Comparison

Tips & Tricks vs Launcher with Multiple Widgets

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Tips & Tricks

Unlock your iPhone's full potential with daily updates on the latest news, features, and tips. Discover hidden app functions, master iOS, and stay informed about new devices. Get unbiased reviews, privacy advice, and price drop alerts for your favorite apps.

Highlights
  • Daily tech news updates
  • Interactive iOS quizzes
  • Over 200 iOS tips and tricks
  • Coverage of iOS updates
  • App and game reviews
  • Price drop alerts
  • Privacy advice and scam warnings
Features
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Whether you’ve just upgraded or you’ve been using iPhone for years, we help you get more from iOS with clear tutorials, breaking Apple news, and practical tips you’ll actually use. From mastering iOS’s latest features to discovering time-saving shortcuts, privacy settings, and clever tricks built into your device, Tips & Tricks makes sure you never miss a thing. UPDATED DAILY • Step-by-step guides to iOS 27’s biggest new features • Tip of the Day to sharpen your iPhone skills • Breaking Apple news and analysis • App and game reviews you can trust • Privacy guidance and scam warnings to keep you safe • Tutorials and advice from our expert writing team • Buyer’s guides, app roundups, toolkits, and more ALSO INCLUDED • A built-in guidebook with 200+ essential iPhone tips • AI-powered upgrade assistant to help choose between Apple devices • Home Screen widgets for the latest news and tips • iOS update notifications so you never miss new features • Save tips and articles for easy access • Powerful search across thousands of expert articles Tips & Tricks has been helping iPhone users since the early days of the App Store. With over 10 million downloads and multiple appearances in Apple’s “Best of the Year,” we’re a trusted source for clear advice, expert analysis, and easy-to-follow iOS tutorials. WHAT OUR READERS SAY 5/5 “Simple, logical, and beautifully designed. Very well done.” 5/5 “I used every tip! Very useful!” 5/5 “A real eye-opener! I thought I knew a lot, but I didn’t!” 5/5 “I absolutely love this app. It shows me things I never knew I could do with my iPhone and iPad.” 5/5 “This app is extremely useful, even for those who think they know it all.” TIPS PREMIUM Tips & Tricks is supported by occasional ads. Upgrade to Tips Premium to unlock every article, remove ads, and more. Tips Premium offers auto-renewable subscriptions: - Monthly subscription - Annual subscription A free trial is available for new subscribers. Subscriptions automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel subscriptions in your Apple Account settings. LEGAL Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.tapsmart.com/tapsmart-apps/tips-tricks-privacy-policy/

About

Launcher with Multiple Widgets

This app allows extensive customization of your iPhone and iPad home and lock screens with powerful widgets. Access contacts, websites, apps, and perform actions with a single tap. Premium features offer dynamic icon changes, advanced organization, and unlimited widget creation.

Highlights
  • Customizable home and lock screen widgets
  • One-tap app launching
  • Contact shortcuts (call, message, email)
  • Website and location shortcuts
  • Shortcut app integration
  • Dynamic widget icons (premium)
  • Folders for organization (premium)
Features
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Launcher is the original app launching widget -- and still the best! Launcher puts your favorite apps, people, and actions one tap away: on your Home Screen, your Lock Screen, in the Dynamic Island, and on your Apple Watch. Top 10 Productivity App in over 80 countries and counting! Over 5 million downloads! "It belongs on everyone's iDevice for one-swipe access to favorites" - AppAdvice.com "One of the most flexible widgets out there." - Gizmodo.com "It will speed up your iOS usage in a real way." - Tidbits.com "One of the best time-saving apps out there." - BusinessInsider.com NEW: QUICK WIDGET (iOS 27) Launch any app or shortcut on your device straight from the widget, with no detour through the Launcher app. Choose your shortcuts, pick an icon size, and go. LIVE ACTIVITIES WIDGETS ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN AND DYNAMIC ISLAND Put launchers where you see them most. Launcher can keep your Live Activities widget running 24/7 by automatically restarting it throughout the day, so it's always there when you pick up your phone. With just a tap on a Launcher widget you can: - Call, message, email, and FaceTime the people you contact the most. - Get directions to specific locations or search for nearby businesses. - Quickly access your favorite websites. - Run Shortcuts, fire off a canned email or message, and perform actions inside your favorite apps. - Start playing your favorite music immediately with music launchers. - Launch any app on your device. WIDGETS FOR EVERY SCREEN - Home Screen widgets in small, medium, large, extra large portrait, and extra large (iPad) sizes. - Lock Screen widgets, both circular and rectangular. - Live Activities widgets for the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. - Quick Widget for direct launching of apps and shortcuts on iOS 27. - Apple Watch: initiate calls, messages, map directions, and music from your wrist. - Designed for the new look of iOS 26 and iOS 27, with icons that adapt to tinted, clear, and dark Home Screens. Unlock these features with Launcher Premium: - Change widget icons automatically based on day, time or location! Set up specific widget views for morning, weekends, home, work, gym, etc. and always have relevant launchers just a swipe away. - Change icon sizes from tiny to huge and fit dozens of launchers in a single widget. - Remove icon labels for a cleaner look. - Folders. Save space and keep your launchers more organized by grouping them into folders. - Stack widgets for better space utilization. - Backup and restore your launchers with iCloud. - Unlimited number of widgets! FREE FEATURES: - Customize your icons and backgrounds with colors or images. - Import wallpaper to create simulated transparent widget backgrounds. Optionally add a transparent color overlay. - Shortcut Launchers bring even more power to Launcher. Utilize the power of the Shortcuts app easily without the complexity. - Launch every app on your device. No more limits. - Settings shortcut launchers have the ability to launch to most screens in the Settings app. - One tap launchers for turning Wifi, Bluetooth, Low Power Mode, DND, Cellular Data, and Airplane Mode on and off. - Option to open Web Launchers in different web browsers. - Launcher triggers: Get a notification to launch an app at set times or locations. - Ability to create custom launchers for apps and actions that aren't yet supported. - Great accessibility for the sight-impaired. - Available in 12 languages. Please support further development on the app by unlocking Launcher Premium today. Thanks! Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime in your Apple account settings. Privacy Policy: https://www.cromulentlabs.com/launcher/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Tips & Tricks4 screens
Launcher with Multiple Widgets4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Launcher with Multiple Widgets at none against Tips & Tricks's shown. Launcher with Multiple Widgets also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Tips & Tricks's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.5). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Tips & Tricks sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Launcher with Multiple Widgets sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tips & Tricks holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4.1K and 3.4K respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 68% of Tips & Tricks's written reviews are positive against 73% of Launcher with Multiple Widgets's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tips & Tricks ships an update every 5 weeks, Launcher with Multiple Widgets every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Tips & Tricks versus Launcher with Multiple Widgets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTips & TricksLauncher with Multiple Widgets
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4.1K ratings) — better4.5 (3.4K ratings)
Positive reviews68.1% of reviews72.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4.1K — better3.4K
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB115 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIntelligenti LtdCromulent Labs, Inc

Customer experience

Tips & Tricks

All ratings4,085 ratings
Positive96.0%
Neutral2.5%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews295 reviews
Positive68.1%
Neutral6.4%
Negative25.4%

Launcher with Multiple Widgets

All ratings3,382 ratings
Positive87.8%
Neutral4.0%
Negative8.2%
Written reviews1,381 reviews
Positive72.6%
Neutral6.6%
Negative20.9%

Bugs and requests

Tips & Tricks

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Constant crashing and loading issues
  • Incompatibility with newer iOS versions

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to bookmark favorite tips
  • Improved navigation and search
  • More frequent updates and new content

Launcher with Multiple Widgets

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Tips & Tricks

Subscriptions3
  • Premium Content Experience3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • First Year Special Offer7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Premium Content Experience7 Days trial$99.991 Year
One-time7
  • Go Ad Free$0.99
  • Go Ad Free$1.99
  • Go Ad Free$2.99
Show 4 more
  • Go Ad Free$4.99
  • Go Ad Free$7.99
  • Go Ad Free$39.99
  • Go Ad Free$239.99
9 purchases

Launcher with Multiple Widgets

Subscriptions2
  • Launcher Premium Yearly7 Days trial$7.991 Year
  • Launcher Premium Yearly3 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time7
  • Buy Greg a Song$0.99
  • Pro Version$1.99
  • Unlock Multiple Widgets$1.99
Show 4 more
  • Pro Version2 variants$2.99
  • Unlock Multiple Widgets$3.99
  • Premium Version Discounted$4.99
  • Premium Version$14.99

Questions

Is Tips & Tricks free?
Tips & Tricks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Launcher with Multiple Widgets free?
Launcher with Multiple Widgets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tips & Tricks or Launcher with Multiple Widgets?
Tips & Tricks is rated higher. Tips & Tricks averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4.1K ratings, while Launcher with Multiple Widgets averages 4.5 from 3.4K ratings.
Do Tips & Tricks or Launcher with Multiple Widgets have ads?
Tips & Tricks shows ads; Launcher with Multiple Widgets does not.
Which is updated more often, Tips & Tricks or Launcher with Multiple Widgets?
Tips & Tricks ships an update every 5 weeks, and Launcher with Multiple Widgets every 2 months. Most recently, Tips & Tricks was updated on October 31, 2026 and Launcher with Multiple Widgets on November 5, 2026.

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