I was wondering if there is a Store app available that would transform the Home Screen on my Tab A9+ to have the look and feel I see on the OnePlus Pad 3.
Nova's great, but it's on its way out. They're no longer supporting it and the updates that rolled out a couple months ago were based on year-old changes made by devs who had already left. At some point, it will no longer be compatible with the current version of Android and will just stop working.
All that to say OP may want to consider a different custom launcher.
I had heard Nova was on its way out but I hadn't looked into the details of when/if they were totally discontinuing support.
I personally don't use third party launchers as they haven't really been properly supported since ~Android 13 era. Animations aren't a huge deal, but it can be jarring and make the device feel less fluid when they don't work as well as the stock launcher.
I had been using Nova on my S23U, but went back to One UI after it became my secondary device. The animations wouldn't be an issue if Google would just be consistent with which APIs they opened up. There's no reason to open up certain ones and keep others locked, other than gatekeeping.
As of last fall, Nova looked like it would be on its way out, which is what I based that comment on. Branch Metrics *just this week* sold it to Instabridge. They may be willing to continue supporting it, but it seems to be at the cost of in-app ads. Additionally, the most recent update introduced a number of bugs. Make of that what you will:
