Launcher with Multiple Widgets vs Watchsmith
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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)
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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/
Watchsmith
Personalize your Apple Watch with customizable complications that can dynamically change throughout the day. Access a variety of tools like weather, workouts, and a timezone converter directly from your watch.
- Customizable complications
- Dynamic complication scheduling
- Weather app
- Workout app
- Timezone converter
- Games
- Calendar
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Watchsmith lets you personalize your Apple Watch like never before. It starts with a wide collection of highly customizable complications, which range in function from date, to weather, to astronomy. Each can be adjusted precisely to best fit your desired function and appearance. This set of complications can then be dynamically scheduled to appear on your watch face following rules you define. For example, a particular complication slot could show the weather first thing in the morning, then your calendar during your work day, then switch to your Activity ring progress as you wrap up your day. This lets you take full advantage of each slot on your watch face without the need to constantly switch back and forth between faces. The Apple Watch app itself also includes a wide collection of tools and functions, such as a weather app, a workout app, a timezone converter, games and a calendar. Watchsmith provides one tap access to what you need, right when you need it. Notes: • Watchsmith is intended for use with a paired Apple Watch, which is where your configured complications will be displayed. It requires watchOS 7. • Watchsmith optionally integrates with Apple Health. This data is used during workouts to display your workout metrics, to show a summary of your daily heart rate date, and your activity. Permission for Watchsmith to access this data is controlled through the Apple Health app. • Watchsmith includes an optional premium subscription. This is offered on a monthly or annual basis. If you choose to purchase a subscription your payment will be charged to your iTunes account. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can turn off auto-renewal at any time by going to your Account Settings on the App Store after purchase. • Access to Tide and Weather hosted data is only available to Watchsmith Premium subscribers. Privacy Policy & Terms: https://david-smith.org/watchsmith_privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Launcher with Multiple Widgets at 4.5 against Watchsmith's 3.9. Launcher with Multiple Widgets also leads on review sentiment (73% vs 38%) and ratings volume (3.4K vs 563). Watchsmith's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Launcher with Multiple Widgets sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per year and Watchsmith sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Launcher with Multiple Widgets holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Launcher with Multiple Widgets has 3.4K ratings behind it against 563, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Launcher with Multiple Widgets's written reviews are positive against 38% of Watchsmith's.
Launcher with Multiple Widgets ships an update every 2 months, Watchsmith every 4 days. Both last shipped on September 27, 2026.
| Parameter | Launcher with Multiple Widgets | Watchsmith |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (3.4K ratings) — better | 3.9 (563 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.6% of reviews — better | 38.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.4K — better | 563 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 115 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cromulent Labs | Cross Forward Consulting, LLC |
Customer experience
Launcher with Multiple Widgets
Watchsmith
Bugs and requests
Launcher with Multiple Widgets
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Watchsmith
Reported bugs
4 issues- Complications not syncing properly
- App freezes on Apple Watch
- Weather location stuck on LA
- Shared calendar issues
Requested features
5 requests- Add support for Series 7 and Apple Watch Ultra
- Hourly weather complication
- Year complication
- Celsius temperature option
- Third-party app complications support
In-app purchases
Launcher with Multiple Widgets
- Launcher Premium Yearly7 Days trial$7.991 Year
- Launcher Premium Yearly3 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Buy Greg a Song$0.99
- Pro Version$1.99
- Unlock Multiple Widgets$1.99
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- Pro Version4 variants$2.99
- Unlock Multiple Widgets$3.99
- Premium Version Discounted$4.99
- Buy Greg a Beer$4.99
- Buy Greg Lunch$9.99
- Premium Version$14.99
- Launcher Premium Onetime$19.99
Watchsmith
- Watchsmith Premium (Monthly)7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Watchsmith Premium (Annual)7 Days trial$19.991 Year
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