In a word, customizations. These are my reasons for switching to Nova:
1. I wanted more icons on the home screen. The stock launcher only allowed four rows by four columns. I felt the screen was large enough to accommodate more than that.
2. I wanted to be able to to move the Apps icon out of the dock.
3. I wanted the dock icons to be slightly larger than the others.
4. I wanted to be able to edit the icons' captions, and even to use no captions at all for some of them.
Other features that weren't part of the reason for switching to Nova, but which I came to really love now, include:
1. The ability to customize the unread badges - font, size, background color, outline color...
2. The ability to set a custom action for the Home button. I've set it so that the first press takes me to the Home screen, then the second press (or the first, assuming I was already on the Home screen to begin with) turns off and locks the screen.
Wow, thank you everyone for the feedback! I'll check out Nova Prime and Apex and include as many customizations (while keeping it simple). Much appreciated!
Another question. How much are these customizations worth to you? How much would you have to get paid to use another launcher?
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