Octopi Launcher

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About this app

Octopi Launcher is a brand new home screen launcher which aims to break the norm for a typical launcher/ home screen app.

Features:
- (Auto scrolling) widget stacks
- Float/ pin a widget on top of home screens
- Display drawer icons as tiles
- App drawer folders and favorite apps
- Organize apps using tags
- Launch different apps using swipes on an icon
- Have different layouts in portrait and landscape mode
- Foldables support - have totally different layouts on each screen
- Icon pack and shortcut support
- Resize individual home screen icons
- Index bar and reachability mode for drawer
- Option to hide status and navigation bars
- Notification badges
- Private space and work profile support
- Lock home screen layout

Unlock additional features using a one-time payment, now at a special price for this launch period.

This app uses the AccessibilityService permission, to enable screen off functionality. This app does not use this AccessibilityService for collection of any data

Ratings and reviews

I've been using nova launcher for years for its simple yet robust customizations and after looking for a replacement for quite some time this has been really good so far. I only really have 2 things to comment on. First being widget pinning, it's not as much of a big deal as I can still add it through the launcher itself. Secondly, I would love nova's drawer search feature being able to do basic unit conversions. Not sure how much people used it but it comes in clutch in certain situations.

With the dwindling demise of the default Nova Launcher, this is a very close replacement in almost every way. The only thing stopping me from giving it 5 stars and moving on to it is the lack of tabs in the app drawer. Sorry, but folders in the app drawer just aren't going to cut it. Otherwise, excellent effort. I might revisit this in the future.

Quite nice for a new product already. Coming from nova launcher the interface is not as reactive yet though. Example: hit zones of home icons is quite narrow - nova I could press in the edge and it would open the app but here I need to press exactly in the middle. Also opening the app drawer does not work when beginning to slide from the dock. Also it opens later than with nova, which just feels not as snappy. But I will wait for future developments, already supported by buying a breakfast 😊

What’s new

Glass effects are here for widgets on Android 12+

- Apply glass effects to widgets (Experimental & requires setting an Octopi Launcher internal wallpaper)
- Apply glass effects to widget stacks too [Pro]
- Turn widget background transparent (works on some widgets) [Pro]
- Lock screen to portrait works better when returning from landscape app
- Added licenses screen
- A-z bar responds to taps earlier
- Fixed gestures temporarily not working

Pro is at a special price for this promotion period