Quick Launch vs Rivet
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.
Rivet
Monitor your services, websites, and infrastructure from your iPhone. View real-time dashboards, track response times, and receive instant notifications for downtime. Organizes monitors with tags and offers biometric security.
- Real-time dashboard with live status
- Response time charts and statistics
- Instant push notifications for downtime
- Uptime tracking over time
- Tagging and filtering for organization
- Home screen widget for quick access
- Biometric security (Face ID/Touch ID)
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Rivet is the native iOS companion app for Uptime Kuma, the popular open-source monitoring tool. Monitor your services, websites, and infrastructure directly from your iPhone. FEATURES: • Real-time Dashboard - View all your monitors at a glance with live status updates • Response Time Charts - Visualize performance trends with detailed graphs and statistics • Instant Notifications - Get push alerts when services go down or recover • Uptime Tracking - Monitor uptime percentages across days, weeks, and months • Tags & Filtering - Organize monitors with tags and quickly find what you need • Home Screen Widget - Keep an eye on your services without opening the app • Biometric Security - Protect access with Face ID or Touch ID • Multiple Servers - Connect to multiple Uptime Kuma instances PRIVACY FOCUSED: Rivet connects directly to your self-hosted Uptime Kuma server. Your monitoring data never passes through our servers. REQUIREMENTS: • A self-hosted Uptime Kuma instance (v1.x) • Network access to your Uptime Kuma server
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Quick Launch at 92% against Rivet's 0%. Quick Launch also leads on rating (4.9 vs 1.0) and monetization model (free vs paid). Rivet's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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 Rivet $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Quick Launch holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Quick Launch has 48 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of Quick Launch's written reviews are positive against 0% of Rivet's.
| Parameter | Quick Launch | Rivet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.00 | $2.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (48 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 48 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.1 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sindre Sorhus | Level44 |
Customer experience
Quick Launch
Rivet
In-app purchases
Quick Launch
No in-app purchases
Rivet
No in-app purchases
