Comparison

Launcher with Multiple Widgets vs Phone Widget

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

Head to head
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

Phone Widget

Quickly call and message contacts directly from your home screen with a single tap. Customize your widgets with various themes and sizes to suit your needs. Access your most frequent contacts without searching through your phone's address book.

Highlights
  • One-Tap™ calling and messaging
  • Home screen contact access
  • Multiple widget sizes
  • Customizable themes
  • Support for iMessage, WhatsApp, Telegram
Features
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With Phone Widget, calling your loved ones has never been easier and faster! Call and message your friends in only one tap! Thanks to our new One-Tap™ technology, tapping our widget is enough to start a call (Requires the Shortcuts app) or open a conversation in iMessage, WhatsApp, or Telegram. Forget about looking for contacts in the phone or contacts apps, as Phone Widget allows you to have your contacts directly on the home screen. The app comes with three different sizes of widgets that can hold up to 10 contacts each, which means that having quick access to your contacts has never been this easy. On iPad, widgets are available in 4 sizes and hold up to 20 contacts each. With themes, customizing your widgets is as easy as it gets. Change the color and appearance of a widget with just one tap!

Screenshots

Launcher with Multiple Widgets4 screens
Phone Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Phone Widget at 100% against Launcher with Multiple Widgets's 73%. Phone Widget also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Launcher with Multiple Widgets sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per year and Phone Widget sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Launcher with Multiple Widgets ships an update every 2 months, Phone Widget monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Launcher with Multiple Widgets versus Phone Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLauncher with Multiple WidgetsPhone Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (3.4K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews72.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.4K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size115 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCromulent LabsErick Daniel Padilla

Customer experience

Launcher with Multiple Widgets

All ratings3,367 ratings
Positive87.8%
Neutral4.0%
Negative8.2%
Written reviews1,379 reviews
Positive72.6%
Neutral6.6%
Negative20.8%

Phone Widget

Written reviews9 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

12 purchases

Launcher with Multiple Widgets

Subscriptions2
  • Launcher Premium Yearly7 Days trial$7.991 Year
  • Launcher Premium Yearly3 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time10
  • 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
1 purchases

Phone Widget

One-time1
  • Phone Widget Unlimited$0.99

Questions

Is Launcher with Multiple Widgets free?
Launcher with Multiple Widgets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Phone Widget free?
Phone Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Launcher with Multiple Widgets or Phone Widget have ads?
Neither Launcher with Multiple Widgets nor Phone Widget shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Launcher with Multiple Widgets or Phone Widget?
Launcher with Multiple Widgets ships an update every 2 months, and Phone Widget monthly. Most recently, Launcher with Multiple Widgets was updated on September 27, 2026 and Phone Widget on September 19, 2026.

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