Comparison

Cling vs App Folder Launcher WidgetLoft

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

Head to head
About

Cling

Features
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Cling is a save layer for your iPhone. Anything you need to keep in view goes into Cling, and you decide how loudly it shows up: parked permanently in the Dynamic Island, taking its turn in the live rotation, or saved quietly in the app until you need it. SAVE ANYTHING Cards: a loyalty card, boarding pass, gig ticket, membership or gift card, scannable from the lock screen Notes: a line of text, a link, or a photo you need to keep at hand Reminders: a dated alert with the notification lead time you choose Timers: a labelled countdown to zero Countdowns: days until a birthday, a trip, a deadline Locations: where you parked, the hotel, the restaurant, the bus stop, with an optional note and photo Clocks: an analog dial, a digital readout, or a running stopwatch Dates: weekday, day, month, full date, or the Chinese lunar date Progress: how far through the day, week, month, or year you are Status bars: a modular readout of battery, time, Wi-Fi, text and symbols Decorations: a glyph in the house style, there to dress the island CARDS, PASSES AND TICKETS Scan a card's barcode or type the number, and Cling puts it on the lock screen and in the Dynamic Island, full width and big enough for the till, the gate, or the door. No unlocking, no digging through apps, no turning the brightness up. Tickets and passes track their date, so yours is already waiting before the event. Add a note like "Row F, seat 12", style the card face, and mark any card sensitive to keep it private. PRIVACY: YOUR CARDS STAY YOURS A wallet feature is only as good as the trust behind it, so here is exactly what happens to your cards. Your card numbers never leave your iPhone. They are never sent to our servers. There is no Cling account and no card database on our end. There is nothing to leak, because nothing is ever uploaded. Your cards are encrypted at rest with AES-256. The key lives in your device Keychain, marked This Device Only: it never syncs through iCloud Keychain and never travels in a backup. Sensitive cards, payment cards included, are hidden by default. Their number and barcode are masked everywhere outside the app: not on the lock screen, not in the Dynamic Island, not in widgets. You decide what each card shows. THREE LANES, YOUR CALL Every saved item sits in one of three lanes, and you drag between them on the board. Static stays parked in the Dynamic Island. It is always there. Dynamic joins the live rotation and takes its turn with everything else. Dormant is saved and out of the way. It stays off your widgets unless you say otherwise. Nothing surfaces without your say-so. Move an item between lanes whenever it stops mattering, or starts. EVERYWHERE YOU ALREADY LOOK Saved items appear in the Dynamic Island, on the Lock Screen, and in home screen widgets. The Quick Pins widget puts one-tap starting points for your most-used types on the home screen, so saving a parking spot or starting a timer never needs the app opened. SAVE FROM ANYWHERE The share sheet extension takes text, links and images from any app straight into Cling. Siri and Shortcuts can save a parking spot or start a countdown by voice or as a step in an automation, so Cling fits into routines you have already built. COLLECTIONS Group saved items into collections that match how you think about them: a trip, a move, a project, a week. Collections keep a long list navigable without forcing you to delete things you might still want. MADE TO LOOK LIKE IT BELONGS Pick an accent colour and an appearance per item. Cling follows the system's visual language rather than fighting it, so a pin in the Dynamic Island reads as part of iOS, not as an advert for an app. ON DEVICE Your saved items live on your iPhone. No account, nothing to sign up for. Open it and start saving. REQUIRES iOS 17.2 or later. The Dynamic Island features need an iPhone with a Dynamic Island; on other iPhones, saved items appear on the Lock Screen and in widgets.

About

App Folder Launcher WidgetLoft

Organize your apps into custom folders and launch them directly from your home or lock screen with a single tap. This utility declutters your device by grouping favorites into colorful widgets, offering quick access without endless swiping.

Highlights
  • App folders
  • Home & lock screen widgets
  • One-tap app launch
  • Customizable folder colors
  • Real app icons
  • Lightweight and fast
Features
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WidgetLoft sorts your apps into colorful folders and launches them with one tap from a Home Screen or Lock Screen widget: no more swiping through pages of icons. KEY FEATURES • Widgets. Home Screen, Lock Screen and Dynamic Island; small, medium and large sizes. • Transparent or Colored. Glass look or your own color; dark/light icons, optional names under icons. • Folder in Folder. Tap a folder in the widget to open what's inside. • Every Kind of Tile. App, website, Shortcut, person (call, message, WhatsApp, Telegram) and custom link. • Notification Dot. A red dot on the tile of any app that gets a notification (iOS 27). • Icon Studio. Custom icons from a photo, symbol, emoji or monogram; real app icons. • Tags and Library. Tag, filter and archive your apps. • Backup. Export your whole layout to a single file; iCloud sync between iPhone and iPad. Privacy Policy: https://mucahitk.com/widgetloft/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://mucahitk.com/widgetloft/terms-of-use

Screenshots

Cling4 screens
App Folder Launcher WidgetLoft4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cling at none against App Folder Launcher WidgetLoft's 6. Cling also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). App Folder Launcher WidgetLoft's advantage is ratings volume (28 vs 1). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. App Folder Launcher WidgetLoft sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Cling asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cling holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: App Folder Launcher WidgetLoft has 28 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cling ships an update every 3 days, App Folder Launcher WidgetLoft every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Cling versus App Folder Launcher WidgetLoft: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClingApp Folder Launcher WidgetLoft
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.6 (28 ratings)
Positive reviews—88.2% of reviews
Number of ratings128 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.2 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB73 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWilliam WhitehouseMucahit KOKDEMIR

In-app purchases

None

Cling

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

App Folder Launcher WidgetLoft

Subscriptions1
  • FolderMini Pro Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
One-time5
  • Coffee Tip$2.99
  • FolderMini Pro Lifetime$6.99
  • Pizza Tip$6.99
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  • Dinner Tip$14.99
  • WidgetLoft Pro Lifetime$14.99

Questions

Is Cling free?
Cling is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is App Folder Launcher WidgetLoft free?
App Folder Launcher WidgetLoft is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cling or App Folder Launcher WidgetLoft?
Cling is rated higher. Cling averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while App Folder Launcher WidgetLoft averages 4.6 from 28 ratings.
Do Cling or App Folder Launcher WidgetLoft have ads?
App Folder Launcher WidgetLoft shows ads; Cling does not.
Which is updated more often, Cling or App Folder Launcher WidgetLoft?
Cling ships an update every 3 days, and App Folder Launcher WidgetLoft every 4 days. Most recently, Cling was updated on October 24, 2026 and App Folder Launcher WidgetLoft on October 25, 2026.

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