Well this sucks because I love Nova :(

I've been looking since this was first announced forever ago but can't find a comparable alternative. My two main requirements are being able to create folders for apps in the app drawer and being able to assign "swiping up" on my home screen icon for the to open hidden apps or actions. I would love if anyone had a suggestion that included those two features.

I ditched it for Lawnchair, and I have no regrets. Works just as well as Nova did.

I give up

I switched to Lawnchair a few years ago (IIRC 6 years ago) and it's been a solid experience, I'm very happy with it.

Well. Fuck.

I had Nova prime and reluctantly moved to KISS when this was announced in 2022. The lack of features was quite the change, but I've been using it since and wouldn't go back. Searching and quick launching apps feels the fastest it can possibly be with KISS.

Grapheneos and blocked internet for the launcher.

KISS is all I need.

OK, if they say so, it must be true. I mean, they bought it because they had nothing better to do with the money, and that they are a data mining company means nothing. They just wanted a Launcher because "why not?".

Just keep your Nova launcher and don't opt-in to the tracking, nothing will change. 🤔

I've been seeing too much of this lately. They can't get us to get their nasty tracking malware ridden software, so they bet on us being too stupid to move away from one they purchase because we used to trust it. Same thing that happened with the Simple apps suite.

We'll be seeing more and more of this moving forward.

i paid for https://aiolauncher.app/ ... just sleek.

Thank you for this heads up

Great. Still using it until I have a good reason not to.