Discreet Launcher vs Rootless Pixel Launcher
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
Discreet Launcher
Discreet Launcher provides you a distraction-free home screen, allowing you to fully enjoy your wallpaper. From this clean home screen, simply slide your finger down to display your favorites applications, or up to see the complete list of applications. If you hold your finger a few moments on an application, you will be offered to access its system settings and its page in the store. Discreet Launcher is open source, doesn't require any unnecessary permission, works completely offline and doesn't include any advertisements. 1/ Other features - Folders - Search - Rename and hide apps - Notification for access to favorites - Horizontal swipe or double-tap to open app - Shortcuts support (web apps) - Export and import settings - Help and changelog 2/ Customization options - Theme and colors - Forced orientation - Transparent status bar - No system bars (immersive mode) - Customizable clock - Touch targets (accessibility) - Always show favorites - Reversed interface - No menu button - No app drawer - No app names - Icon packs support
Rootless Pixel Launcher
Pixel Launcher is a close to AOSP launcher that only changes the necessary code to allow for small extensions and backporting to older Android versions. If you want a more feature packed launcher use Nova, Action or Lawnchair. Pixel Launcher is focused on simplicity and rock solid stability. Features include: * Search bar at the bottom * Wallpaper based theme selection * Regular Icon Packs * Adaptive Icon Packs, such as my Google Icons * Icon Shape selection on Android 8.0 For Pixel users, there's also a Magisk version.
| Feature | Discreet Launcher | Rootless Pixel Launcher |
|---|---|---|
| License | GPL-3.0-only | Apache-2.0 |
| Install sources | F-DroidGitHub | F-DroidGitHub |
| Categories | ProductivityLauncher | ProductivityLauncher |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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