This lock screen launcher for iPhone supports your apps and websites, Apple Shortcuts app, custom URL schemes, Dynamic Island, live action and more.
Lock Launcher, universal lock screen widget
In iOS 16, you can personalize your lock screen with widgets below the clock, among other things. You can have up to four small widgets, two medium widgets, or one large widget. Read: How to change notification style on iPhone lock screen
Widgets in iOS 16 are cool, but their potential has yet to be fully realized due to various limitations in terms of what they can do. To begin with, widgets act as shortcuts to their applications. You can’t interact with them to do things like mark an email message as read without opening the underlying app.
You can overcome some of these limitations with Lock Launcher.
Widget for your lock screen widgets
Created by developer ZiLi Huang, this app allows you to launch almost anything from your lock screen, including apps without a widget and your favorite websites.
The utility doesn’t stop there because Lock Launcher supports launching your automation scripts in the Shortcuts app. Maybe you are a fan of our shortcut to set home screen lock and wallpaper with Unsplash images. With Lock Launcher, you can add any shortcut to an app widget and launch it with just one tap.
Dock on the lock screen of your iPhone
Wouldn’t it be nice if you could have the Dock on your lock screen? Lock Launcher supports Apple Live Activity, which places real-time snippets of information, such as sports scores or delivery times, at the bottom of the screen.
Turn on the Live Action feature in the Lock Launcher settings so you can put app shortcuts in the Live Action area at the bottom of the screen. Something like a docking station on the lock screen. In fact, you can put an application launcher in Dynamic Island!
There are some limitations with this because iOS 16.1 allows active activities to be saved for a maximum of 12 hours (8 hours on Dynamic Island), but they are working on an auto-update feature to get around this limitation.
You can also place a clock or app battery widget in Dynamic Island and enable Pure Mode to take screenshots without showing Dynamic Island. Other features include custom icons, support for URL schemes, and so on.
Prices and Availability
Lock Launcher is free to download [ App Store link ] with the ability to remove restrictions and unlock all features with a one-time payment of $0.99.
For more information, visit the official website locklauncher.com.