but the memory usage over Nova makes it worthwhile alone.

So what launcher do you use and why? And what phone is it installed? If you are using an iPhone I know you can’t have themes unless jail broken. If you are JB then can you recommend some themes again?