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RussianPremium TV Launcher UI (PLUI) is the premium-school Android TV launcher in this comparison: Projectivy, AT4K, Monet and Arc build a minimal Apple-TV-style grid, while PLUI builds a complete living-room home screen with widgets, ten profiles and live security cameras — ad-free, with the Elite edition included at no cost.
Android TV launchers,
side by side
Five custom launchers for Android TV, Google TV and Fire TV — Projectivy, AT4K, Monet, Arc and Premium TV Launcher UI (PLUI) — compared on facts from each app’s public listing and documentation. Two schools: minimal, a clean Apple-TV-style grid; and premium, a complete living-room home screen. Neither is wrong. Pick the one that matches what you want your TV to feel like.
| Compare | Projectivy Spocky Minimal | AT4K Cute Little Apps Minimal | Monet Klevico Minimal | Arc Arc Launcher Minimal | Premium TV Launcher UI Smartago Premium |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| StyleThe look the launcher is built around | Apple-TV-style grid, wallpaper behind | Content rows, Google-TV-like | Material You, dynamic colour | Compact grid, lightweight | Glass panels over your wallpaper, widgets, rail |
| Ads / sponsored rows | None | None | None | None | None |
| PriceList price, launch region | Free + Unlocker (one-time) | Free + Pro (one-time) | Free + Premium (one-time) | Free · GitHub only | Free · Elite included |
| PublisherWho answers for the app | Spocky — independent developer | Cute Little Apps — independent developer | Klevico — independent developer | Community project on GitHub | Smartago — a named company with a privacy policy and a support desk |
| SupportWhere a problem gets answered | GitHub issues, subreddit | GitHub issues, subreddit | GitHub issues | GitHub issues | Email answered by a person in 24–48 h · GitHub issues · in-app feedback |
| Account required | No | No | No | No | No |
| Source codeWhat is actually in the public repository | Closed · GitHub holds issues and docs | Closed · GitHub holds APKs and issues | Closed · GitHub holds APKs | Open · GPL-3.0, a FLauncher fork | Closed · focus layer published as TV Focus Kit (MIT) |
| Live widgetsClock, weather, media, system on the home screen | Clock, weather, basic | Weather, clock, channels, 2048 and more | Weather, clock and date, Now Playing, network status | Clock, weather | Hundreds: 82 weather faces, 38 clocks, forecast, radio, media, system, cameras |
| Wallpapers | Own images, GIF and video, plugins, dynamic | Own images, gradients | Own photos and videos, 26 animated weather scenes, Reddit, Aerial Views | Own images, video, day/night | Curated gallery to 8K, aerial video, fine art, NASA, Reddit, own photos |
| ProfilesSeparate home screens per person | — | — | Up to 4 | — | Up to 10, “Who’s watching?”, 100+ avatars |
| Parental control | Parental controls, PIN | Not listed | Hidden apps, PIN lock per app | Not listed | PIN per category, daily screen-time limit, admin permissions |
| Security cameras on the home screenONVIF / RTSP live view | — | — | — | — | Yes, beside clock and weather (viewer, no recording) |
| HOME button on locked TVsHow the launcher gets the HOME key | In-app launcher override | Default Home app setting · Launcher Manager if missing | Accessibility service (in-app) | Button Mapper or ADB (per README) | Button Mapper TV QuickActions (Play build) · built-in on the full build |
| Remote shortcut buttons | Yes | Yes (accessibility) | Yes | Not listed | Yes — single, double, long press (inside the launcher) |
| Sidebar / categories | Categories, auto-sorting | Rows per category | Categories | Categories | 100 slots you build, each with icon, layout, lock |
| Languages | Many | Many | 34 | Several | 45 |
| Backup / restore | Local export | Local export | Local export | Local export | Cloud backup, one Device ID |
| Devices | Android TV 5+ | Android TV 8+ | Android TV 8+ | Android TV 5+ | Android TV 8+, Google TV, Fire TV (sideload), projectors |
Sources: each app’s Google Play listing and public documentation, checked September 2026. Prices are launch-region list prices and change; “—” means not offered. Corrections: info@smartago.net — we will fix it within a week.
You want the TV to disappear
A quiet grid, your apps, nothing else. Projectivy is the enthusiast’s favourite with the deepest tweaking; AT4K leans on content rows and is the highest rated on the shelf; Monet is fast and follows Material You; Arc is the lightest. All four are excellent at what they set out to do.
You want the TV to feel like the room
Glass over your own wallpaper, weather drawn as art, a profile for every person, your security cameras beside the clock. Premium TV Launcher UI is the only one on this list built for that — a complete home screen for an Android TV box, with the Elite edition included at no cost.
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