It's free, open-source, and just a little chaotic.

I’d argue that Grace Launcher is on par with Niagara Launcher already, if not better. It certainly has some shortfalls, but given the speed of development, it’s just a matter of time until they’re fixed. But I’ll give Victoria Launcher a try.

  • phi0@lemmy.zipEnglish
    6·
    3 days ago

    TL;DR: I’ve used all 3 and prefer Grace Launcher over Victoria and Niagara.

    I ran Victoria for a few weeks and it never did feel quite right. I had Grace launcher installed just to keep up with development alongside Victoria.

    At first I really wanted to make Victoria work because it really felt like a fresh take on the Niagara style launcher, while Grace felt like a Niagara clone. Eventually, Victoria had an update that broke things for me and I switched to Grace full time. Grace seems to have found its own personality while still feeling familiar.

    Grace offers a better experience than Niagara’s free version without a doubt, and Niagara’s paid version is too much and too costly now.

    • tb_@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      3 days ago

      Is the search any good?

      I liked Niagara’s integration with Sesame, but Sesame is basically abandonware now. I’ve switched to Kvaesitso, but – whilst it can find a lot – its search still feels lacking.

      • phi0@lemmy.zipEnglish
        1·
        3 days ago

        I don’t use the launcher’s search functions, so I can’t answer that for you. Sorry!

    • sabreW4K3@lazysoci.alOPEnglish
      3·
      3 days ago

      I own a lifetime license of Niagara and Grace is my daily driver. So many small things just make it a much better user experience for me. The Niagara developers feel like they lost touch with the community. They added a feature which then became a stock feature in Android, so that was just bad luck, but then they obsessed over themes and didn’t add any new features or attempt to fix persistent bugs. Even their flagship feature, Anycons, they refuse to add new app icons or improve the algorithm, so it’s like what’s the point. And not to mention the absolute trash concept which is limiting the amount of devices you can install it on.