Free Versions:
- Apex launcher offers a wider array of features in the free version including gestures.
- Nova launcher offers less overall features in the free version but does include theme and icon set support.
Paid Versions:
- Apex provides more paid features as well including theme support.
- Nova provides less overall features again but includes gesture support and app drawer grouping.
- If you like one of the launchers you should buy the full version to support the developers if at all possible :)
Performance:
- Apex provides a much faster experience with less launcher redraws and also gives the option to keep it in memory to further reduce redraws.
- Nova seems heavier to me and gave poor performance in general. It sometimes took 15 seconds to load app drawer.
Bugs/Glitches:
- I have not yet noticed any bugs in Apex.
- I have found one bug in Nova launcher that sometimes the labels on the main home screen disappear and don't return until you restart Nova.
Bonus feature - unread count badge:
- Apex has the unread count badge feature built in but doesn't give any options to style the badge.
- Nova requires another app made by the same developers to add the badges but gives several different styles to choose from.
Conclusions:
I have tried both launchers and in the end I prefer Apex as it has more features and at least on my Nexus S better performance than Nova launcher. At the end of the day though its mainly a personal preference since both launchers offer a very similar set of features.
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