That’s what it’s like looking for a different launcher for your Android phone.

Nova Launcher offers all the marquee features you want out of a third-party launcher, like icon packs, themes, and gestures beyond Android’s defaults.

Nova Launcher is free to start, and you’ll have the customizable interface, icon packs, and backup and restore available for free.

Action Launcher is another long-standing favorite because it feels like part of the existing Android interface as soon as you start using it.

Action Launcher has a ton of great features: support for gestures, icon packs, Google news feed integration, and support for both phones and tablets.

Action Launcher even has the stacked widgets you get in iOS, which Android does not have natively.

Action Launcher is free to use.

But if you want that Quicktheme capability, you’ll need to fork over $7 for Action Launcher Plus.

When it was Smart Launcher 5, users liked the app’s modern user interface, ambient theming—which matches the interface to your wallpaper—and support for Android 12 features like adaptive icons.

Things have gotten a little shaky since Smart Launcher 5 evolved into Smart Launcher 6 at the beginning of the year, but we still like it—except for the price.

Smart Launcher 6 is expensive if you don’t read the fine print.

Niagara Launcher is beautiful when paired with the right wallpaper—the one I chose for the screenshots is admittedly a little busy.

Niagara Launcher is for the anti-traditionalist, and as a result, it takes a minimalist approach.

Niagara Launcher is free to use for seven days.

AIO Launcher is different, and honestly, it’s great for working from home because it prioritizes the basics above all else.

I don’t know how Microsoft gets away with making apps that I like using on Android, but this launcher is another one.

Microsoft added some features to its Android launcher that not even Google offers on theirs, like changeable icons and the ability to remove their text names from underneath.

The Microsoft Launcher is free.

If you end up liking what you’re using, you can upgrade to Before Launcher Pro for $6, which gives you extra goodies like the ability to pin apps and create app folders