虽然Android(Android)设备确实在智能手机市场(smartphone market)上占主导地位,但 iPhone 用户似乎对iOS 的热爱(love affair)要远远超过世界上最受欢迎的移动操作系统的用户。
Android销售盛行的一个主要原因是,Apple 的硬件成本远远高于大多数旨在运行 Google 操作系统的机器。(当然,这并不是说没有几个高价位的安卓系统(Android),但那是另一回事了。)
好消息是,借助众多可用的基于 Android 的 iOS 启动器,您甚至可以将最简单、成本最低的Android 智能手机(Android smartphone)变成合理的iPhone 传真机(iPhone facsimile)。
我们当中更实际的选择Android不仅是为了节省硬件成本,还因为作为主流操作系统(predominant operating system),它拥有最方便和高效的应用程序(convenience and productivity apps)。
此外,与Apple具有高度限制性、类似钢铁陷阱的封闭专有操作系统(operating system)不同,Android是开源的,因此软件公司和独立程序员更容易为其开发应用程序。我们已经在这里写过 10 个最好的Android启动器。
使用iOS 启动器(iOS launcher),只需下载一个小应用程序,安装它并进行一两次调整,您就可以让您的Android 智能手机(Android smartphone)
像 iPhone 一样跳舞和唱歌,并配备自己的控制中心(Control Center),与 iTunes 同步的能力和Apple 生态系统(Apple ecosystem)的其余部分,与
Siri互动,通过(Siri)Find My Friends跟踪家人和朋友,等等。
Google Play 商店(Google Play Store)提供大约 100 个 iOS 启动器供下载——有些是免费的,有些是象征性的收费。与大多数Android 应用程序(Android apps)一样,所有应用程序都可以在一两分钟内下载并安装,并且它们都可以轻松切换回之前的启动器或完全卸载。接下来是我在其中选择 10 个“最佳”的有根据的尝试。
这绝不意味着我下载、安装并按照他们的节奏安装它们——一点也不。相反,我通过选择那些在 Google 的Play 商店(Play Store)中具有最高用户评分和最多下载量的用户(以及依赖其他一些非经验性标准),将这一领域缩小到前 20 名左右,然后我安装并评估了剩余的候选人。
3D iLauncher X 和控制中心 IOS 12(3D iLauncher X &
Control Center IOS 12)
User Rating: 4.2
Number of ratings: 182
Installs: 10,000+
Price: Free
虽然 3D iLauncher 加载了 3D 效果,例如视频动态壁纸、1,000 多个主题和 10,000 多个壁纸,但它还为Android带来了最新版本的 iOS 中可用的许多 3D 效果。
3D iLauncher 由 3D 动画图形引擎提供支持,支持 3D主题和小部件效果(theme and widget effects)、锁屏 3D(Lock Screen 3D)过渡等,为您带来极具吸引力的 3D 过渡效果体验。
3D iLauncher 还支持三星 Galaxy Note 8(Samsung Galaxy Note 8)和Note 9上可用的Edge Screen 功能(Edge Screen feature),允许您将特定内容,包括应用程序、联系人、快速工具(Quick Tools)、通知、天气和其他小部件、S Planner(您的名字(S Planner—you name))分配给Edge面板(Edge Panels)。
然后,您可以根据分配了哪些内容的边缘,将特定面板滑动到视图中。其他Edge效果包括Edge Lighting动画和发光效果、Edge Ruler和Gold Compass。
Note设备上流行的另一个功能是它们的无边界或无边界内容,在 iPhone X 上也可以使用(尽管没有那么引人注目)。
3D iLauncher 有吸引力地利用了无边的内容(edgeless content),模仿了 iPhone X,而且,在我看来,在这种情况下,制作的iPhone(better-looking iPhone)比真机更好看。虽然 3D iLauncher 为您的Android(Android)带来了许多 iPhone 功能,但它真正声名鹊起的是其极具吸引力的界面。
控制中心 iOS 12(Control Center iOS 12)
User Rating: 4.7
Number of ratings: 551,510
Installs: 10,000,000+
Price: Free
比较流行的 iOS 功能之一是它的控制中心(Control Center)。诚然,Android有自己的一组控制面板,但坦率地说,它们是以向下钻取菜单样式(menu style)布局的,因此在查找特定设置时有些碰巧。如果您想让您的设备设置更像在 iOS 上那样工作,一个方便的方法是使用 LinnTinh 开发人员控制中心 iOS 12。
默认情况下,可以通过从任何方向向内拖动来访问控制中心(Control Center),但您可以根据需要更改访问方式。然后您会看到大量的访问和修改选项(access and modification options),例如……
- 飞行模式:(Airplane
Mode:)立即关闭Android 设备上的蓝牙(Bluetooth)、Wi-Fi和蜂窝连接。
- Wi-Fi:打开和关闭
Wi-Fi网络连接(network connection)。
- 蓝牙:(Bluetooth:)
打开和关闭蓝牙对等(Bluetooth peer-to-peer) 网络连接(network connection)。
- 请勿打扰:(Do Not
Disturb:)将手机设置为让您一个人呆着并接听信息。
- 纵向锁定:(Portrait
Orientation Lock:)旋转设备时防止屏幕旋转。
- 手电筒:(Flashlight:)相机上
的LED 闪光灯(LED flash)兼作手电筒,因此您可以在需要时获得额外的光线。
- 闹钟和计时器:(Alarms
and Timer:)设置闹钟、计时器或秒表,或查看另一个国家或地区的时间——所有这些都来自控制中心(Control Center)。
这个列表几乎没有触及表面。要在Android(Android)中设置许多这些选项,您必须浏览菜单、下载应用程序(download apps)、向下滑动——关键是它们并不都在同一个、易于访问的位置,但使用Control Center iOS 12 您可以轻松地将它们放在那里.
如果您是最近转换为Android的(Android)iPhone 用户(iPhone user),您应该特别发现这个启动器很方便(launcher handy)。
启动器 iOS 12(Launcher iOS 12)
User Rating: 4.8
Number of ratings: 135,096
Installs: 1,000,000+
Price: Free
(LinnTinh Developers)之前的皮肤Control Center iOS 12的制造商(iOS 12)LinnTinh Developers还为Android制作了其他一些启动器,包括Launcher iOS 12。正如我在最近的通用Android(Android)启动器综述中指出的那样,两者都做得很好,是典型的穷人 iPhone,尤其是这款。
在某种程度上,两者都让你的Android(Android act)表现得像 iPhone,根据出版商的说法,它是“......有史以来最强大、最个性化和最智能的设备......”。
LnnTinh显然偏爱 iPhone,但是……
Launcher iOS 12 让你的 Android 设备模仿 iOS 12。你的设置和功能被安排在一个类似 iOS 的控制中心(Control Center)中,流行的手势和其他功能的作用很像 iOS 的Assistive Touch。默认主题是经典 iOS,并且与 iOS(和大多数其他操作系统)一样,自定义选项比比皆是。
其他 iOS 功能包括圆角图标、动画而不是过渡等等。此启动器(Launcher)与 Android 完美集成,可让您在需要时轻松地来回切换。根据Play Store(Play Store)的评论,它还拥有一群非常快乐和忠诚的用户。
启动器 iOS 13(Launcher iOS 13)
User Rating: 4.5
Number of ratings: 46
Installs: 10,000+
Price: Free
我能听到你在想,iOS 13; there’s no iOS 13!发行商MH Apps Studio所做的是将 iOS 12 设计与即将推出的iOS 13的已知信息融合在一起,以提供一个有趣的iOS 启动器(iOS launcher)。正如你所看到的,它的评分很少,这意味着它之所以能进入这个列表,主要是因为我对这个相当新的应用程序的好感。
除了iOS 12和 13 设计之外,您还可以获得 12 和 13 风格的桌面,内置文件探索和文件管理器支持(File Explore and File Manager support),允许类似桌面计算机的设计文件夹具有搜索、探索、复制、粘贴、压缩等功能/unzip、RAR、删除、共享等。
界面的几乎所有方面,包括时钟、天气和RAM小部件、拖放(drag and drop)、可自定义的桌面文件夹、动态壁纸、可自定义的照片图块、多任务处理、锁定屏幕(lock screen)等等,都已更新以反映最新的 iOS外观和感觉(look and feel)。
天气(Weather)、日历和照片磁贴,以及任务栏透明度(taskbar transparency)、多色任务栏和菜单、桌面模式(desktop mode)小部件都已添加。
如果这还不够,这是我在测试过程中遇到的最快的 iOS 启动器之一——总体而言非常令人印象深刻。
Phone X 的新主题(NEW Theme for Phone X)
User Rating: 4.6
Number of ratings: 16,817
Installs: 1,000,000+
Price: Free
虽然发行商 The Best Android Themes,正如您可以从公司名称(company name)和此启动器的名称中看出的那样,但在命名方面并不是那么富有想象力,但Phone X的(Phone X)新主题(New Theme)是一系列的一部分为年轻的心而设计的众多主题中的高度时尚和有吸引力的主题,包括汽车、漫画、科幻、摄影等。
虽然您不会在这里找到很多新功能,但您的智能手机可以通过几个手势从一组令人瞠目结舌的图形更改为另一组。这一切都非常有吸引力和有趣。
还包括众多高清壁纸和图标集合、默认的 iPhone X OS 11(default iPhone X OS 11)主题、3D 主题、3D 特效、具有 3D 特效的 3D天气小部件(weather widget)、Rose Galaxy动态壁纸、
Wolf Spike Blood King 主题(Wolf Spike Blood King theme),当然还有,支持 3D 启动器,使一切正常。
虽然不一定是Phone 10新主题(NEW Theme)的一部分,但您还可以访问几个独特的主题,例如来自出版商收藏的恐怖黑和恐怖狼壁纸。(Horror Black and Horror Wolf wallpaper)
安装启动器可以访问 The Best Android Themes 的整个主题集合,其中包括Galaxy Unicorn Shinny Glitter、Hell Devil Death Skull Theme、3D Wild Neon Wolf Theme等。
OS 11 锁屏(OS 11 Lockscreen)
User Rating: 4.5
Number of ratings: 12,995
Installs: 500,000+
Price: Free
通常,一些用户不想替换整个Android 界面(Android interface),而是想用另一个界面添加或替换一个界面的特定方面。例如,与 Android 相比,许多用户更喜欢iOS 锁定屏幕(iOS lock screen)。这就是像OS 11 Losckscreen 这样的启动器出现(Losckscreen come)的地方。它的功能列表(feature list)很简单:
- 锁屏通知:(Lock
Screen Notifications:)当然,Android 的锁屏(lock screen)会在您有未读电子邮件或文本以及大多数其他通知时告诉您,并且它们是高度可定制的,但如果您更喜欢 iPhone 的通知样式,这个简单的应用程序适合您。
- 键盘锁定屏幕:(Keypad
Lock Screen:)也称为PIN(PINs )(个人
识别号码(Identification Numbers)),与您的银行(以及现在的Windows计算机)非常相似,PIN(PINs)
允许您使用四个易于记忆的数字锁定您的手机。
- 锁屏壁纸:(Lock
Screen Wallpaper:)这仅允许您设置和/或旋转锁定屏幕上显示的图像和背景。
有时少即是多,或者至少就足够了。
操作系统 12 iLauncher 电话 8 和控制中心操作系统 12(OS 12 iLauncher Phone 8 & Control Center OS 12)
User Rating: 4.1
Number of ratings: 4,818
Installs: 1,000,000+
Price: Free
下载量超过一百万,OS 12 iLauncher 专注(iLauncher zeros)于并结合了许多用户认为多年来最好的iOS 和 iPhone 开发(iOS and iPhone developments),在这种情况下,i OS 12和控制中心(Control Center)i OS 12在iPhone 8或 8 Plus上运行。
(iOS 12)例如,iOS 12为 iPhone 带来了Quad HD 分辨率(Quad HD resolution),现在,通过这个启动器,为Android带来了。此外,考虑到它所做的一切,与本综述中的大多数其他发射器相比,这款发射器运行得更快、更凉爽,并且消耗的电池寿命更少。
亮点是 iOS 12的 iNotify(s iNotify)、锁屏(lock screen)通知、iOS 12控制中心(Control Center)、用于快速搜索控制中心(control center)、应用程序和主屏幕的(home screen)智能搜索(Smart Search)。
Phone 8 Plus 功能包括向下滑动显示类似 Phone 8 的通知栏、更轻松地操作应用程序以及向上滑动主屏幕(home screen)以访问应用程序、小部件、壁纸、图标和系统主题等关键功能的设置快捷方式,以轻松自定义您的启动器。
与上面之前的OS 11 锁屏(Lockscreen)启动器一样,这个启动器允许您从两个平台中挑选出最好的,将它们混合在一起,以更有利于您的需求。OS 12 iLauncher Phone 8
和控制中心 OS 12(Control Center OS 12)的流行不言而喻。
手机 X 启动器(Phone X Launcher)
User Rating: 4.2
Number of ratings: 80,166
Installs: 10,000,000+
Price: Free
这是另一种皮肤,它针对运行特定 iOS 版本的特定 iPhone,在本例中是运行 iOS 11 的iPhone X。还有一个iOS 12皮肤可用。当然,目的是让您的 Android 外观和感觉都像iPhone X。(iPhone X)
iOS 12 的亮点是:
- 智能搜索:(Smart
Search:) 智能(Smart Swipe)向下滑动搜索屏幕(search screen),向其他方向滑动以搜索其他地方
- 优雅壁纸(Elegant
Wallpaper) iPhone 风格的(iPhone style)背景和前景
- 支持带有(Support
Lock)密码(Passcode)、图案锁定(Pattern Lock)、通知(Notifications)和其他
iOS 12功能的锁屏显示
- iOS 搜索:随时随地搜索(iOS
Search:)所有内容,包括上次使用的应用程序、联系人、新闻提要、互联网
- 消耗更少的内存(Consume
less memory)和电池,简单干净,快速优雅的设计
- 控制中心 iOS 12(Control
Center iOS 12)用于从单个屏幕管理手机和操作系统的各个方面
- (Smart Toggle)Wi-Fi 类型(Wi-Fi type)、静音模式(Silent mode)、飞行模式(Airplane mode)、数据连接类型(Data Connection type)、蓝牙(Bluetooth)、
触摸振动(Touch Vibration)的智能切换
。与控制中心应用程序(Control Center app)结合使用,您可以自定义几乎所有内容,并且更广泛。
请注意,大多数这些功能也可从最新版本的Android中获得,尽管它们的访问方式和行为方式有所不同。另请注意,如果您的智能手机(smartphone isn)无法运行最新的Android操作系统,通常安装启动器将为您提供其他方式可能无法使用的功能。
iOS 11 的主题(Theme for iOS 11)
User Rating: 4.9
Number of ratings: 13
Installs: 1,000+
Price: Free
这是另一个相对较新的应用程序,因此没有多少评分者。它本身也不是一个发射器。相反,它是一系列令人惊叹的主题和壁纸,与通用高清启动器(HD launcher)捆绑在一起。基本上(Basically),它真正做的就是让你手机上的背景、壁纸和其他屏幕以 iPhone 的方式变得漂亮。(phone beautiful)
它的简短功能列表包括:
- 一系列令人瞠目结舌的iOS 11主题
- iOS 11 高清启动器
- 定期添加应用程序(Apps)、主题和壁纸
- 快速且使用有限的资源
- 去启动器
- 高清壁纸下载
- 全息发射器
- 令人难以置信的易于部署和使用(deployment and use)
- 下一个启动器
- 默认的 iOS 11 主屏幕
如果您只想让您的Android 屏幕(Android screen)像iOS 11显示器一样令人惊叹,请选择iOS 11(iOS 11)主题(Theme)。
X Launcher Pro:PhoneX 主题、OS11 控制中心(X Launcher Pro:
PhoneX Theme, OS11 Control Center)
User Rating: 4.7
Number of ratings: 2,389
Installs: 3.1 Million
Price: $1.99
我在写这篇文章时学到了一些我不知道(t know)的东西,那就是运行 iOS 11的iPhone X
到底有多受欢迎。数百个 iOS 启动器中的许多目标是让Android更(Android)接近Phone X。其中一些,比如X Launcher Pro,在将低成本的Android
智能手机改造成昂贵的iPhone X传真机方面做得很好。
与许多启动器不同,这个启动器在系统中的任何地方都没有放置广告(尽管有一个非专业版本确实部署了添加;1.99 美元似乎是一个很小的代价来消除它们。)。虽然X Launcher Pro不是一个彻底的改头换面,但它专注于主题和控制中心(Control Center),涵盖了大部分动作。
然后,功能从 iOS 11 风格的控制中心开始——你知道,向上滑动即可获得一个页面,其中几乎涵盖了所有设置和功能更改。主题中心(Theme Center)提供对众多 iOS 11 风格主题的访问,包括自适应触控主题(Touch)和其他模拟 iOS 11 体验的主题。
您可以获得八种内置 3D 动画效果,包括
Breeze、Carousel、Cube、Fan、Rotation、Tune Out和Waves。iOS 11 风格的
天气和时间小部件(weather and time widgets)、应用程序管理器(App Manager)、壁纸、Phone X 风格的(Phone X style)图标和图标包等等,让这款启动器看起来和感觉(look and feel)就像是真正的交易。
如果 iOS 11 没有隐藏应用程序并保护它们免遭窥探的能力,以及让您的应用程序在某些情况发生变化时通知您(例如来自PayPal的钱、来自 Facebook 或 twitter 的消息),它就不会是 iOS 11,来自您银行的电子邮件。此外,根据发行商 Launcher Developer 的说法,这款启动器目前正在进行升级,以使其更接近运行OS11的深受喜爱的(OS11)Phone(Phone X) X。
无论(Whether)您只是希望您的Android看起来像 iPhone,还是希望它从上到下看起来和感觉都像一个 iPhone,都有一个 iOS启动器(Launcher)适合您 — 即使您只希望Android的某些方面来模拟 iOS,例如控制中心(Control Center)或锁定屏幕通知。
好消息是,如果您认为Android并不是那么糟糕,那么切换回来就像安装另一个启动器或返回原来的启动器一样简单。
10 iOS Launchers for Android to Alleviate Your iPhone Envy
While it’s true that Android devices dominate the smartphone market, the users of iPhones seem to have а much more fervent love affair going with iOS than do the υsers of the world’s most popular mobile operating system.
A primary reason that Android sales prevail is that Apple’s hardware costs so much more than most of the machines designed to run Google’s OS. (But that’s not to say, of course, that there aren’t several premium-priced Androids out there, but that’s another story.)
The good news is that, with the numerous Android-based iOS launchers available, you can turn even the simplest, lowest-cost Android smartphone into a reasonable iPhone facsimile.
The more practical among us choose Android not only to save money on hardware, but also because, as the predominant operating system, it has the most convenience and productivity apps available.
Besides, unlike Apple, with its highly restrictive, steel-trap-like closed proprietary operating system, Android is, on the other hand, open source, and therefore much easier for software companies and independent programmers to develop apps for. We’ve already written about the 10 best Android launchers here.
With an iOS launcher, by simply downloading a small app, installing
it, and making a tweak or two, you can literally make your Android smartphone
dance and sing like an iPhone, complete with its own Control Center, the
ability to sync with iTunes and the rest of the Apple ecosystem, interact with
Siri, keep track of families and friends with Find My Friends, and so much
more.
Google Play Store offers about 100 iOS launchers for
download—some free, some with a nominal fee. Like most Android apps, all
download and install in a minute or two, and they’re all just as easy to either
switch back to your previous launcher or uninstall altogether. What follows is
my educated attempt at choosing the 10 “best” among them.
That in no way suggests that I downloaded, installed, and put them all through their paces—not at all. Instead, I narrowed the field to the top 20 or so by choosing those with the highest user ratings and the most downloads at Google’s Play Store (as well as relying on some other less-than-empirical criteria), then I installed and evaluated the remaining candidates.
3D iLauncher X &
Control Center IOS 12
User Rating: 4.2
Number of ratings: 182
Installs: 10,000+
Price: Free
While 3D iLauncher is loaded with 3D effects, such as video live wallpaper, over 1,000 themes and over 10,000 wallpapers, it also brings many of the 3D effects available in the more recent versions of iOS to Android.
3D iLauncher is powered by a 3D animation graphic engine that enables support for 3D theme and widget effects, Lock Screen 3D transitions, and more, bringing you a highly attractive 3D transition effects experience.
3D iLauncher also supports the Edge Screen feature available on the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 and Note 9, allowing you to assign specific content, including apps, contacts, Quick Tools, notifications, weather and other widgets, S Planner—you name it—to Edge Panels.
You can then, depending on which edge you assigned what content, swipe specific panels into view. Other Edge effects include Edge Lighting animations and glow effects, Edge Ruler, and Gold Compass.
Another feature popular on Note devices is their edgeless, or borderless, content, also available (although not quite as dramatically) on the iPhone X.
3D iLauncher utilizes edgeless content attractively, mimicking the iPhone X, and, in my opinion, in this case making for a better-looking iPhone than the real thing. While 3D iLauncher brings a lot of iPhone features to your Android, its real claim to fame is its highly attractive interface.
Control Center iOS 12
User Rating: 4.7
Number of ratings: 551,510
Installs: 10,000,000+
Price: Free
One of the more popular iOS features is its Control Center.
Granted, Android has its own set of control panels, but frankly they’re laid
out in a drill-down menu style and therefore somewhat hit-and-miss when looking
for specific settings. If you want to make your device settings work more like
they do on iOS, a handy way to do that is with LinnTinh Developers Control
Center iOS 12.
By default, Control Center is accessible by dragging inward
from any direction, but you can change how you access it as desired. and then
you are presented with access and modification options galore, such as…
- Airplane
Mode: Instantly turn off Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and cellular connections on your
android device.
- Wi-Fi:
Toggle your Wi-Fi network connection on and off.
- Bluetooth:
Toggle your Bluetooth peer-to-peer network connection on and off.
- Do Not
Disturb: Set the phone to leave you alone and take messages.
- Portrait
Orientation Lock: Keep your screen from rotating when you rotate your
device.
- Flashlight:
The LED flash on your camera doubles as a flashlight, so you can get extra
light when you need it.
- Alarms
and Timer: Set alarms, timers, or stopwatches, or check the time in another
country or region—all from Control Center.
And this list barely scratches the surface. To set many of these options in Android you must wade through menus, download apps, swipe downward—the point being is that they’re not all in the same, easily accessed place, but with Control Center iOS 12 you can easily put them there.
If you’re an iPhone user recently converted to Android, you should especially find this launcher handy.
Launcher iOS 12
User Rating: 4.8
Number of ratings: 135,096
Installs: 1,000,000+
Price: Free
LinnTinh Developers, the makers of the previous skin, Control Center iOS 12, also makes a few other launchers for Android, including Launcher iOS 12. Both are, as I pointed out in a recent roundup of all-purpose Android launchers, quite well done and the quintessential poor man’s iPhone, especially this one.
Both, to some degree, make your Android act like an iPhone, which, according to the publisher is “… the most powerful, personal, and intelligent device… …ever been.”
LnnTinh is obviously partial to iPhones, but…
Launcher iOS 12 makes your Android device mimic iOS 12. Your
settings and functions are arranged into an iOS-like Control Center, and popular
gestures and other features act much like iOS’s Assistive Touch. The default
theme is classic iOS, and like iOS (and most other operating systems)
customization options abound.
Other iOS features include rounded-corner icons, animations
instead of transitions, and so on. This Launcher integrates well with Android
and lets you easily switch back and forth when needed. It also has, according
to its reviews at Play Store, a very happy and loyal set of users.
Launcher iOS 13
User Rating: 4.5
Number of ratings: 46
Installs: 10,000+
Price: Free
I can hear you thinking, iOS 13; there’s no iOS 13! What the publisher, MH Apps Studio, has done is blended an iOS 12 design with what’s known about the upcoming iOS 13 to come up with an interesting iOS launcher. As you can see, it has had very few ratings, which means that it has made it on to this list primarily due mostly to my favorable impression of this fairly new app.
In addition to both the iOS 12 and 13 designs, you get the
12 and 13 style desktops with built-in File Explore and File Manager support, allowing
desktop computer-like designed folders with features such as search, explore,
copy, paste, zip/unzip, RAR, delete, share, and more.
Nearly all aspects of the interface, including the clock, weather, and RAM widgets, drag and drop, customizable desktop folders, live wallpapers, customizable photo tiles, multitasking, lock screen, and a lot more, have been updated to reflect the latest iOS look and feel.
Weather, calendar, and photo tiles, as well as taskbar transparency, multi-color task-bars and menus, widgets in desktop mode, have all been added.
And if that’s not enough, this is one of the fastest iOS
launchers I encountered during my testing—very impressive overall.
NEW Theme for Phone X
User Rating: 4.6
Number of ratings: 16,817
Installs: 1,000,000+
Price: Free
While the publisher, The Best Android Themes, as you can tell by both the company name and the name of this launcher, isn’t, when it comes to naming, all that imaginative, New Theme for Phone X is part of a collection of highly stylish and attractive themes in numerous motifs designed for the young at heart, including automobiles, comics, sci-fi, photography, and many others.
While you won’t find a lot of new functionality here, your smartphone can, with a couple gestures, change from one set of eye-popping graphics to another. It’s all very attractive and fun.
Also included are numerous HD wallpapers and icon
collections, the default iPhone X OS 11 theme, 3D themes, 3D special effects, a
3D weather widget with 3D special effects, Rose Galaxy live wallpapers, the
Wolf Spike Blood King theme and, of course, the supporting 3D launcher to make
it all work.
Though not necessarily part of the NEW Theme for Phone 10, you also get access to several unique themes, such as Horror Black and Horror Wolf wallpaper from the publisher’s collection.
Installing the launcher provides access to The Best Android Themes’ entire collection of themes, which includes Galaxy Unicorn Shinny Glitter, Hell Devil Death Skull Theme, 3D Wild Neon Wolf Theme, and several others.
OS 11 Lockscreen
User Rating: 4.5
Number of ratings: 12,995
Installs: 500,000+
Price: Free
Often, rather than replacing the entire Android interface,
some users want to add or replace just specific aspects of one interface with
another. Many users, for example, prefer the iOS lock screen to Android’s.
That’s where launchers like OS 11 Losckscreen come. It’s feature list is
simple:
- Lock
Screen Notifications: Granted, Android’s lock screen tells you when you
have unread emails or texts, and most other notifications, and they’re highly
customizable, but if you prefer iPhones notifications style, this simple app is
for you.
- Keypad
Lock Screen: Also known as PINs (Personal
Identification Numbers), much like your bank (and now Windows computers), PINs
allow you to lock down your phone with four easy-to-remember digits.
- Lock
Screen Wallpaper: This simply allows you to set and/or rotate images and
backgrounds displayed on your locked screens.
Sometimes less is more, or at least it’s enough.
OS 12 iLauncher Phone 8 & Control Center OS 12
User Rating: 4.1
Number of ratings: 4,818
Installs: 1,000,000+
Price: Free
With over a million downloads, OS 12 iLauncher zeros in on and combines what many users consider the best iOS and iPhone developments over the years, in this case iOS 12 and Control Center iOS 12 running on an iPhone 8 or 8 Plus.
iOS 12, for instance, brings Quad HD resolution to the iPhone, and now, through this launcher, to Android. In addition, given all that it does, this launcher ran faster, cooler, and gobbled up less battery life than most of the others in this roundup.
The highlights are iOS 12’s iNotify, lock screen notifications, iOS 12 Control Center, Smart Search for fast searches of the control center, apps, and the home screen.
Phone 8 Plus features include swiping down to display a Phone-8-like notifications bar, easier manipulation of apps, and swipe up home screen to access the setting shortcuts to key features such as apps, widgets, wallpapers, icons, and system themes to customize your launcher easily.
As with the previous OS 11 Lockscreen launcher above, this
one allows you to pick and choose the best of both platforms, blending them to
become more conducive to your needs. The popularity of OS 12 iLauncher Phone 8
& Control Center OS 12 speaks for itself.
Phone X Launcher
User Rating: 4.2
Number of ratings: 80,166
Installs: 10,000,000+
Price: Free
Here’s another skin that zeroes in on a specific iPhone
running a specific version of iOS, in this case an iPhone X running iOS 11. There’s
also an iOS 12 skin available. The purpose, of course, is to make your Android
look and feel like the iPhone X.
The iOS 12 highlights are:
- Smart
Search: Smart Swipe down search screen, swiping in other directions to
search elsewhere
- Elegant
Wallpaper iPhone style backgrounds and foregrounds
- Support
Lock screen display with Passcode, Pattern Lock, Notifications, and other
iOS 12 features
- iOS
Search: Search for everything from everywhere, including last used app, contacts,
news feeds, the internet—everywhere
- Consume
less memory and battery, simple and clean, fast and elegant design
- Control
Center iOS 12 for managing all aspects of your phone and the operating
system from a single screen
- Smart Toggle
for Wi-Fi type, Silent mode, Airplane mode, Data Connection type, Bluetooth,
Touch Vibration. Used in conjunction with Control Center app, you can customize
nearly everything and more extensively.
Note that most of these features are available from the
latest versions of Android, too, though they are accessed and behave
differently. Note also that if your smartphone isn’t capable of running the
latest Android operating systems, often installing a launcher will provide you
with features that might not otherwise be available.
Theme for iOS 11
User Rating: 4.9
Number of ratings: 13
Installs: 1,000+
Price: Free
Here’s another app that’s relatively new and therefore
hasn’t had many raters. It’s really not much of a launcher, per se, either.
Instead, it’s a collection of stunning themes and wallpapers bundled with a
generic HD launcher. Basically, then, all it really does is make the backgrounds,
wallpapers, and the other screens on your phone beautiful in an iPhone way.
It’s short list of features include:
- A collection of eye-popping iOS 11 themes
- An iOS 11 HD launcher
- Apps, themes, and wallpaper added regularly
- Fast and uses limited resources
- Go Launcher
- HD wallpaper downloads
- Holo Launcher
- Incredible ease of deployment and use
- Next Launcher
- The default iOS 11 home screen
If all you want to do is make your Android screen as
stunning as an iOS 11 display, shortlist Theme for iOS 11.
X Launcher Pro:
PhoneX Theme, OS11 Control Center
User Rating: 4.7
Number of ratings: 2,389
Installs: 3.1 Million
Price: $1.99
Something I learned while writing this that I didn’t know
was just how popular the iPhone X running iOS 11 really is. Many of the hundred
or so iOS launchers’ goals are to render Android much closer to the Phone X.
Some of them, like X Launcher Pro, do a good job of remaking lower-cost Android
smartphones into expensive iPhone X facsimiles.
Unlike many launchers, this one places no ads anywhere in
the system (Though there is a non-Pro version that does deploy adds; $1.99
seems like a small price to pay to nix them.). While X Launcher Pro is not a
complete makeover, it concentrates on the theme and the Control Center, which
covers a large portion of the action.
Features, then, start with an iOS 11 style Control
Center—you know, swipe up to get a page that covers nearly all settings and
features changes in one spot. A Theme Center provides access to numerous iOS 11
style themes, including Adaptive Touch themes and others that emulate the iOS
11 experience.
You get eight built-in 3D animation effects, including
Breeze, Carousel, Cube, Fan, Rotation, Tune Out, and Waves. iOS 11-style
weather and time widgets, an App Manager, wallpaper, Phone X style icons and
icon packs, and much more make this launcher look and feel like the real deal.
And it wouldn’t be iOS 11 without the ability to hide apps
and secure them from prying eyes, as well as have your apps notify you when
something has changed, such as, say, money from PayPal, a message from Facebook
or twitter, an email from your bank. In addition, according to the publisher, Launcher
Developer, this launcher is currently undergoing an upgrade to bring it even
closer to the beloved Phone X running OS11.
Whether you just want your Android to look like an iPhone, or you want it to look and feel like one from top to bottom, there’s an iOS Launcher for you—even if you want only certain aspects of your Android to emulate iOS, such as the Control Center or perhaps lock screen notifications.
And the good news is, if you decide that Android ain’t so bad after all, switching back is as easy as installing another launcher or returning to the original.