People always love to customize their android phone with different kind of applications. Launchers are the applications using which user can customize home screen and menu screen of their android phone with different looks. Different launchers have different features and workout. You will found thousands of launchers in the Google play store that you will get confused which one is better. Well, I have already used several of them and find out few great launchers which can really give great features and look to your android phone. Some of them are free and some of them are paid one, but all of them are having some unique features so you can choose best which you like. Here they are.

Go Launcher EX: This launcher is the best launcher if you want highly customized home screen and menu screen of your android phone. This is free launcher and you can download it from Google play store directly. With this launcher you can download different tweaks related to this launcher like its widgets, themes and many more. You can also get different menu moving animation with this launcher. You will also get some interesting tweaks like Go Locker using which you can set different kind of lock screen on your android phone. So now no need to get stick with that boring lock screen either. But you have to install Go Locker separately after installing Go Launcher Ex. So if you want to fully customize your phone with different themes and all that this one is the best launcher. There are lots of free themes available in play store related to this launcher so you will never get bored with your android phone with different looks. 

Next Launcher: This launcher is developed from the same team of Go launcher ex. It is very similar to go launcher ex. You will get different kind of themes and widget for this launcher and many more. But the new thing you will get with this launcher is 3D effect. Yes with this launcher you can have 3D home screen effects, 3D icons, 3D home screens moving effect, 3D menu transition effect and many more. So it will give you totally different experience from the above launcher even both has many similarities. You can download this launcher directly from the Google Play store. But for this launcher you have to pay money. Yes it is not free and you have to purchase it from the play store. But its lite version is available in the play store which is free, so you can install this lite version to check this launcher fully before purchasing it. So if you want to have cool 3d effects on your android this is the best option.

Smart Launcher: This one is new launcher I came to know about it. It is quite simple but still quite unique than all other launchers available on the Google play store. This launcher will change your home screen completely by giving you some option in circular ring with menu button at the bottom in the home screen. You will notice change in the menu screen also. In menu screen you will get different categories like music, entertainment, phone, internet, etc. on the left side bar and the one you will select you will get applications related to that category on the menu screen. So by this way you can easily reach to any application you want by getting filter from this category option. Because of this thing this launcher has gain lots of popularity in very short time. And day by day it is improving and now you can get many free themes for this launcher from the Google play store. You can easily download this launcher from the Google play store and it is free of cost which made it even more interesting. So if you want to have some categorized menu screen on your android then this one is best. I personally recommend this one to all of you. 

TSF Shell: I have mentioned about next launcher using which you can have 3d effects. Now let me tell you about TSF Shell launcher which will also give you amazing 3D graphics which you will never get in any launcher. Its widget and other tools give extra graphic effects to other feature on your android device. Using this launcher you can change your android phone at other level which is surely very cool. But the drawback is that this launcher is having only paid version. So even if someone wants to try it out before purchasing no option available. So no one likes to go for blind purchase. But I have seen this one in my friend’s phone, and if you want to have a purchased launcher for your phone then you should put in the first list of your purchase. 

Nova Launcher: This launcher will give you feel of stock launcher of Ice Cream Sandwich version of android but of course with many good modification and user friendly effect. With this launcher you will get menu screen with widget option following menu. But unlike stock launcher here you will able to make menu screen background transparent and able set same wallpaper set on home screen. You will also get option of creating folders on the menu which is not available in the stock launcher. You can also have different themes for this launcher from Google play store and also can change color scheme of your android phone using this launcher. So this launcher is for those who want to have stock launcher feel but with some extra feature and modification. So this is best alternative for stock launcher. You will found free and paid version of this launcher in Google play store. Paid version is having some extra feature in compare of free version. So if you want to have those extra features you can go for paid app otherwise free version is having enough functions too.

Launcher 8: Many of you should have known and used the new operating system Windows 8 from the Microsoft. This operating system can be run on computer as well as on phones. There are many smart phones available in the market with the windows 8 mobile operating system which is having cool features and look. So if you want to have same feel on your android operating system then this launcher is for you. This launcher will completely change your android smart phone with exactly look of windows 8 mobile operating system. You will get all those big icons on your home screen with different features exactly like windows 8. So this launcher is quite cool to have change experience on your android smart phone. You can download this launcher from the Google play store and it is available for free. So have windows 8 on your android phone with this cool launcher.

So this is it. Android smart phones are quite popular because users can customize it as they like. And launchers play really important role in this customization. Using launcher you can customize and change whole look of you android system. Not only one thing, you can change icons, theme, home screen, menu screen and lock screen with such application. So using different launcher has become fashion these days among the android users. So try out each of them and select best for your android. Have fun.