The advent of the fourth version of the Android, the Ice Cream Sandwich, was quite surprising and exciting. As soon as the ICS was launched, a new app in the Android market rose to great popularity. Known as the Nova launcher, this launcher app can replace the default homescreen of the ICS with a superb, fully customizable homescreen, which is performance driven.
However, the first of the ICS users were only lucky enough to try out the Beta versions of the Nova Launcher. Reportedly, 15 Beta versions of Nova Launcher appeared and all of them were well received. But now, it has been reported that the Nova launcher has finally released the fully developed version 1.0 of the app. There are free and paid versions of the Nova launcher app.
Features of the free version include:
- Custom grid
- Backup/Restore
- Infinite Scroll
- Scrollable dock
- Folder icons
- Scroll effects
- Custom icons
The free version isn’t disappointing as it comes with all the standard features which made Nova launcher famous and more demanded, in the first place, as well as new additions post the full development. The paid version of the app is called the Nova Launcher Prime.
The Nova Launcher Prime comes with a few more additional features than the free version counterpart of the app.
Added features include:
- Dock Swipes
- Gestures
- Additional scroll effects
- Hide apps
The only disappointment is that only the Android ICS users are lucky enough to get the opportunity to try out the Nova launcher in their handsets. The customizable folder backgrounds, finely tuned gestures, icons of folders, and scroll effects combined, gives the ICS handset a look that would impress anyone who uses the phone, and there is low chance that the users will get less fond of this look after sometime. The app basically makes your homescreen marvelous and awesome. The Nova Launcher Prime costs $4 dollars in the Android market.
