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Nova was mentioned by @DavidP@lemmy.world, however they were purchased by an analytics company, and my understanding is it now has some nepharious garbage in it.
I switched to Neo Launcher, a FOSS launcher that is very similar.
However many prefer Lawnchair, which is also similar and FOSS.
Both of those meet your criteria.
I have been using Nova for a LONG time, and wasn't aware of them getting bought, what nefarious thing is it doing now? Do you have some reports on it? Although I can imagine the sort of things analytic companies are doing.
So basically everything you do, in the launcher of your phone. Which means everything you open, search, etc, and for how long. They also tie it to you, and explicitly state it can be used for legal reasons:
Lastly, they hand it off to Matomo (a Google Analytics style tracker) and Bugsnag (error monitor with a privacy policy worth it's own review).
https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/324827
I highly recommend a switch. Neo has proven to be very similar. Like, clonish similar.