Minimal Launcher – on point

I love this app! It was an effort to make my phone less inviting and exciting so I was use it less. It has certainly helped. I even like the short lag it takes to go through a shortcut, because - again - I want my phone to be a little less convenient and fun so that I will use it less. BUT after the last update, the Spotify button no longer works. It used to launch the app, just fine. Now it opens Safari to the Spotify website. Please fix. I use that button daily and it not working is very annoying.

I’ve tested several of these minimal launchers. This is one of the best. The problem is such a major one though that I can’t use it for now. There is a delay in opening the app from the app that is opened after clicking the link in the widget. The app seems to get stuck in On Point. It will frequently not take me to my target app. I get that Apple has caused an issue where you need to use the shortcuts app and an automation to get this working. But other apps at least get the forwarding to the target app part right. And they do it quickly. In this app, I get stuck after landing in the app from the widget. However I really like having two widgets for the home page, so I can have 3 more app links shown than other launcher apps. It just isn’t enough of a benefit to overcome the failure of doing the one job it can’t fail at, taking me to the target app.

I am a lifetime member. The general idea is great. Minimal Home Screen, and no notifications. The interface for adding apps is straightforward and customizable. However, the app opening is clunky. It’s not possible to natively add every single app. So, the custom apps via shortcuts is great, right? Not so much. Clicking an app via the widgets while running via shortcuts / automation will make on point visibly open for about a second or two before opening the desired app. Although short, this is frustrating! The worst offender is Firefox Focus. So, I have to either live with this clunky delay with automation on, or not support custom apps. Please improve this if possible. Note: iPhone 12 running iOS 17.5.1

I appreciate the dev working on an update to help with the shortcut delay, but it’s still a bit too long for me personally. Hopefully iOS 18 will give back the previous functionality.