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Apps in alphabetized order

Why doesn’t my iphone alphabetize my apps? Not just on HOME screen but all screens. Just ANOTHER reason I should have stayed with Android.

iPhone 13, iOS 15

Posted on Mar 6, 2022 12:57 PM

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Posted on Apr 18, 2022 8:06 AM

my boyfriend has a Samsung. With one click, the apps dory alphabetically in each screen. Makes no sense why apple makes you do this manually. Not sure who the “most people” are but they sure aren’t android users thinking of switching. And innovation doesn’t occur by thinking the product is already good enough.

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Jun 17, 2022 5:46 PM in response to Axel Foley

Thank you for the speedy and helpful response. The reset ordered them

all alphabetically. Not a very elegant or functionally smart fix but will do for now.


I‘m not a good judge of demeanor or manners - in person or, worse, online and am won’t to judge at all. I said what I felt, right or wrong.


As for the feature, I pondered on the design principles wearing a product manager’s hat. No doubt Apple UI designers, architects, business process analysts, (bean counters and anthropologists too?) looked at it intensely and made a call to do it this way. WHO amongst them won the debate I can’t say but this user is none the better. All that said, there is nothing on this question by Apple. That silence is consistent.


Again, thanks for your helpful tip.

Jun 21, 2022 6:55 AM in response to ApplisPondu

ApplisPondu wrote:

“If that is not sufficient get a Samsung if this is a very important feature to you.”

No, it's very pragmatic advice. If the tool you have doesn't meet your needs, you should get a different one rather than

Often times, while browsing, etc. an app fires up that I have turned off the cellular network for. I go to Settings > Cellular to turn Cellular on for that app. Here’s where the prob is: the long list of apps (140) are all jumbled up and not listed alphabetically. I have no idea what “user experience” Apple is targeting. It’s not consistent either because the apps in Privacy/Location are all ordered alphabetically!

Go to the top level of Settings and go down to the alphabetical listing of apps instead.

Jul 5, 2022 6:56 AM in response to IdrisSeabright

Wow: buy a different phone for one thousand dollars because a simple app sort per screen cannot be put into the backlog for future feature development. We are not talking hardware redesign here. We are talking about a simple re sort for user convenience sake. And who made anyone here the God of future feature development ? My suggestion was helpful competitive analysis toward innovation and the response was dont make suggestions.

Jul 9, 2022 4:34 PM in response to Lawrence Finch

But the point here isn’t whether YOU think it is a good idea, the point everyone is making is that we know it is an easy sort, that in the past Apple has provided, even if it was buried. And no one should have to sit here and manually alphabetize their apps when all it takes is the most basic sort function.


The beauty of holding a full on computer in your hands is not having to stress the little stuff. The price of this little computer I hold in my hand should afford me a basic sort option without having to explain myself.


While it is all well and good that it’s on that last screen, my organized mind would just like to have my home screens start with being alphabetized and then I will take it from there.


Now that I have covered all of the judgmental objections is there a valid, non-speculative reason they did away with it?


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Apps in alphabetized order

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