Launcher with Multiple Widgets vs Widget Plus
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/
Widget Plus
This app allows you to create custom widgets for your iPhone home screen. Combine multiple features like stocks, news, notes, and weather into a single, personalized widget to save space and see more information at a glance.
- Customizable widget layouts and colors
- Combine multiple features into one widget
- Real-time stock tracking
- News aggregation
- Note-taking and to-do lists
- Weather and clock integration
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Widget Plus is an integrated app that allows you to customize layouts, colors and combine multiple features into one widget in iPhone home screen iOS 14. This app will give you more information at a glance, better organize your widgets and save more space on your home screen. By merging different features into an integrated widget, you can easily track real-time stocks, read the latest news, view your notes or other information right on your home screen. Widget Plus app brings it all together: - Quickly view multiple information in one single large widget on your iOS 14 homescreen - 3 different widgets size to choose. - Choose your favorite template style & color - Customize widget content with multiple features: Stocks, Notes and Weather, Clock, Calendar, News, Reminders (upcoming) - Personalize information in your widget that matter to you - Create informative beautiful homescreen on your iPhone iOs 14. Create your own widget with Widget Plus! Available features: ■ News: Keep up with the topic and trends you are interested in, whether that's Business, Politics, Science, Sports, Technology, Health or Entertainment, etc. ■ Stocks: Track real-time price quotes and charts for over 100,000 financial instruments, traded on over 70 global exchanges. We cover NYSE, NASAQ, AMEX, EURONEX, TSX, INDEXES, ETFs, MUTUAL FUNDS, FOREX and CRYPTO. ■ Notes: Take a note and make To-do list. Other features will be updated in the upcoming versions. Terms of Use: http://vulcanlabs.co/terms-of-use/ Privacy Policy: http://vulcanlabs.co/privacy-policy/ You are welcome to contact us at support@vulcanlabs.co
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Launcher with Multiple Widgets at 73% against Widget Plus's 0%. Launcher with Multiple Widgets also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (3.4K vs 23). Widget Plus's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 15) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Launcher with Multiple Widgets sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per year. Widget Plus asks for nothing beyond the download.
Launcher with Multiple Widgets holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Launcher with Multiple Widgets has 3.4K ratings behind it against 23, 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 0% of Widget Plus's.
Launcher with Multiple Widgets ships an update every 2 months, Widget Plus weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Launcher with Multiple Widgets | Widget Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (3.4K ratings) — better | 3.0 (23 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.6% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.4K — better | 23 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 115 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cromulent Labs | SMART WIDGET LABS COMPANY LIMITED |
Customer experience
Launcher with Multiple Widgets
Widget Plus
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
Widget Plus
No in-app purchases
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