Third Party Launchers?

[Stanley Kubrick]

It depends on the phone. I use Nova 99% of the time because it has double tap to lock which I want. Many of the OEM launchers only have double tap to wake so the only way to manually lock the phone is to press the power button. I hate to put unnecessary wear-and-tear on the physical buttons. There a few other customization features that Nova does the way I like.

 

[Kizzy Catwoman]

Started using Kvaesitso launcher now. It is a very simple vertical scrolling launcher. It has widgets on first screen and swipe left to see apps. Can set favourites at the top and then it is alphabetical. Also uses icon packs. It is totally free as well but has to be sideloaded from f-droid.

 

[mustang7757]

Command Stick, is floating widget that can act as a companion for a launcher. It can control, media, launch apps, control phone settings (brightness, volume, auto-rotate mode) and more. It uses gestures and a dialling.

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Welcome to AC!
For Samsung probably Good Lock be best companion , have you tried it ?

 

[Shellcracker]

Currently using Nova(free) on my S22. Have tried several others like Apex, Pixel launcher, etc have always defaulted back to Nova. Not because the others were bad(they were quite good actually), I just prefer Nova's layout and app drawer over the others.