@lemmyingly
@lemm.eeWhy do you believe I haven't found the correct one?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.markusfisch.android.pielauncher
Edit: I'm looking at the Play store since F-Droid doesn't have ratings or feedback. I look for apps on the Play store, find something interesting, and then look for the F-Droid version.
I don't see the hate for storing data in a sqlite database. It's still your data, you get to do with it as you please, and I've yet to see the data encrypted (let's not give anyone any silly ideas here). You want to see your data outside of the program, just download any sqlite viewer. If you don't mind CLI, then the tools provided by sqlite are more than good enough and are only a few MB in size.
Everyone I've tried from the Play store feels too basic compared to Nova or their rating is too low because of bugs.
Edit: in hindsight it looks like I'm a paid shill for Nova. This isn't the case at all. I've been looking at launchers for the past few weeks as I recently realised I've had the same set up style for over a decade. I don't want to be the person stuck in the past doing stuff the slower and archaic ways when there are newer and better ways of doing things. I currently have over 20 launchers installed on my phone and I've been slowly trying some.
It currently has a rating of 4.1. It looks like it has some bugs and some cause it to crash.
My phone is 3 years old and is still going strong. The battery feels the same to me as the day I bought it, but I also don't consume a full battery in a day.