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The app isn’t new to the Google app store, having been recreating the iOS experience on Android for the past three years. Starting with iOS 13, and every major iOS release since then, the app has been updated to reflect changes in iOS.
Dubbed “Launcher iOS 16”, this knockoff iOS launcher reproduces the iOS home screen, Force Touch menu on apps, “Shake Mode”, App Library, iOS-style widgets, and more. The launcher also replaces app icons with iOS icons like Messages, Notes, Camera, and even the Play Store has Apple’s App Store icons.
The launcher even provides users with customization features not offered to iPhone users, such as the ability to customize app categories in the app library, adjust home screen animations, easily rename apps, and more. The app is clearly well-known in the Android community, getting additional exposure on Twitter earlier this week. The biggest change in iOS 16 is the redesigned lock screen, which made headlines after Apple’s WWDC in June. Widespread coverage of the new lock screen may prompt more users to download the launcher to try out Apple’s latest design. Unfortunately, this launcher doesn’t feature iOS 16’s lock screen, at least not yet.
For those unfamiliar with Android launchers, they are programs that run on a device’s home screen with their own design, personalization features, and options beyond those offered by the device’s original manufacturer. In fact, just browse the Google Play Store and there are dozens of launchers that promise to recreate the iOS experience on Android, the vast majority of which have over 1 million downloads.