Gladys vs Quick Launch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gladys
This app acts as a drag-and-drop shelf to temporarily store various types of information, like links, text, and images, from any app. It allows for quick saving without switching contexts and offers features like search, annotation, and iCloud syncing. It also supports collaboration and advanced data manipulation for technical users.
- Drag-and-drop item saving
- Search and Spotlight integration
- Home screen/Today widget access
- Item annotation and tagging
- iCloud syncing
- Collaborative editing
- Hex viewer for technical users
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Gladys is a drag-and-drop shelf that holds things you want to set aside, such as links, text snippets, map locations, contacts, images, photos, emails, messages and much more (even if the application that the information came from is removed) It works with any app that supports drag-and-drop, and helps keep you focused by letting you quickly set something aside, without having to consider where it needs to be dropped, or having to constantly switch between apps. • Works with any app that supports drag-and-drop, but also provides an extension for apps that don't yet support it, as well as the ability to paste items to & from the clipboard. • Quickly search for items inside the app or via Spotlight. Access your top items from the home screen / Today widget, your Apple Watch, and even iMessage. • Annotate items with notes, custom titles, and tag items with labels that allow you to easily categorise, browse, and sort your collection. • Take your collection with you on your iPhone, and keep it updated by turning on automatic iCloud syncing. • Invite friends to keep items from your own collection in their own collections, and, if you give permission, even collaboratively annotate and edit them. • Import/export/merge collection archives simply by dragging. • Ideal for bookmarking between apps: For example you can quickly return to dropped email items by selecting 'Open' in their info view, quickly share links between different browsers, or use Siri shortcuts to copy often-used items to and from your clipboard. • Experienced users can get details on dropped items and extract or modify specific data components (e.g. extract the URL of an image link, instead of the whole item, add a new image, or edit the title). • Technical users can inspect binary data using the in-built hex viewer, download items pointed to by web links, and even archive web pages. • Contains no analytics, ratings prompts, or noise.
Quick Launch
Launch apps, open websites, and run shortcuts directly from your Lock Screen using customizable widgets. Personalize icons with app logos, symbols, emoji, or custom images. Add unlimited widgets for different Lock Screen setups.
- Launch apps from Lock Screen
- Open websites from Lock Screen
- Run shortcuts from Lock Screen
- Unlimited customizable widgets
- Customizable widget icons
- Spacer widget for alignment
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Open websites, launch apps, and run shortcuts directly from your Lock Screen. For example, open google.com, launch TikTok, or run a shortcut to play a random music playlist. You can add unlimited widgets, with different widgets for each Lock Screen configuration. There are many icon options; either a website's icon, an existing app icon, 6000+ symbols, emoji, acronym, or a custom image. The app also includes a spacer widget that gives you more control over widget alignment. ■ Support You can contact me through the feedback button in the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Gladys at Free against Quick Launch's $3.00. Gladys also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and ratings volume (149 vs 48). Quick Launch's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and rating (4.9 vs 4.7). On ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Gladys is free to download; Quick Launch costs $3.00 up front. Gladys sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Quick Launch asks for nothing beyond the download.
Quick Launch holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 149 and 48 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Gladys's written reviews are positive against 92% of Quick Launch's.
Gladys ships an update every 2 months, Quick Launch every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on July 27, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gladys | Quick Launch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.00 |
| Rating | 4.7 (149 ratings) | 4.9 (48 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.5% of reviews | 92.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 149 — better | 48 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pavlos Tsochantaris | Sindre Sorhus |
Customer experience
Gladys
Quick Launch
In-app purchases
Gladys
- Smile Tip$0.99
- Blush Tip$1.99
- Hug Tip$4.99
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- Gasp Tip$9.99
- Scream Tip$19.99
Quick Launch
No in-app purchases









