What is Finger Gesture Launcher?

Finger Gesture Launcher allows users to launch applications by swiping over the screen. It claims to have multiple versions to support various devices. This review is for version 5.3.7 on Android 5.0.2.

Finger Gesture Launcher- Sample Gesture
Sample gesture.
Finger Gesture Launcher- Options
Options

If you multitask with your phone, this app comes in handy. Watching a Youtube video while texting your friend on Whatsapp and replying to Facebook posts at the same time? Finger Gesture Launcher allows you to set a unique gesture for each app so switching between apps is easier

Ease of Use

The app is very easy to launch and can be launched from anywhere. It uses the same ‘Swipe up’ to launch as Google Now in android 4.1+. A short testing shows good error tolerance for the swipe gestures. The in-app help material is simple and useful. It takes hardly 20 seconds to set up a gesture.

Finger Gesture Launcher- Inapp help
In-app help

However, being free, the ads may sometime hurt the user experience. During testing, full-screen ads came up repeatedly. This is a minor hiccup and may even go unnoticed by regular users of ad-based free apps.

Features

Along with launching of applications, this launcher also has a few interesting quirks that make it exciting. For instance, you can turn on/ turn off data settings (or rather any system setting) with a gesture. You can also directly get into WhatsApp chat page of your contact with a swipe.

Interface

The application has a neat UI with minimalistic design. The transitions are smooth.

Final Thoughts

The app is surely handy if you multitask a lot. For those who don’t, swiping once to open an app is easier than traditional options. Being a free app, it offers good value. You can download Finger Gesture Launcher app from Google Play store here.

Tested On: Moto G (2nd Generation) 

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