Nova Launcher

Nova Launcher

About this app

Nova Launcher is a powerful, customizable, and versatile home screen replacement. Nova brings advanced features to enhance your home screens, but still remains a great, user-friendly choice for everyone. Whether you want to completely overhaul your home screens or are looking for a cleaner, faster home launcher, Nova is the answer.
• The Newest Features: Nova brings the latest Android launcher features to all other phones.
• Custom Icon Themes: Nova supports thousands of icon themes available in the Play Store.
• Night Mode and Dark Theme: Have night mode come on automatically at a specific time, or just leave it on for a dark theme.
• Customizable App Drawer: Vertical or horizontal scroll, page effects, and card or immersive options are just a few of the things you’ll find available for the app drawer.
• Subgrid Positioning: With the ability to snap icons and widgets in between grid cells, it’s easy to get a precise feel and layout with Nova in a way that’s impossible with most other launchers.
• Backup and Restore: Moving from phone to phone or trying new home screen setups is a snap thanks to Nova’s backup and restore feature. Backups can be stored locally or saved to the cloud for easy transfers.
• Speed: Nova is highly optimized, with smooth and snappy animations that will even older phones a fast and fluid feel.


Do more with Nova Launcher Prime
Unlock Nova Launcher’s full potential with Nova Launcher Prime:

• Gestures: Swipe, pinch, double tap, and more on the home screen to execute custom commands.
• App Drawer Groups: Create custom tabs or folders in the app drawer for an ultra-organized feel.
• Hide Apps: Remove apps from the app drawer without uninstalling them.
• Custom Icon Swipe Gestures: Assign swipe gestures to home screen icons or folders for custom actions.
• …and more. More scrolling effects, unread counts, and others.


This app uses the Device Administrator permission for optional screen off/lock functionality.

Ratings and reviews

Problems w/ Android 14. I've loved Nova for years, but am having the same glitchy problems other reviewers are talking about in Android 14. App icons aren't responsive to taps, folders don't open, and just pick a random app to launch if you tap on them. I have to lock the screen and unlock again or reboot sometimes to get the home screen to work. Please help us out with an update!

Freezes on Android 14 Pixel 8. The launcher occasionally freezes when pulling up the list of apps. I'll see all of my installed apps, but I cannot click on them. The search bar is also missing when it freezes. Issues were rare on Android 13 Pixel 7. Now, I've had to switch back to the stock launcher after encountering freezes and an unusable phone several times in two days. Edit: Apparently, this is a bug in Android 14 that should be fixed with the next update or so. Will update when it happens

Hello, Nova Launcher dev team! I recently upgraded my Pixel 6 and Pro to version 14, and for the last few days I have noticed that my folders with apps inside are not working. The only way around it is to power off the screen and open it again. Once I do this, I can open the apps within the folders. I removed Nov Launcher, but before I did that, I cleared the cache and storage and reinstalled it, and it is still happening. I also send msg via the app.

What's new

Fixes for Android 12L
Bug fixes and optimizations