[LAUNCHERS]Launchers & Lockscreens for your Android phone[LOCKSCREENS]

Putting this thread together to give you guys a variety of Launchers i found on the market. So rather than having to find them all over the place i will keep everything here in one place and will try and find as many as i can and update the thread with any further updates the developers release for the launchers.


Apex Launcher

Features include:

• Customizable homescreen grid size and up to 9 homescreens
• Scrollable dock with up to 7 icons per page and up to 5 pages
• Infinite & elastic scrolling (homescreen, drawer and dock)
• Fancy transition effects (tablet, cube, etc.)
• Hide elements as you want (persistent search bar, status bar, or even the dock)
• Customizable icons and labels for shortcuts and folders
• Choose different folder preview styles and background
• Multiple drawer styles (transparent/opaque, horizontal/vertical, paginated/continuous)
• Drawer apps sorting (title, install date, mostly used)
• Hide apps from the drawer
• Lock your desktop to prevent accidental changes
• Enjoy homescreen gestures (pinch, swipe up/down, double tap)
• Advanced theme engine (icon packs, skins, etc.)
• Backup/restore settings and data
• Optimized for both phones and tablets
• Lots of other customization options!

Apex Launcher Pro unlocks the following features:
- Multiple configurable drawer tabs
- Unread count notifications
- Dock swipe gestures
- Two finger gestures
- More transition effects
- ADW, LauncherPro, and Go Launcher theme support
- Batch add option for folders
- Option to merge folder contents
- Widgets in dock (1x1 only)
- Overlapping widgets


Nova Launcher


Features include:

• Scrollable Dock (for Tablets and Phones)
• Keep all your favorite apps on the dock, with up to 7 icons per page and up to 3 pages.
• Customizable App Drawer:
• Transparency
• Scrolling style, choose between horizontal paginated or vertical continuous
• Scroll Effects
• Enjoy eye candy when scrolling your desktop and drawer. Effects include Cube and Cardstack and more for Prime users.
• Infinite Scroll
• Never be far from your favorite page, loop through your desktop continuously.
• Folder Icons
• You can chose a background, preview style or even replace the whole icon.
• Backup/Restore
• Export your settings and layout before a wipe to quickly get back up and running.
• Widgets in dock
• Add any 1x1 widget to the dock
• Bulk Add
• Add multiple apps to the desktop or a folder at once
• Activities shortcut
• Select hidden activities from your favorite apps
• *Nova Launcher Prime Features (Paid version)*
• Highly customizable, performance driven, home screen replacement for Android 4.0+
• Nova Launcher Prime unlocks the following features in Nova Launcher:
• Drawer Groups:
• Folders in App Drawer
• Unlimited custom tabs
• Organize apps into tabs and folders in the app drawer
• Gestures
• Quickly start Nova Actions or Apps from gestures on the desktop, such as pinching, swiping or two-finger swiping.
• Hide Apps
• Keep a clutter free drawer by hidding never used apps.
• Dock Swipes
• Get more use out of your dock apps by setting swipe-actions
• Unread Counts
• Never miss an email. Unread count badges for SMS, Missed calls and Gmail. Counts show in the dock, desktop, drawer and folders.
• More Scroll Effects

Zeam Launcher


Description

• To add Applications grid shortcut, select Add > Shortcuts > Applications grid.
• Try toggle Manage wallpaper if screen scrolling isn't smooth, select Preferences > Workspace > Manage wallpaper.
• Zeam, thanks to its minimal aesthetic, not only looks fast but feels fast. It's also incredibly simple to use, and unlike the other launchers it actually works very well out of the box.
• My favorite feature in Zeam is configurable gestures -- but not only can you bind swipe actions, like ADW, but you can also bind double tapping the screen and the Home hardware button to actions.

SSLauncher

Features

• Decorate screen with a variety of styles for shortcuts and widgets.
• Create a widget poping up when tap a shortcut.
• Support formatted text for current date & time, missed calls and unread SMS/MMS messages.
• Support scrollable widgets.
• Easy and quick access to pages for contacts, bookmarks, application drawer, application group.
• Many useful features of application drawer: app parcel(folder), showing/hiding app, marking star for favorites apps, changing application icon and name, uninstalling app and so on
• Create application group and manage list by drag and drop.
• Save and load your theme, page layouts and settings.
• Convert the saved theme file to apk. (contact us by e-mail for more informations)
• Hide status bar, open status bar by swiping down.
• You can implement nice screen without launcher 7, dvr, minimalistic text, wp clock, clockr etc.

Go Launcher EX Launcher


Features:

• Thousands of personalized themes
• Various widgets and screen locks (weather, switcher, calendar…)
• Extremely smooth transition animation
• Smooth flipping operation
• User-defined folder to easily categorize apps
• Many options in preferences to help you customize you phone!

=Tips=
1. How to get themes, widgets and lockers?
a) Search ‘go launcher theme’, ‘go widget’ or ‘go locker’ in Android Market.
b) Use GO Store via menu button in GO Launcher.
2. How to set transition animation?
Use ‘Effects settings’ via button in GO Launcher.
3. Icons are too small?
Use ‘Icon Size’ option in ‘Preferences->Visual settings->Icons’ to make icons bigger.
3. Long press the app icon to enter editing mode on home screen and app drawer.
4. Glide up to open menu and glide down to pull down notification.

Launcher 7 Windows Phone 7 Style Launcher


Description and features
Unlike other current WP7 launchers (Windows Phone Android, Metro UI), this one allows you to properly modify your start screen. Just long press on a tile and drag tile where you want!
This version is free, but does have an ad in application list. Ad free donate version is available if you don't like the ad.
Also supported:

• 2 x 1 tiles
• Original Windows Phone 7 backgrounds!
• Freely configurable tile colors
• Launcher options are available from Application List (press menu in app list)
• Layout animations
• Animated contacts tile! (still work in progress)

Windows 7 Launcher Pro has the following features:

• 1x1, 2x1 and 1x2 tiles with configurable colors
• Widgets in a tile! (provided that widget fits)
• Almost real like tile animation
• Almost real like tile re-arrange mode
• Almost real like status bar
• Animated contacts tile (supports G+ synced contacts)
• Pinnable contact-tile which animates like the real phone
• Folder tiles
• Webpage tiles
• Picture hub (use with care, it needs memory!!!!)
• Filterable application list
• Stock wp7-like colors and color selection

CC3D Launcher


Description and features
CC 3D Launcher is a fashion, funny, cool "home replacement" app. It maximizes your user experience on your Android phone, with the newest Android 4.0 feeling.
Highlights:

• Simple, Fast, Fluid, Powerful, Efficient, in High Definition

Features:

• Android 4.0 Experience
• Folder Management(overlay icons to create folder; drive-and-drop icons into folder; rearrange icons of folder)
• 3D effects: Full 360 degree rotation. Different animations and transitions. Zoom in, zoom out
• Various screen transition animations
• Apps'icons with special graphic effects
• Widgets (weather, switch & monitor, calendar, slides, contacts, SMS, music, etc)

MIUI Home Launcher


Description and features

• Optimization: substantially optimize drawing performance, and speed sliding screen switching experience
• Optimization: significant reduction in memory size
• Optimization: improve the speed of the initial start
• Optimization: Improving Desktop to quickly switch design details to improve the animation efficiency
• Fix: in some models, press the HOME key to unlock directly
• Repair: the icon does not change after changing theme style
• Repair: the cascade and the box to cut the screen effects
• Fix: some models (NS 4.0.4, etc.) icon layout
• Features:
• Unique MIUI theme interface and gestures
• 8000+ Themes, Wallpapers and Ringtones available!
• Support for up to 9 screens or more
• Works on all NON-MIUI ICS 4.0 based devices.

SPB Shell 3DLauncher


Description and features

Latest update(version 1.6.1)

• Has native support for ICS.
• They also added homescreen looping and horizontal app drawer.

ADW Launcher


Description and features
ADW.Launcher, beyond tweaking your android desktop

• Opensource home replacement app
• Customizable application drawer (old one or iphone/galaxy one)
• Customizable drag&drop action buttons
• Unveil the Dockbar flicking-up the app-drawer button and drop UNLIMITED shortcuts/folders!
• Themes

MXHome Launcher


Description and features
MX Home is an launcher application that is specialized in 3D effects on its 'Theme page'
It provides totally different experiences by highlights from 3D effects and creative ideas.
▣ Major Features

• Dynamic 3D G-sensor movement
• Various graphic & sound effects
• Coffee bean poping-out effect by shake
• 3D water bubble background effect
• Shortcuts for 8 major App.’s
• Control tray
• [Battery, Wi-Fi, BT & sound]

▣ Easy Management

• Quick App. manager

*Edit / Info / Delete / Uninstall

• Quck task manager

*Just touch on Smart Menu icon at workspace
*Close all application / View recent run
▣ Icon Pack

• Workspace Array - 4*4, 5*5
• Live icon effect - Zoon, Bounce, Rotation

▣ Dock Bar

• MX Button - 3D MX theme open
• Scroll type - Horizontal, Vertical

▣ MX Theme

• Theme Change : Text -> Image
• Theme Position : Up, Down, Left, Right

▣ Application

• User Icon' dock menu

*enables a user to change icons at dock menu

• Smart menu

*sort by Categrory / ABC / Date

• View of memory usage

▣ Icon Pack

• Workspace Array - 4*4, 5*5
• Live icon effect - Zoon, Bounce, Rotation

▣ Dock Bar

• MX Button - 3D MX theme open
• Scroll type - Horizontal, Vertical

▣ MX Theme

• Theme Change : Text -> Image
• Theme Position : Up, Down, Left, Right

Lightning Launcher


Description and features
Lose the fat, keep the muscle. Be warned, Lightning Launcher is on steroïds.
Lightning Launcher: Lose the fat, keep the muscle. Be warned, this launcher is on steroïds.
Tips, please read this first:

• Use "LLW App Widget" if you want to add Android widgets.
• This app is started through the HOME key and not from your app drawer since LL is itself a launcher. If you cannot select it through the HOME key then you need to clear the defaults for your current launcher.
• for any question or suggestion, do not hesitate to ask: pierrox@pierrox.net
• This application has been designed to minimize memory usage and be fast: the more memory you have for your applications, the faster they will run. In other words Lightning Launcher has been built from the ground to preserve your phone's resources and keep it smooth.
• In spite of its ridiculously small size (less than 60kb!), Lightning Launcher is packed with a fair amount of features and brings to Android a very unique concept: the home screen can be seen as a giant surface on which you are free to put icons, shortcuts or widgets exactly where YOU WANT, and not limited to a 4x4 grid. Pinch to zoom in or out the desktop, use the home key to switch between a full scale view or the normal size, or double tap on empty space as in the web browser to immediately see all your icons. And everything stay functional whatever the zoom level is: widgets are alive, icons can be clicked, and so on.
• Lightning Launcher drops rarely used features and focuses on useful ones but comes nevertheless with numerous customization options. Icons and widgets can be moved, scaled and even rotated freely. Each object can be configured independently, you can change the font, the label, the icon and much more !
• The package is extremely small, only a few kilobytes. What it means is that the Android system do not need to load several megabytes to run this app. Lightning Launcher starts faster and run in perfect harmony with your other apps.
• For people kindly asking why the CALL_PHONE permission is needed (notice that this the only one needed by LL!): this is needed for direct call shortcuts, and this permission is included in all major launchers, including Go and Pro.
• For other people not asking why and putting stupid one star comments: go away, you have just lost a unique chance to try something new and better, have a good day.

DXHome Launcher


Description and features
DXHome, a highly customized launcher replacement app., is a perfect launcher for Android phones. It is created by the Dianxinos Enterpriser team in Innovation Works invested by Dr. Kaifu Lee. Highly customizable with various themes, colorful desktop transitions, easy operating……, just like its name in Chinese, Dianxin is making the home of your Android phone colorful and enjoyable!
What could you get from DXHome?

• So many themes to enjoy!
• Want your phone to change with your mood?! Try themes we designed for you!
• DXHome presents its first six themes of totally different styles!
• NO.1 Dianxin Default Desktop Theme--- it is peaceful, clear, warm……, all the nice feelings DXHome wants you to feel. Name it by yourself. It’s our gift~^-^~
• NO.2 Midsummer Theme--- get fidgety from the hate outside? Pick some cool and fresh air here!
• NO.3 Cake Theme--- are you a foody? How about some candy and cakes now~^-^~ Try it and tell us how it’s like? DXHome is “cooking” more and more for you if you like~
• NO.4 Batman— a big Batman fan? Here he comes! COOL!
• NO.5 Clothing— want your phone to be cute? DXHome makes suit for your icon! Try it on!
• NO.6 Tree & Shadow— at the end, come and sit down beside the tree, just enjoy the peaceful nightfall now.

Espier Launcher


Description and features

• Espier Launcher is the best launcher for your smartphone
• Espier Launcher is a desktop for your smartphone or tablet which is based on Android 2.2 or later. It brings you an entirely new interaction experience, and makes your smartphone and/or tablet to be different from the rest.

Main Features

• Simplified Menu
• Rename and hide the apps
• Theme manager
• Icons arrange
• Internet
• Support android 4.0

EZ Launcher


Description and features
EZ Launcher, the most convenent way to operate your phone.
EZ Launcher(beta) is coming, a cool home replacement app, with the most convenient way to operate & organize your phone.
#Features:

• Genius app list brings you the app you most want
• Auto category can help you automatically categorize your apps
• Quick app search to find the app you want in app list directly
• Pre-loaded app manager tool with all task manager, uninstaller, app2sd and etc functions in one place
• Useful and handy widgets: Clock & Weather Widget, Task Manager Widget, SMS Widget, Switch Widget, Bookmark Widget, Calendar Widget
• Hide folders page, hide apps in app drawer

Balancer Launcher


Description and features
Useful Launcher, good performance, run fast, has cool ui~~
Balancer Launcher is a Home(Launcher) app, like ADWLauncher,LauncherPro,Go Launcher,Launcher7,Zeam,Regina Launcher etc, which is focused on provide users a brief and useful Home. The Launcher has smooth ui effect and perfect performance, it can launch application quickly.
Be compared with some other similar applications, It has better performance and do cut off some useless settings, we think a simple and cool application is what a user wanted exactly and we will try our best to create one for you.
Features:

• Support apps' sort
• Can uninstall apps quickly
• Built-in File Browser
• Cool wallpapers
• good sunny clock widget

Nemus Launcher


Description and features
A Home replacement Application with

• Low memory usage
• Quick response
• Easy App finding/management
• Easy Workspace management
• Easy Folder management

[Features]

• DockBar page count customization
• Page indicator hiding
• Grid size customization
• Hiding system status bar with gesture
• Missed call & Received sms badge display
• Widget Resizing
• Themes (native ZIP themes & SSKIN themes downloadable from market)
• 1 to 9 workspaces
• Various App list styles
• Expandable folders in workspace & app list
• Workspace and app menu switchers (screen preview)
• Highlight recently used apps
• Scrollable bottom docks / QuickSetting docks
• Scrollable widgets
• App-Hide&Lock / Screen-Lock

FTL Launcher Pro


Description and features

• Make no mistake, this is the fastest launcher you'll ever run. Small, light, configurable. The Gingerbread launcher as it should have been. No useless stuff, no compromises. Performance and usability are the driving forces here.
• On version 3.0 Pro users have a all new game to play now: The Pro version can use existing ADW, GoLauncher and LauncherPro Icon and Dock themes, giving FTL and unprecedented array of possible theming. You can even mix Dock and Icon themes from different launchers. Google Play is yours for the take.
• And of course you still have the other extras: configurable homsecreen grid from 4x4 to 6x6, resizeable widgets, and, never seen in any launcher: control over core Android window animation speed.
• Important: FTL supports all resolutions and ICS, but only 800x480, 854x480, 960x540 and 480x320 devices have 3D drawer enabled! Also ICS has no 3D drawer because it does not contain the "old" opengl interface. But as it is natively accelerated anyway, 2D drawer should be very fast.
• Features:
• Theming support: The Pro version can use existing ADW, GoLauncher and LauncherPro Icon and Dock themes, giving FTL and unprecedented array of possible theming.
• Tweaked for extreme speed and smoothness
• Fully accelerated 3D Waterfall app drawer
• Option to use "normal" 2D app drawer
• Configurable support for resizeable widgets: only when adding them to the homescreen, you cannot edit them later.
• Configurable Homescreen grid: From 4 to 6 rows, and 4 to 6 columns
• Configurable number of homescreens: from 1 to 9 with configurable default homescreen
• Choice between 3 and 5 icon Dock
• Configurable Dock icons size
• Configurable "swipe down" and "swipe down" independently to any of the following:
• Includes anim speed: precise control over core Android windows/transition animation speed
• Configurable Support for launcher auto-rotation
• Configurable Infinite looping of homescreens
• Configurable support for scrollable widgets
• Configurable bounce effect on homescreen transitions
• Configurable wallpaper scrolling
• Configurable transition speed of homescreens

LauncherPro


Description and features
Simple. Powerful. Fast. Customizable.
If you can't open it, download "ClearDefaultHome" or "Home Switcher"
- Super-smooth scrolling
- Animated screen previews (like Exposé or HTC Sense)
- Up to 7 home screens
- App drawer (2D and 3D!) with a fly-in effect and smooth scrolling
- Scrollable shortcut dock
More to come.

Links

Apex Launcher: Link to download

Nova Launcher: Link to download

SSLauncher: Link to download

Zeam Launcher: Link to download

TSF Shell Launcher: Link to download

Go Launcher EX: Link to download

Launcher 7 Windows phone 7 Style Launcher: Link to download Pro Version - Link to download free version

CC3D Launcher: Link to download

MIUI Home Launcher: Link to download

SPB Shell 3DLauncher: Link to download

MXHome Launcher: Link to download

ADW Launcher: Link to download

Lightning Launcher: Link to download

EZ Launcher: Link to download

DXHome Launcher: Link to download

Espier Launcher: Link to download

Balancer Launcher: Link to download

Nemus Launcher: Link to download

FTL Pro Launcher: Link to download

LauncherPro: Link to download

Chameleon Launcher: Link to download

Special Link for a more detailed description for launchers here. There you can read a more detailed description of a variety of Launchers from GB to ICS and what are the pros and the cons.

Many thanks to Ohamn for the link and for taking the time to writing that article.

Lockscreen collection with download links

Widgetlocker


Description and features
WidgetLocker is a lock screen replacement that puts you in control of the look, feel and layout of your lock screen.

• Drag and Drop placement of Sliders, Android Widgets and App Shortcuts
• Sliders look selectable from built-in styles (Ice Cream Sandwich, Gingerbread, Sense and Sense 3, Motorola, iPhone, and Rotary) or from user-themes.
• Slider Actions can be customized, for example Slide-to-launch-Camera or Slide-to-call-your-Girlfriend.
• Resizable widgets and custom grid size
• Notification badges on apps/sliders via TeslaUnread (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.notifier )
• Customize which widgets/buttons are allowed or blocked at the lock screen

Download Link: Here

MagicLocker


Description and features
Magic Locker is most colorful and simple lock screen app for Android! Various of lock screen Themes to match your style and make your mobile outstanding!
Features:

• Shortcut Customization
• More Theme Customization(like position,alpha,skin,show/hide somethings)
• Activate phone, SMS ,Camera and other shortcuts directly from lock screen;
• Screen Lock Security
• Support customise wallpaper and live wallpaper.
• Support customise date format
• Support system security pattern (settings->Location and security->Set up screen lock. For HTC: Settings-> Security->Set up screen lock)
• Block Home Key
• Support to enable/disable volume rocker wake up screen
• Support to send Email, mak phone call, open URL ect. directly on lockscreen.
• Support to pull down notification bar
• The Magic Locker Main App just includes one theme - 'Lost Robot', as the default theme,

Download Link: Here

LockBot Free


Description and features

LockBot is a lock screen editor.Customize by yourself or download from Theme Gallery.
★Theme★
- iPhone
- Hero
- Eclair
- Froyo (Pro Only)
- X10 (Pro Only)
- Galaxy (Pro Only)
- Honeycomb (Pro Only)
- Ice Cream Sandwich (Pro Only)
★Bacground★
Set lock screen background from
- Flickr
- Picasa
- Wretch
- Pics on your SDCard
★Feature★
-Change unlock sound
-Customize clock style(Digital, Analog)
-Schedule theme play list
-Set unlock security(Password, Graphic Pattern)
-Shake unlock
-LockNow widget

Download Link: Here

MiLocker


Description and features
MiLocker, the most powerful unlock screen App.
Want side-slip? Vertical slip? Multiple points? Animation unlocking? Do whatever you want to change your lockscreen style.
Based on MIUI technology, also has the world’s leading lockscreen theme library as well as talented designer users.Whether you are a designer or a mobile player, nothing but your imagination limits you.

Download Link: Here

GoLocker


Description and features

Features:
1. Cool Locker Screen that makes your phone outstanding;
2. Good compatibility with GO Launcher EX and it is stable;
3. Easy to use;
4. Able to activate phone, SMS and Camera directly or you can change the slider shortcuts yourself;
5. Various of Locker Themes to match your style;
6. Support customise wallpaper;
7. Security locker;
8. Emergency unlock enabled;

Tips:
1. Make sure GO Launcher EX V2.58 or above has been installed;
2. Click “MENU—-Preferences—-Theme Settings—-GO Locker” to use it after installed;
3. Click “My locker” to preview and Download more Locker themes;

Download Link: Here

No Lock


Description and features
Tired of the lock screen?
Use your phone as quickly as possible, with No Lock!
Tired of the lock screen?
If you want to use your phone as quickly as possible, this app is for you.
It simply disables the lock screen. Press the unlock/menu button just once and the screen turns on immediately.


Download Link: Here

More Launchers

Chameleon Launcher

Description and features
Chameleon is a revolutionary tablet-specific launcher that lets you create multiple home screens, each with your own layout of widgets and apps. The Chameleon system includes an innovative context based home screen system giving you the most relevant information that you want, when you want it.

The Next Generation of Widgets.
Android widgets are not all created equally - and that's the problem - so we decided to raise the bar. The result is widgets that look beautiful together and are as easy to layout as drawing on a screen. Take a look at some of our other widgets or build your own with our custom API.
-Calendar (Coming Soon!)
-Clock
-Facebook
-Google+(Coming Soon!)
-Instagram
-Media Player (Coming soon!)
-RSS News Reader
-Switches
-Twitter
-YouTube

Home Screens that Change With You
Your information needs may change throughout your day, so Chameleon includes an innovative context system. You can create context rules based on GPS locations, WiFi networks and time ranges, allowing you to define which Home Screen is the most relevant for any situation.

App Tray & Launcher
Chameleon doesn't just let you customize your Home Screens with the widgets you want. It also lets you customize your own mini App Tray. Giving you the apps you want up front, without having to swim through a large grid of apps.

Super Easy To Customize
Quickly set up Home Screens, Widgets, App Trays, and Wallpapers all with a few gestures.


EDIT: If you are using Paranoid Android rom you can purchase this launcher and using it on your phone. Any other roms it will not work. You can try AOKP rom which gives you the tablet mode feature but have not tried to see if it works

LauncherPro added to OP and post 3 to download and description from Market.

Enjoy