Why no app drawer?

[jrswizzle]

I was wondering why Apple hasn't implemented an app drawer. I recently came back to the iPhone 6+ and am loving it. I was using a LG G3. Nice phone but not as smooth as my 6+

One thing that is great with android is the app drawer. Allows easy access to apps and you can keep the ones you use frequently on the home page. Has Apple ever said why no drawer?

Because the whole home screen is an app drawer....you can organize them into folders and in whatever order you like. Put the ones you use on the home screen and organize the rest into folders. That's what I do.

And if you don't want to go searching through folders for a specific app, like another poster mentioned - down-swipe on the home screen pulls up spotlight and you can just type whatever app you want in. You can also just ask Siri to open it for you.

 

[Saturn1217]

To answer the OPs question:

While I agree that the app drawer is fantastic it is also easy for apps to get lost in there. For less savy users it is probably confusing to have a just downloaded app show up only in a place they don't usually frequent. Google actually changed the play store default settings a while ago to automatically put a shortcut on the homescreen when you first install an app. I presume this was so general consumers would know where their new app was. Also think of how easy it is to forget and not use apps that you keep in your app drawer. This is great for us but bad for app developers who want you to always be seeing their app if it is on your phone.

I think this may be part of the reason why Apple insists on their way of doing things. Doesn't work for me but it clearly works for others and I think there are advantages and disadvantages of both the Android and iOS way of doing things.

 

[lowendlinux]

When I had my iPhone I tried to keep all my stuff on the second page and beyond now they all reside in the app drawer an my home screen is clean.

 

[MRU]

The most cumbersome of all app drawer / no app drawer styles is Windows Phones App List. Get a stack on apps on your device and that list it a pain to navigate.