Head to head · Updated October 2026

PLUI vs Monet

Two excellent launchers from two different schools — compared on facts from each app's public listing, with respect where it is deserved. Which is most places.

Monet is the tasteful one. It brings Material You — Android's dynamic colour system — to the big screen: the whole launcher takes its palette from your wallpaper, and the result is fast, coherent and quietly beautiful. Its 26 animated weather scenes as wallpapers are a lovely touch, and within the minimal school it is the only launcher that offers profiles at all, up to four. Klevico sweats the details, and it shows.

Premium TV Launcher UI plays a different game. Where Monet recolours itself from your wallpaper, PLUI puts glass over it: a widget dashboard you compose yourself, live weather drawn as art in 82 faces, your security cameras beside the clock, and a profile for every person in the house — up to ten. Monet follows a design language; PLUI composes an environment.

Neither school is wrong. The table below is the same 17 facts as our five-launcher comparison, reduced to these two.

Compare	Monet Klevico Minimal	Premium TV Launcher UI Smartago Premium
StyleThe look the launcher is built around	Material You, dynamic colour	Glass panels over your wallpaper, widgets, rail
Ads / sponsored rows	None	None
Price	Free + Premium (one-time)	Free · Elite included
Publisher	Klevico — independent developer	Smartago — a named company with a privacy policy and a support desk
Support	GitHub issues	Email answered by a person in 24–48 h · GitHub issues · in-app feedback
Account required	No	No
Source code	Closed · GitHub holds APKs	Closed · focus layer published as TV Focus Kit (MIT)
Live widgets	Weather, clock and date, Now Playing, network status	Hundreds: 82 weather faces, 38 clocks, forecast, radio, media, system, cameras
Wallpapers	Own photos and videos, 26 animated weather scenes, Reddit, Aerial Views	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	Hidden apps, PIN lock per app	PIN per category, daily screen-time limit, admin permissions
Security cameras on the home screen	—	Yes, beside clock and weather (viewer, no recording)
HOME button on locked TVs	Accessibility service (in-app)	Button Mapper TV QuickActions (Play build) · built-in on the full build
Remote shortcut buttons	Yes	Yes — single, double, long press (inside the launcher)
Sidebar / categories	Categories	100 slots you build, each with icon, layout, lock
Languages	34	45
Backup / restore	Local export	Cloud backup, one Device ID
Devices	Android TV 8+	Android TV 8+, Google TV, Fire TV (sideload, Android models), projectors

Sources: each app’s Google Play listing and public documentation, checked September 2026. “—” means not offered. Corrections: info@smartago.net — we will fix it within a week. Full five-launcher table: Android TV launchers compared.

Choose Monet if

You want Android’s design language on the TV

Material You on the big screen: the launcher recolours itself from your wallpaper, stays fast on weak hardware, and offers the minimal school’s only profiles — up to four — plus 26 animated weather scenes. Tasteful, coherent, quick.

Choose PLUI if

You want the TV to feel like the room

A widget dashboard you compose, weather drawn as art in 82 faces, a profile for every person behind “Who’s watching?”, your cameras beside the clock, glass over your own wallpaper. The premium school — complete, luxurious, and included at no cost.

Asked about this pair

PLUI vs Monet, in plain answers

Is Monet better than PLUI?▾

They are different categories. Monet is the Material You launcher: fast, tasteful, with the home screen taking its colours from your wallpaper — and it is the only minimal-school launcher with profiles (up to 4) and 26 animated weather scenes as wallpapers. PLUI is the premium school: a complete living-room home screen with a widget dashboard, up to ten profiles, parental controls and live security cameras. If you want Android's dynamic-colour design language on your TV, Monet is probably the better pick; if you want the TV transformed into a composed, luxurious dashboard, PLUI is built for exactly that.

What does PLUI have that Monet doesn't?▾

More of everything the premium school is about: up to ten profiles instead of four, behind a "Who's watching?" screen with 100+ avatars; live security cameras on the home screen (ONVIF/RTSP); hundreds of widgets including 82 weather faces and 38 clocks against Monet's four widget types; a daily screen-time limit and admin permissions in the parental controls; a curated wallpaper gallery to 8K with aerial video and fine art; cloud backup under one Device ID; and 45 languages against Monet's 34.

What does Monet do better than PLUI?▾

Material You: Monet's whole interface follows Android's dynamic colour system, so the launcher recolours itself from your wallpaper — a design idea PLUI does not copy, because PLUI's look is glass over the wallpaper itself. Monet's 26 animated weather scenes as wallpapers are a lovely touch, it is fast on weak hardware, and within the minimal school it is the only launcher with profiles at all.

Are both free? Do they show ads?▾

Both are free and neither shows ads or sponsored rows. Monet offers an optional one-time Premium upgrade. PLUI includes its full Elite edition at no cost — no unlock, no trial, no account.

Can I install both and switch between them?▾

Yes. Android TV launchers coexist: installing one changes nothing you cannot undo, and the free TV Launcher Manager sets either one — or the stock launcher — as the real Home app with one tap, including a one-tap restore. Trying both costs two minutes each.

Try both.
Keep the one you love.

No promises, no superlatives. Two minutes on your screen — complimentary, no account — and judge for yourself what belongs in your living room.

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