I'm also a daily user of Launcher (paid version) and did buy Launch Center Pro recently when they updated their iPhone app (their separate iPad app still doesn't support it) to see how their widget would work and if they support more apps. Unfortunately they don't if it regards the widget. The Launcher widget is so much further in comparison to LCP. LCP does have a huge database of app actions but if it regards the widget and simply launching an app it still lacks quite a few apps. It does offer a lot of features to do certain combination actions with various apps like Workflow can (which i'm also using).
I'm using Launcher widget daily and together with Workflow (which i use once in a while) it's a great combination.
Pros for Launcher:
- can reduce icons (only with paid in-app purchase)
- a lot more apps are supported to include
within the widget (ofcourse you could still add these manually if you know the URL schemes, see a huge list
here which we found throughout the recent months and submitted to Launcher)
- in my opinion easier to use
- cheaper one universal app for both iPhone and iPad (you can use the widget with both)
- the widget is soo much better with e.g. music launchers, special launchers
Cons for Launcher in comparison to Launch Center Pro:
- it lacks a lot of app and app actions
- it lacks folders
- it lacks multiple app actions which Launch Center Pro offers
Cons for both:
- it lacks categories in the widget (like
Quick-Tap has)
You could also try some great other alternatives (
iLauncher, Go Launcher, S Launcher - all free and Quick-Tap (paid) see also
here) but the majority of those still have a bug when you set the icons to the smallest size that you can't press the left icons (at least not on my iPhone 5s). Launcher resolved this matter with a few updates ago.
