Apple removed classic Today View widgets from iOS starting with iOS 18. They were deprecated back in iOS 14 and are no longer part of the operating system, so there is nothing we can do to bring them back.

Launcher's Home Screen widgets have most of the same functionality, including folders, multi-contact launchers, music launchers, web launchers and time/location based views. And on iOS 27, the new Quick Widget can launch every app and shortcut on your device directly from the widget, just like classic widgets used to.

Yes! As of iOS 18 you can choose "Large Icon" mode in the Home Screen customization options, which will remove labels under all app icons and widgets. Just long press on the Home Screen, tap Edit, then Customize, then move the slider from Small to Large.

We currently have dark mode icons for most Apple system apps. If you edit an Apple system app launcher and tap the icon, a dark mode icon will be an option if one exists. However, for third party apps, we only have access to app icons that Apple makes available in the App Store. So far Apple does not make any app's dark mode icons available. If they do eventually make these icons available, we will be sure to add them.

You can always use the "Custom Icon" feature in Launcher to add your own icon to a launcher, so this can be done manually if you can get the app's dark mode icon somehow.

iOS 27: the new Quick Widget launches every app and every shortcut on your device directly from the widget. If you are on iOS 27, it is the easiest way to get direct launching for any app.

For the regular Launcher widgets, direct launching depends on your iOS version:

In iOS 18.0, only the following iOS system apps can be launched directly from Home Screen widgets without launching the Launcher app:

• App Store
• Apple News
• Health
• Files
• Freeform
• Messages

Starting in iOS 18.1, you can launch many more Apple system apps directly from the Home Screen widgets without launching the Launcher app, including:

• All Apple Contact Launchers (FaceTime, Phone Calls, Messages, Mail, and Maps) and these will all work in Multi-Contact Launchers
• Books
• Calendar
• Home
• Fitness
• iTunes Store
• Mail
• Maps
• Music
• Notes
• Photos
• Podcasts
• Reminders
• Shortcuts (including Shortcut Launchers)
• Watch

And starting in iOS 18.1 you can launch a limited set of third-party apps directly from the Home Screen widgets without launching the Launcher app, as long as they support universal links. You will need to recreate the launchers running iOS 18.1 or higher to create launchers that launch directly from the widget for these apps. The initial list of supported apps in Launcher includes:

• Facebook
• Facebook Messenger
• Google Maps
• Hulu
• Instagram
• LINE
• IMDb
• Netflix
• Signal
• SongShift
• Snapchat
• Spotify
• Telegram
• TikTok
• Threads
• Threema
• Uber
• Waze
• WhatsApp
• X/Twitter
• YouTube

Launcher has a few Control Center widgets which can be launched from the Control Center. There is one to launch the Launcher app to a specific widget and several more to activate and deactivate Live Activities widgets.

Launcher does not support launching any app from Control Center widgets because Apple limits the icons that can be used in Control Center widgets to a set of pre-defined icons. If you want to launch any app from Control Center widgets, we recommend you use the Shortcuts Open App Control Center widget which doesn't have this limitation.

The Quick Widget is a new Home Screen widget for iOS 27 and later. Tap an icon and the app or shortcut opens directly, with no detour through the Launcher app. It can launch every app and every shortcut on your device.

It works separately from your existing Launcher widgets and is set up entirely from the widget itself, not in the Launcher app. It is available in every Home Screen widget size.

Long press on your Home Screen, tap the Edit button, choose Add Widget, select Launcher from the list and then choose Quick Widget in the size you want.

To choose what it launches, long press on the widget and tap Edit Widget. Pick an app or shortcut for each slot. The more slots you fill, the smaller the icons get so that everything fits. Each slot also has an optional icon override (see the next question).

Apple does not give widgets access to the icons of other apps, so Launcher has to guess the icon based on the app's name. Most of the time the guess is right, but for apps with generic names, apps that are not on the App Store, or shortcuts, the guess can be wrong or missing.

You can fix any icon yourself. Long press on the widget, tap Edit Widget and fill in the Icon Override field for that slot with either:

• a link to the app on the App Store (for example https://apps.apple.com/app/id123456789), or just the numeric App Store ID, and Launcher will use that app's icon, or
• a direct link to any image hosted on the web (a URL ending in .png or .jpg), and Launcher will use that image as the icon.

To get an App Store link, find the app in the App Store, tap the share button and choose Copy Link.

Unfortunately Apple does not currently provide a way to clear a slot once you have chosen an app or shortcut for it. You can change a slot to launch something else, but you cannot empty it.

The best workaround is to put the launchers you want to keep in the first slots and then use the Override Max # of Rows and Override Max # of Columns settings in the Edit Widget screen to hide the slots beyond them. Alternatively, remove the widget from your Home Screen and add a fresh one.

Apple only allows the apps and shortcuts for this kind of widget to be chosen inside the widget's own Edit Widget screen, so the Quick Widget cannot read the widgets, launchers or views saved in the Launcher app. It is a separate widget type that is configured entirely from the Home Screen.

If you want folders, contact launchers, music launchers, custom backgrounds or views that change by time and location, use the regular Launcher widgets. Both kinds of widgets can be used side by side.

Free users get 8 working icons per Quick Widget. Icons beyond that are shown dimmed and do nothing until you unlock Launcher Premium. Premium also unlocks the smaller icon sizes so you can fit many more icons in one widget.

Tap on a dimmed icon to see the upgrade options.

No. The Quick Widget is a Home Screen widget only, but it is available in every Home Screen size. For the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island use the Lock Screen widgets or the Live Activities widgets, and for the watch use Launcher for Apple Watch.

Yes. When you choose what a slot launches, every shortcut from the Shortcuts app is available alongside your apps, and it runs directly from the widget.

iOS only allows a Live Activity to stay on screen for a limited number of hours before the system removes it. Starting with Launcher 5.8, Launcher can refresh your Live Activities Widgets a few times a day so that they are always there when you pick up your phone.

To turn this on, open the Launcher app, go to Options, then Global Settings, and enable Keep Live Activities Running 24/7. It is off by default. You will also be offered this option when you edit a Live Activities Widget.

That is the 24/7 refresh doing its job. Each time Launcher refreshes the widget, iOS briefly shows it expanding out of the Dynamic Island if you are using your phone at the time, and may briefly light up the Lock Screen if you are not. This happens a few times a day for each Live Activities Widget you have activated.

If you would rather not see this, turn off Keep Live Activities Running 24/7 in Options, then Global Settings. The widget will then stay on screen for several hours after you use the Launcher app or any Launcher widget, and come back the next time you use them.

No, they shouldn't. Unlike most Live Activities, the Launcher widget is static and is only updated when its configuration changes, so it uses about the same amount of battery as a regular widget. The 24/7 option only refreshes the widget a few times a day, which has a negligible effect on battery.

A few things can cause a Live Activities Widget to disappear or not show up:

• Too many icons. Widgets are given very limited memory by iOS and the more icons you have, the more memory is used. If the widget disappears almost immediately or never shows up, remove icons until it becomes stable. We recommend no more than 16 icons in a Live Activities Widget at one time. You can use folders to fit many more launchers within that limit.
• The app was updated. iOS ends all Live Activities when an app is updated from the App Store. Just open the Launcher app again, or wait for the next scheduled refresh, and the widget will come back.
• Live Activities are turned off for Launcher. Check the Settings app, scroll down to Launcher, and make sure Live Activities are enabled. Also avoid tapping Turn Off on the widget itself; tap Keep instead.
• No connection. The 24/7 refresh needs an Internet connection at the time of the refresh. If the phone was offline, the widget will come back at the next refresh or the next time you open the Launcher app.
• Low Power Mode. iOS may delay background refreshes while Low Power Mode is on.

No. Everyone gets one Live Activities Widget with one icon size, and the 24/7 option is free. Launcher Premium unlocks additional Live Activities Widgets and the other icon sizes so you can fit more launchers in each one.

Go into the Settings app, scroll down to the Launcher section, and activate Live Activities to re-enable them in Launcher. In the future, tap the "Keep" button on the Live Activities Widget rather than the "Turn Off" button.

Any activated Live Activities Widget automatically appears in the Dynamic Island on iPhones that have one. Long press on the Dynamic Island to expand the widget and see your launchers. Everything in the widget below the red line indicator in the Launcher app is shown on the Lock Screen but not in the Dynamic Island.

Unfortunately no. Apple does not provide a way for a Live Activity to appear on the Lock Screen but not in the Dynamic Island. You can swipe the widget closed in the Dynamic Island to hide it temporarily, but it will show up there again the next time the widget is refreshed.

This happens when you are running the Live Activities Launcher widget on your phone, Apple has decided that it should be shown on your watch as well, even though in this case it is not useful at all.

You can disable this by going to the Apple Watch app on your iPhone, choosing "Smart Stack" and then scrolling down to Launcher on there and de-selecting "Mirror Live Activity from iPhone".

Starting with macOS Tahoe 26, your Mac can mirror Live Activities from your iPhone. The Launcher Live Activities Widget is not useful on the Mac, but Apple shows it there anyway when mirroring is on.

You can turn this off on your Mac in System Settings under Notifications by disabling Allow notifications from iPhone, or by turning off Live Activities for Launcher specifically. Apple's instructions are here: https://support.apple.com/en-us/120684

The widget you are seeing in CarPlay is due to Apple now mirroring all Live Activities widgets onto CarPlay with iOS 26. So this means you have a Launcher Live Activities widget running on your phone and it is showing it now in CarPlay.

Unfortunately the Launcher Live Activities widget cannot be configured or used in CarPlay and should not be showing there, but the only way to disable it currently is to disable widgets from showing up in CarPlay in the Settings app under General -> CarPlay -> Device Name -> Widgets. We have filed feedback with Apple to allow users to choose which Live Activities widgets they want to show in CarPlay and we hope that they will add this feature in a future version of iOS. In the meantime, we apologize for this inconvenience.

Long press on the new style widget and choose "Edit Widget". Then you will be able to configure the widget to show the exact widget configured in the app by name. If you don't see the widget name you are looking for, you may have the wrong size widget.

Tap the edit button in the top right corner of the main widget list view.

To delete, then tap the red minus (-) button, then "Delete" and then confirm.

To rename the widget, tap the pencil button on the widget you want to rename.

Please note that the new widgets can have multiple widget views. Widget views can be deleted by tapping the +/- button in bottom right corner of the widget edit screen. The default view cannot be deleted. Tap the settings gear button in the bottom left of the widget edit screen to rename the widget view.

Please note that there are two different background (and label) colors or images that you can set in the app. When 'Light Mode' is selected in the app, you are setting the background and label colors for Light Mode. When 'Dark Mode' is selected, you are setting the background and label colors for Dark Mode. The background and label colors that will be used in the widget on your home screen or today view will depend on whether or not your device is currently in Light Mode or Dark Mode. So please check which mode your device is in and the corresponding background and label colors set in the app for that mode should be the one used.

If you are sure that you aren't seeing the background or label color you set in the app in the widget for the current Dark Mode setting, you may have to wait a little while for the widget to update. If you don't see it change after some time, please try rebooting your device.

Launcher offers several kinds of widgets:

• Home Screen widgets in small, medium, large, extra large portrait (iOS 27) and extra large (iPad) sizes. These are the main Launcher widgets and support folders, contacts, music, custom icons and backgrounds, and views that change by time or location.
• Lock Screen widgets in circular and rectangular sizes (iOS 16 and later).
• Live Activities widgets that show on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island.
• Quick Widget (iOS 27 and later), a separate Home Screen widget that launches any app or shortcut directly without opening the Launcher app.
• Apple Watch launchers for calls, messages, directions and music.

Classic Today View widgets were removed by Apple in iOS 18 and are no longer available.

The classic widgets had a variable height, so the widget size could change as more launcher icons were added, but the new style widgets have fixed sizes. So the first row of icons will be centered in the widget and as you add more icons, they will create more rows. This differs from classic widgets where icons are added from the top and each new row increases the height of the widget, so a non-full new style widget will have much more blank space.

Apple only lets Home Screen widgets open their own app, so for most third-party apps the regular Launcher widgets have to bounce through the Launcher app first. Many Apple system apps and some third-party apps can be launched directly; see the list above.

If you are on iOS 27, use the new Quick Widget instead. It launches every app and shortcut on your device directly from the widget with no detour through the Launcher app.

Yes, as of v5.1 we support small new style widgets, and as of iOS 17, they support more than one launcher per widget.

Tap the +/- button in the bottom right of a new style widget edit screen. This will allow you to create multiple widget views. Each new view can be set to show at a specific time and/or location. Views are evaluated from left to right and the first qualifying view is shown. If no views qualify, the last (default) view is shown.

There are some limitations on time/day based widget scheduling. The main one is that the timing is controlled via messages sent from a server to your device, so you must have a good Internet connection at the time the widget is scheduled to show or hide. Here is a list of issues that can cause widget visibility problems:

• Device isn't connected to the Internet when widget visibility changes.
• Right after a reboot, you may need to wait 5-10 minutes.
• If the device is in Low Power Mode, it won't set the visibility correctly. You can check this in the Settings app -> Battery.
• Launcher app was force closed by swiping up in the app switcher. If you have to force close Launcher for some reason, it is best to run it again manually, otherwise it cannot change widget visibility in the background.
• Make sure that Background Refresh is enabled globally and for Launcher. You can check this in the Settings app -> General -> Background App Refresh.
• Make sure that the date/time is set properly on device. Set clock to auto set in the Settings app -> General -> Date/Time.

Note that the widget visibilty should be immediately fixed by running the Launcher app.

Here are some troubleshooting tips:

• Confirm that Launcher has the 'Always' location permission in Settings -> Privacy -> Location Services.
• Confirm that Launcher location is set to 'Precise Location' in Settings -> Privacy -> Location Services.
• Right after a reboot, you may need to wait 5-10 minutes.
• If the device is in Low Power Mode, it won't set the visibility correctly. You can check this in the Settings app -> Battery.
• In order to preserve battery life, it can take up to 5 minutes for a notification that a region was entered or exited.
• Small distance changes (<500 meters) may not trigger a geofence notification. It is best not to use small geofences.
• Check your location in the Maps app and see if it is correct or not.
• Geofencing may not work if your device is in Airplane mode.

Note that the widget visibilty should be immediately fixed by running the Launcher app.

Starting with v5.1, Launcher allows you to create a simulated transparent background for widgets on the home screen on iPhone only. It does this by having you import your wallpaper and creating a background image for the widget that fits the wallpaper perfectly.

Simulated transparent backgrounds are not supported on iPad because the home screen rotates and it isn't possible for the widget to know when the screen rotates, so it would only work in one orientation. It also isn't supported in the Today/Widget View because it is scrollable.

The number of launchers you can have per widget depend on the device and launcher size. The maximum is usually around 30-50.

Widgets have very limited memory and the more launchers you have, the more memory they take up. If you exceed the memory limit of a widget, it will crash and stop loading. There are also size limitations on widgets and for some devices and launcher sizes there simply isn't any room for more.

Yes, you can pick up to 5 different icon sizes if you upgrade to the Pro Version for classic widgets or the Premium Version for new style widgets.

Starting with version 2.0, you can automatically backup and manually restore launchers if you have purchased any in-app purchase. Look for Launcher Backup/Restore in the Options/Hamburger menu in the top left corner of the main screen. Enabling backup will automatically backup changes made to your launchers to iCloud. You can then manually restore launchers to any other device using the same iCloud account.

If you were able to launch an app from your lock screen without entering your passcode, that would be a security hole because anyone would also be able to do the same thing on your phone. There is no way for us to bypass that and we wouldn't want to if we could. If you want to not have to enter a passcode to launch apps from your lock screen, you will have to disable your passcode entirely in the Settings app. Just be aware that this makes your phone much less secure and we don't recommend it.

Some apps have a bug where they don't handle being launched from a widget properly and crash immediately after being launched. There isn't anything we can do about this since the bug is in the launched app. So if you encounter this, the only way it can be fixed is to report the bug to the developer of the app that is crashing. Be sure to explain that it happens when their app is being launched from a widget so that they can properly reproduce the issue.

In the meantime, you can create a shortcut launcher for the app that won't crash it. See this answer on how to do that.

Sometimes apps change or remove their custom URL schemes which is the only way that one app can launch another app. When that happens, the launcher for that app will no longer work. If this has happened for one of your launchers, you can email us at the support link at the bottom of this page and let us know the name of the app whose launcher is no longer working and we can look into it.

In the meantime, you can create a shortcut launcher for the app. See this answer on how to do that.

There are certain scenarios where you might want to create a shortcut launcher to launch an app, such as if the direct launcher isn't currently working or the app crashes or shows an error message when directly launched.

In these cases you can create a shortcut launcher by searching for the app under the "App Store" tab rather than the "Directly Launchable" tab. Then if you long press on the result you will be given the option to create a shortcut launcher instead.

Sorry, due to security restrictions in iOS, an app is not allowed access to the badge numbers of other apps, so that is not technically feasibile. Only the operating system has access to that data.

Yes, this is a built-in option starting with Launcher v4.0.

We still support tens of thousands of launchable apps. However, starting with Launcher v3.0, Apple forced us to stop checking if all launchable apps are installed, even though this was a very useful feature that made it much easier to create new app launchers. We can now only check if a few top apps are installed, which is what you will see in the Installed list initially. You must now search for an app by name before we can check if it is installed or not and then you can create a launcher for it. We are sorry for this inconvenience going forward.

There is a technical limitation in Apple's iOS which doesn't allow third party apps to launch all other apps. The target app needs to provide functionality to allow this. We've worked hard to compile a list of apps that allow this, but not all apps do.
If we can't directly launch and app, we should be able to launch it using a shortcut launcher. Search for the app under the App Store tab and if it has a Shortcuts logo, it can be launched once the shortcut is installed. Please follow the instructions for how to do this. If we don't have a shortcut launcher for an app, you can tap on it and request one and it should be added within 24 hours.
NOTE: Upgrading to the Pro or Premium Versions will not give you any more launchable apps than the free version, but it will unlock the magic launchers.

Starting with iOS 13 and Launcher v4.0, the Settings app launchers are back as shortcut launchers. With shortcut launchers, the Shortcuts app will be launched which has the ability to open the Settings app to a specific screen.

A Contact Launcher involves launching an app that uses information from a contact such as a phone number, email address or street address. Examples include calling someone, emailing someone, or getting directions to someone's house. An App Launcher is a launcher for all other apps and app actions that don't involve contact information.

A Custom Launcher is a launcher where you specify the custom URL yourself. It is recommended only for users who know what they are doing and want to launch a custom URL that they know about that isn't currently included with Launcher.

You can't change an app for a launcher. You should just delete the launcher that you don't want and create a new one for the app that you want.

Launcher uses the "tel" scheme to dial the phone in the Phone launcher. This is the only way to start phone calls on an iPhone from a third party app. Apple has added a restriction in tel: links that disallows both the asterisk (*) and pound(#) characters. Here is their explanation on the issue:

https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/featuredarticles/iPhoneURLScheme_Reference/PhoneLinks/PhoneLinks.html

"To prevent users from maliciously redirecting phone calls or changing the behavior of a phone or account, the Phone app supports most, but not all, of the special characters in the tel scheme. Specifically, if a URL contains the * or # characters, the Phone app does not attempt to dial the corresponding phone number."

Starting in version 1.3 you can do this by adding the Home Screen launcher. This launcher will start up the Launcher app which will then disappear, revealing the home screen. Note that this is the only way this can be accomplished.

Sorry, but there isn't any way to launch this screen.

Instead of launching Safari for the given URL, Launcher will do an HTTP GET to the URL. There are very few people who would ever need this option, but there are some home automation devices that can be controlled by hitting certain URLs. So don't enable this option unless you really know what you are doing.

Yes, starting with v2.0, Launcher supports both (rounded) square and circle icons for all launchers. If you prefer circular icons, you can choose that as the default in Options (top left button in main screen) -> Global Settings. If you wish to switch individual launchers between circle and square icons, you can do this by tapping on the icon in the launcher edit screen.

This can happen for one of two reasons:

1. If you are running iOS 9 or higher, apps that we've added recently won't show up as installed until we release a new version of Launcher.
2. Sometimes apps remove or change their URL schemes that are used to launch them

If you see the app listed in the All Launchable list and it says it doesn't appear to be installed, you can select the "Create Anyway" option and see if the launcher works or not. If it works fine, then it was probably reason #1 and you can continue using the launcher. However, if you get and error message or the app doesn't launch properly, then it is likely reason #2. In this case, you can contact us at the support address below and we can look into whether we can update the URL scheme to one that works or not.

The location of shortcut launchers varies based on which ones you are trying to add:

• Settings app shortcut launchers can be found under the Settings app in the App Launcher list.
• Shortcut launchers that enable/disable Wifi, Bluetooth, Cellular Data, Airplane Mode, DND, and Low Battery Mode can be found under the Built-In Launchers list in the App Launcher list.
• Shortcut launchers the can launch any app can be found under the "App Store" tab in the App Launcher list. Just search for any app in the App Store. If the app you want to add doesn't have a Shortcuts icon on it, just tap on it and we'll usually add it within 24 hours.

First, you should make sure that you have followed all of the steps required for importing a shortcut into the Shortcuts app. Those steps are:

1. Run a shortcut in the Shortcuts app. THIS IS REQUIRED. The easiest way to do this is to add a shortcut from the Gallery tap and then double tap it to run it.
2. Open the Settings app
3. Tap on the Shortcuts settings entry
4. Enable "Allow Untrusted Shortcuts"

If you don't see the "Allow Untrusted Shortcuts" option in the Shortcuts Settings, you skipped step #1.

If you can properly import the shortcut, but you get an error when running it, it may be because you have Safari disabled in the Settings app -> Screen Time -> Restrictions. This appears to be a bug in iOS 13. Please re-enable Safari in order to have shortcut launchers work properly.

If you have followed these steps, then you should be able to create the shortcut launcher again and make sure to tap the Add Untrusted Shortcut button in the Shortcuts app. The shortcut launcher should then work properly.

The launcher trigger icon appears in the top left corner of the widget edit screen on trigger-compatible launchers. Only launchers that can be launched from the app are trigger-compatible, so several system launchers that can only be launched from the widget cannot have triggers added.

Only launchers that can be launched from the app are trigger-compatible, so several system launchers that can only be launched from the widget cannot have triggers added.

A launcher trigger will notify you when any of the set triggers are set. So they will trigger for every time and location trigger set on a launcher.

Currently there are two known issues with triggers not firing properly:

1. If you have multiple geo triggers for the same location, there is a bug in iOS that results in them not firing properly. An example of this would be if you had two different launchers, one set to trigger when you arrived home and another to trigger when you leave home. In this case both triggers may fire when you arrive home and neither will fire when you leave. We've filed a bug with Apple on this and hope they will fix it eventually.
   
   A workaround for this issue is to create a duplicate location for each launcher trigger. So on one launcher, set it to arrive at your home location and then create another duplicate location for your home and use that for the second launcher trigger.

As long as your watch is paired to your phone and the Launcher Apple Watch app is installed on your watch, you will see a button labeled "Apple Watch" in either the Options menu or main screen of the Launcher app on your phone which you can use to configure the Launcher Apple Watch app.

The Apple Watch attempts to save energy by only transferring data occasionally and in batches. This means that it can sometimes take up to 20-30 seconds for all icons to transfer from your phone to the watch. Making lots of changes at once can sometimes overwhelm the data transfer. If you want to force the watch app to reload all icons, toggle the "Hide Launcher Labels" switch under Apple Watch Settings and wait up to 30 seconds..

The Apple Watch attempts to save energy by only transferring data occasionally and in batches. This means that it can sometimes take up to 20-30 seconds for all icons to transfer from your phone to the watch.

Sometimes the watch app needs to wake up the Launcher app on the phone in the background to start the music and that can sometimes take several seconds to complete.

If you long press on a radio station in Apple Music, you should get a menu option that says "Share Station". If you choose this and then "Copy", you should be able to paste that into the URL field for a new Custom Launcher.

Yes, starting with Launcher v3.0, there is now an "auto-update" option on music launchers created from playlists. The playlists are updated in the background when possible, but won't necessarily update immediately.

No, not currently.

The music is being played through the normal Music app. So you can load the Music app, go to Now Playing and hit the pause button. Alternatively, you can swipe up from the bottom of the screen to reveal Control Center which has a pause button. If you upgrade to the pro version, you will be able to add music controls which contain a pause and skip buttons in the widget itself.

This is a new security restriction that Apple added to widgets in iOS 11. There was evidently a malicious app that forced people to call 911 (emergency services), so now every phone call made by a third party app has to be confirmed by the user. I've filed a request with Apple to make this feature less annoying by only confirming each phone number once and not prompting again once it has been confirmed that the user wants to call the specified number, but they have yet to change this implementation. Feel free to contact Apple and let them know that this new security feature is making your phone less useful for you and hopefully they will improve it soon.

Apple removed the ability to directly launch the Settings app to specific screens starting with iOS 11. Starting with Launcher v4.0 and iOS 13, Launcher can open the Settings app to specific screens with new shortcut launchers. You can find these under the Settings app in the App Launcher list.

This is something that Apple has added in iOS 10 to make sure that users realize that they are leaving the app that they are currently running. Luckily this dialog is only shown once per target app, so once you tap "Open" you will never see it again for that app.

Starting with Launcher 5 on iOS 14, Launcher Premium is a new in-app purchase that can be used to enable many features in the new style widgets. These include:

• Unlimited new style widgets
• Widget views which can be used to change icons automatically based on day, time and location.
• Change icon sizes
• Hide launcher icon labels
• Extra-Large Widget on iPad
• Multi-contact launchers

And upgrading to Launcher Premium also includes all of the benefits of our former Pro Version and Multiple Widget purchases for classic widgets.

Yes, starting in iOS 14 you are able to share Launcher in-app purchases using Family Sharing.

Yes, assuming they all use the same iTunes/App Store account or the same Family. Just click on the 'Restore Purchases' option in the Options menu.

The easiest way to see what purchases the Launcher app thinks you have made is by going to the Options menu (3-line button in the top left) and tap on "About". When it shows the name of the app as Launcher, it will then say "(Free)" if you haven't made any purchases, "(Premium)" if you've made the Launcher Premium purchase, "(Pro)" if you've made the Pro Version purchase, "(Multi)" for the multiple widgets option or "(Pro + Multi)" if you've purchased both.

You can check the purchases that you have made in the App Store and within any App Store apps In the Settings app by tapping on your account name at the top, then "iTunes & App Store" -> "Tap on Apple ID" -> "View Apple ID" -> "Purchase History". The download of Launcher will be listed with a price of $0.00 because it is a free download. Any in-app purchases will show their name and the price it was purchased for.

It can be possible that the purchases that the Launcher app sees are out of sync with what has actually been purchased, for instance when an error occurred during the purchase. In the case that you have purchases that aren't reflected properly in the app, you can tap on "Restore Purchases" in the "Options" menu of the Launcher app which should force the app to sync up your previous purchases.