Comparison

Launcher with Multiple Widgets vs FirstSeed Calendar for iPad

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

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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/

About

FirstSeed Calendar for iPad

This app offers a robust calendar and reminder management system with advanced features for event organization. It supports various iPadOS versions, interactive widgets, and natural language event creation. Syncs seamlessly with Apple Calendar and Reminders apps.

Highlights
  • Interactive widgets
  • Natural language event creation
  • Full-featured month view
  • Innovative week view
  • List view for events
  • Move and duplicate events
  • Syncs with Apple Calendar & Reminders
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FirstSeed Calendar is an amazing app that handles both events and reminders with the following great features: - Added support for Liquid Glass, as well as clear widgets and icons in iPadOS 26. - Supports Control Center & lock-screen buttons as well as dark & tinted app icons in iPadOS 18. - Supports interactive widgets and lock-screen widgets in iPadOS 17. - Supports Stage Manager, weather and focus filter in iPadOS 16. - Full-featured month view with single-handed operation for most common tasks - Innovative week view that eliminates the need for vertical scrolling - List view that shows events like paper organizer - Ability to move and duplicate events - Show notes in full screen - Smooth scrolling of calendar views - And much more! Also the following great features are available: - Access to reminders - Quick event that processes natural language (English, German, French, Spanish, Japanese) - Calendar Set to quickly switch calendars - Use template to create similar events easily - Customize shortcuts to set duration for events - Analog clock to select the time quickly - Week number, time zone, and event history - Different app icons - And more! FirstSeed Calendar syncs with Apple's "Calendar" app, so you can use iCloud calendar or other online calendars to sync your events across all devices. It also syncs with Apple's "Reminders" app, so you can use iCloud to sync your reminders across all devices. The new reminders in iOS 13 and macOS Catalina is only partially supported. For example, sub reminders show up as no-due reminders. Full support will be provided in the future update.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Launcher with Multiple Widgets at Free against FirstSeed Calendar for iPad's $12.99. Launcher with Multiple Widgets also leads on ratings volume (3.4K vs 56) and device support (3 vs 1). FirstSeed Calendar for iPad's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Launcher with Multiple Widgets is free to download; FirstSeed Calendar for iPad costs $12.99 up front. Launcher with Multiple Widgets sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per year and FirstSeed Calendar for iPad sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FirstSeed Calendar for iPad holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Launcher with Multiple Widgets has 3.4K ratings behind it against 56, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 73% of Launcher with Multiple Widgets's written reviews are positive against 65% of FirstSeed Calendar for iPad's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Launcher with Multiple Widgets ships an update every 2 months, FirstSeed Calendar for iPad every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Launcher with Multiple Widgets versus FirstSeed Calendar for iPad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLauncher with Multiple WidgetsFirstSeed Calendar for iPad
PriceFree — better$12.99
Rating4.5 (3.4K ratings)4.8 (56 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.6% of reviews — better65.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3.4K — better56
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size115 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCromulent Labs, IncFirstSeed Inc

Customer experience

Launcher with Multiple Widgets

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

FirstSeed Calendar for iPad

All ratings56 ratings
Positive96.4%
Neutral1.8%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews80 reviews
Positive65.0%
Neutral15.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

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
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  • Pro Version2 variants$2.99
  • Unlock Multiple Widgets$3.99
  • Premium Version Discounted$4.99
  • Premium Version$14.99
1 purchases

FirstSeed Calendar for iPad

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly donation$2.991 Month

Questions

Is Launcher with Multiple Widgets free?
Launcher with Multiple Widgets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FirstSeed Calendar for iPad free?
FirstSeed Calendar for iPad costs $12.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Launcher with Multiple Widgets or FirstSeed Calendar for iPad?
FirstSeed Calendar for iPad is rated higher. Launcher with Multiple Widgets averages 4.5 out of 5 from 3.4K ratings, while FirstSeed Calendar for iPad averages 4.8 from 56 ratings.
Do Launcher with Multiple Widgets or FirstSeed Calendar for iPad have ads?
Neither Launcher with Multiple Widgets nor FirstSeed Calendar for iPad shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Launcher with Multiple Widgets or FirstSeed Calendar for iPad?
Launcher with Multiple Widgets ships an update every 2 months, and FirstSeed Calendar for iPad every 8 days. Most recently, Launcher with Multiple Widgets was updated on November 5, 2026 and FirstSeed Calendar for iPad on November 2, 2026.

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