How Do You Set Up Your Homescreen, and Why?

[Howl's Castle]

Hello. How do you set up your home screen, and why do you set it up that way? (Screenshots are encouraged, but not required)

I set mine up with my most used apps (which happen to all be Microsoft) and folders. I don't have a second page because it feels cluttered.

What about you?

 

[Apple_Robert]

I categorize my apps and then place them in the appropriate folder. I only have the one page thus far.

 

[C DM]

Hello. How do you set up your home screen, and why do you set it up that way? (Screenshots are encouraged, but not required)

I set mine up with my most used apps (which happen to all be Microsoft) and folders. I don't have a second page because it feels cluttered.

What about you?

Somewhat recent discussion of this kind of thing: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/how-organized-is-your-iphone.2005431/

 

[eyoungren]

By similarity of purpose.

 

[Newtons Apple]

Most used on my page one of the home screen and icons closest to the thumb are one I use most. Nothing complicated.

 

[Shanghaichica]

Most used on the first page. I have 2 pages.

 

[Sunny1990]

^^^iPhone 7

iPhone 6S Plus

 

[AlliFlowers]

Most used on the first screen. Folders and lesser used on the next page, and so on. I usually leave a blank row at the bottom to make sure I can easily switch pages without launching an app accidentally.

 

[bufffilm]

First, I'm jail-broken...so I can fit everything on the home screen. A second screen holds my unused and trial apps I may be evaluating.

I group by function and position it to my preference.



Clean and easy to get to everything...
why Apple insists on controlling some customization of the screen is silly.

 

[Mlrollin91]

My home screen is both stock apps and alphabetical ordering.
For example,
Second Row: Calendar, Contacts, Notes, Weather.
Third Row: Calculator, Clock, Maps, Stocks
Fourth Row: Camera, FaceTime, Photos, Voice Memos.

And so on for rows 1/5/6.

 

[joeblow7777]

Mostly based on most used, with some consideration to the aesthetics of the icon arrangement.

 

[Finchly]

What sort of psychopath sets theirs up by color? Most used for me with the messaging apps in a folder in the dock with phone, chrome and gmail.

 

[eyoungren]

What sort of psychopath sets theirs up by color? Most used for me with the messaging apps in a folder in the dock with phone, chrome and gmail.

Someone whose profession involves design.

 

[Mlrollin91]

What sort of psychopath sets theirs up by color? Most used for me with the messaging apps in a folder in the dock with phone, chrome and gmail.

Yeah because a psychopath arranges things by color...
I guess the majority of people are psychopaths because they arrange their clothes in their closet by color.

 

[DeltaMac]

Don't you think it is surprising that most every poster has their own idea about how to use their iPhone?
My, oh my... I am shocked, and dismayed that no one else uses their iPhone just like I do.
Mine, of course, is the only possible correct method for sorting and display of apps and icons (which I refuse to share with a screen shot, so there!) (for a hint, I use the middle name of the developer's mother to sort alpha-magnetically by favorite food... as a start)

I am not crazy, my mother had me tested.

 

[cynics]

Into folders, that don't really have a rhyme nor reason for their order. Categorized and ordered by habit I guess.

 

[swordfish5736]

I have a few apps not in folders, then a folder full of stock apps, and a folder full of downloaded apps. I mainly use spotlight/app suggestions to open apps.

 

[Knowlege Bomb]

First, I'm jail-broken...so I can fit everything on the home screen. A second screen holds my unused and trial apps I may be evaluating.

I group by function and position it to my preference.

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Clean and easy to get to everything...
why Apple insists on controlling some customization of the screen is silly.

Damn I miss my five column homescreen/icon dock.

 

[CrownVic]

The apps I use most are going to be on the lower right hand side so they're easily reached (iPhone 7 Plus lol)

 

[blaine07]

The apps I use most are going to be on the lower right hand side so they're easily reached (iPhone 7 Plus lol)

You get it too. My short fat fingers...

 

[CrownVic]

You get it too. My short fat fingers...

YES!! My thumb is too short

 

[bufffilm]

YES!! My thumb is too short

Or you could get a smaller phone.

 

[geta]

I found out that two pages work best for my needs, never liked having many pages, or one page full of folders -
- First page - most used apps in 3 rows.
- Second page - other apps im having but using them only few times a year inside 2 rows folders.
- Dock - phone and messaging apps.

 

[bufffilm]

Damn I miss my five column homescreen/icon dock.

I really don't know why Apple doesn't allow you to have 5 icons per row if you wanted to. What's the harm in that???

They really have to loosen the reins...

 

[mrex]

One page, apps are inside folders (banking, net, photo...). Everyday apps are on the page and on the dock. Folders are in alphabetical order and i tend to organize apps on the page abit matching to each others (e.g. by colours) to look more balanced than chaotic setup.