Quick Launch vs Shavian & Quikscript
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Shavian & Quikscript
Learn and use a unique phonetic alphabet designed to replace Latin. This app offers a streamlined way to write and transcribe English using single-stroke characters.
- Shavian alphabet learning
- Quickscript (Read alphabet) support
- Single-stroke character writing
- English language transcription
- Phonetic alphabet replacement for Latin
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The Shavian alphabet (or Shaw alphabet) was posthumously created as an alphabet for the English language, intended to replace Latin. Each character in the Shavian Alphabet requires only a single stroke to be written on paper. The Shaw alphabet was later evolved by its designer Kingsley Read into Quickscript (also known as the Read alphabet and Second Shaw).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Quick Launch at every 4 weeks against Shavian & Quikscript's every 6 months. Quick Launch also leads on price ($3.00 vs $7.99) and ratings volume (48 vs 8). Shavian & Quikscript's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.1). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and chart position 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
Quick Launch costs $3.00 and Shavian & Quikscript $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Quick Launch against 4.8 for Shavian & Quikscript. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Quick Launch has 48 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 92% of Quick Launch's written reviews are positive against 83% of Shavian & Quikscript's.
Quick Launch ships an update every 4 weeks, Shavian & Quikscript every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Quick Launch | Shavian & Quikscript |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.00 — better | $7.99 |
| Rating | 4.9 (48 ratings) — better | 4.8 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.3% of reviews — better | 83.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 48 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #76 — better | #160 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.1 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sindre Sorhus | Maarten Trompper |
Customer experience
Quick Launch
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In-app purchases
Quick Launch
No in-app purchases
Shavian & Quikscript
No in-app purchases
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