Comparison

Minimal Launcher vs Netglow

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

Head to head
About

Minimal Launcher

This app offers an extremely minimalist home screen experience, designed to reduce distractions and encourage mindful phone usage. It allows you to curate a select list of essential apps and utilize widgets to break phone habits.

Highlights
  • Minimalist home screen
  • Curated app list
  • Home screen widgets
  • Reduces phone habits
  • Encourages mindful usage
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The simplest Home Screen for your iPhone. on point brings your most important apps and actions together in minimal, text-only Home Screen widgets. Add an on point widget to your Home Screen, touch and hold it, and choose Edit Widget to select apps, shortcuts, and system actions. Each widget has its own configuration. Download a matching light or dark wallpaper and arrange your Home Screen around what matters to you. Pro unlocks up to twelve apps and actions per extra-large widget, background colors, alignment, font size, and Rounded and Monospaced styles. Pro is available as a monthly or annual auto-renewable subscription. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled and can be managed in your App Store account settings. Existing lifetime purchases can be restored. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://riedel.wtf/privacy/

About

Netglow

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You met someone interesting. Three months later you remember the conversation but not the name. NetGlow is a private notebook for the people you meet. Write whatever you remember, however messily. It saves instantly, then reads your note and pulls out the details worth keeping — where they work, what they're into, who they mentioned. FIND PEOPLE THE WAY YOU REMEMBER THEM You rarely remember the keyword. You remember the gist. So search by description: "the woman doing something with proteins" "who did I meet that runs really long races" "someone who left a big company to start their own thing" It searches meaning, not text — so a note written in German is found by a question asked in English, and the other way round. EVERYTHING STAYS ON YOUR PHONE There is no account, no sign-up, and no server. Your notes are stored on your device and sync through your own private iCloud, which nobody else can read. Reading your notes uses Apple's on-device Foundation Models framework. Search uses a model built into the app. Dictation uses Apple's on-device speech model. None of them needs a connection, and none of them sends your writing anywhere. WHAT IT DOES • Write a note. It saves the moment you tap save, and fills in who it was about while you watch • Or speak it — dictation runs on your iPhone, one tap from a widget on your Home Screen or Lock Screen, Control Centre, or the Action Button • Search by loose description, in English or German — and get a one-sentence answer above the results, written on your iPhone from your own notes • See the words that matched, so you can check the answer against what you wrote • Find the people you know from the iPhone's own search, without opening the app • Open someone and read your own notes back: what you last wrote, in your own words, with how to reach them a tap away • Call, message or email straight from their card, and open their LinkedIn or Instagram • Bring people in from your contacts — only the ones you pick, and without giving the app access to the rest • Add and edit everything by hand — nothing is locked behind the automatic parts BUILT TO BE HONEST Every detail NetGlow reads from your notes has to quote your actual words, and you approve each one before it's kept. When search isn't confident, it says so rather than guessing. Requires iOS 26. Automatic note reading needs Apple Intelligence; everything else works without it.

Screenshots

Minimal Launcher4 screens
Netglow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Netglow at none against Minimal Launcher's 3. On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Minimal Launcher sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Netglow asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Minimal Launcher ships an update every 2 months, Netglow every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Minimal Launcher versus Netglow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMinimal LauncherNetglow
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews32.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS27.026.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB81 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerriedel.wtf apps S.L.Valentin Elia Neher

Bugs and requests

Minimal Launcher

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Apps disappearing from widget after update
  • Shortcuts not working as expected
  • Inability to add widgets to home screen

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add support for more default iOS apps (e.g. Camera, Photos, Clock)
  • Allow more widget configurations
  • Option to change font size and style
  • Randomize app order in widgets

Netglow

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Minimal Launcher

Subscriptions2
  • on point pro$0.991 Month
  • one year pro | Minimal Phone$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • on point | lifetime unlock$9.95
None

Netglow

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Minimal Launcher free?
Minimal Launcher is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Netglow free?
Netglow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Minimal Launcher or Netglow have ads?
Neither Minimal Launcher nor Netglow shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Minimal Launcher or Netglow?
Minimal Launcher ships an update every 2 months, and Netglow every 6 weeks. Most recently, Minimal Launcher was updated on November 8, 2026 and Netglow on October 31, 2026.

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