AppGrid
Launchpad replacement Apple approved 27x, then blocked
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Attila Miklosi

AppGrid - Launchpad replacement Apple approved 27x, then blocked

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AppGrid brings back the classic Launchpad grid on macOS Tahoe. Free core features work just like the original. Pro adds what Apple never built: hot corners, multi-item operations, AI-assisted rearranging. Available as a direct download.

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Attila Miklosi
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Hi Product Hunt, I'm Attila, the developer behind AppGrid. Before AppGrid, I spent 12 years building Launchpad Manager, a Launchpad editor with 324,000 downloads. When Apple removed Launchpad from macOS Tahoe in 2025, it became instantly obsolete. I built AppGrid as the replacement. It got traction quickly. Then after 27 accepted updates, Apple blocked the 28th, for looking too similar to Launchpad, the feature they had just removed. The story got picked up by 9to5Mac and Macworld. Rather than redesign the app to satisfy a guideline about a discontinued feature, I went direct. Outside the App Store sandbox I could finally ship the most-requested features: hot corner activation, pinch gestures, live grid updates. Things the sandboxed version could never do. AppGrid is free at its core. It brings back exactly what Launchpad was. Pro adds what Apple never got around to building. One-time purchase, no subscription required. Happy to answer questions about the App Store rejection, direct distribution, or anything else.