Arrange for Mac · iPhone & iPad

Remember when you could organize your iPhone apps from your Mac?

Arrange brings that back. Plug your iPhone or iPad into your Mac and rearrange your whole Home Screen with your mouse and keyboard: every page in view, a dozen apps at a time. When it looks right, press Apply.

  • Free to arrange
  • $4.99 once, when you apply
  • No subscription
  • One key for all your devices
Arrange showing an iPad: the Dock, Home Screen pages of apps, and a sidebar with App Library apps and a Shelf.

100 apps. 10 pages. One very tedious afternoon.

Organizing on the phone itself means pressing and holding until everything wiggles, then dragging icons one at a time, page after page, while the rest of the grid shuffles out of the way.

On your iPhone or iPad

  • Press and hold until everything wiggles
  • Drag one app at a time, page after page
  • Icons jump out of the way as you move
  • Folders open when you didn’t mean them to

With Arrange on your Mac

  • See every page and the Dock at once
  • Select a dozen apps and move them together
  • Sort a folder, a page, or everything A–Z
  • A backup is saved before anything changes

It usually comes up at the worst time.

You got a new iPhone or iPad

A new device is the best time to start with a clean layout, and the worst time to build one icon by icon.

You restored or reset a device

Rebuilding years of folders and pages by hand can eat an evening. Arrange gets it done from your desk.

An update shuffled things around

When icons end up out of place, fix the whole layout in one go instead of hunting for each app.

It works from your Mac.

Use the big screen, the mouse, and the keyboard you already have. Your phone just stays plugged in.

  1. Connect

    Plug your iPhone or iPad into your Mac. Its real Home Screen appears in Arrange.

  2. Arrange

    Move apps in batches, build folders, and sort A–Z. This part is free.

  3. Apply

    Happy with it? Pay $4.99 once, press Apply, and your device updates.

Move a dozen apps at once

Drag apps between pages, the Dock, and folders. Or click several, then make a folder, move them to a page, or park them on the Shelf while you decide.

Four apps selected, with a bar offering Make folder, Send to shelf, Remove from Home Screen, and Move to.

Folders without the fiddling

Double-click a folder to open it. Rename it, sort it A–Z, or unpack it back onto the page in one click.

The Games folder open in the sidebar, with buttons to sort it, add a page, or unpack it.

Your device’s real layout

Arrange detects which device is plugged in and shows its actual grid: 6 × 5 pages on iPad, 4 × 6 pages and a 4-app Dock on iPhone. What you see is what you get.

A sample iPhone layout with a four-app Dock and four-column pages.

Things the Home Screen never let you do.

Every one of these takes a few clicks in Arrange. On the device, most of them take minutes, if they’re possible at all.

See everything at once

Every Home Screen page and the Dock, side by side on your Mac’s screen.

Move apps in batches

Select several apps and send them to a page, a folder, or the Shelf together.

Make folders in one step

Select apps, click Make folder, and name it. No dragging one icon onto another.

Sort A–Z

Alphabetize a single folder, a single page, or your entire Home Screen.

Find any app

Search for an app by name instead of swiping through pages to find it.

Park apps on the Shelf

Set apps aside while you plan a page, then drop them in where they belong.

Declutter without deleting

Take apps off your Home Screen. They stay installed and wait in the App Library.

Undo as you go

Try a layout. If you don’t like it, undo. Nothing touches your device until Apply.

Apple took this out of iTunes in 2017. Arrange puts it back.

For years you could plug your iPhone into your computer, open iTunes, and drag your apps around on a big screen. Then iTunes 12.7 removed the feature, and the only way left was on the phone itself, one wiggling icon at a time.

If you used to arrange apps in iTunes, Arrange will feel familiar right away. If you never did, it just feels like the way it should have always worked.

One price. Every device.

Do all of the rearranging for free. You only pay when your new layout is ready to go onto your device.

You should be able to see that Arrange works with your device before you pay. So everything up to the Apply button is free, and the key is only needed for that last step.

What you need, and what to expect.

What you need

  • A Mac
  • An iPhone or iPad
  • A cable to connect them
  • To tap Trust on your device the first time you connect
Read the setup guide →

A backup before every Apply

Arrange saves a backup of your current layout before it changes anything, and you can restore any backup later.

Nothing changes until you say so

Rearrange as much as you want. Your device isn’t touched until you press Apply.

No account, no server

There’s nothing to sign up for. Arrange talks to your device directly over USB.

Your apps stay installed

Taking an app off your Home Screen doesn’t delete it. It stays in the App Library.

Arrange is made by EchelonOne, a small independent software company. About EchelonOne

Questions, answered.

Is it really free to try?

Yes. Download Arrange, plug in your device, and rearrange as much as you like. You can also open a sample iPad or iPhone without plugging anything in. You only need a key when you press Apply.

Is it a subscription?

No. Arrange costs $4.99 once. There is nothing to renew.

Do I pay again for my iPad?

No. One key works on all your iPads and iPhones.

Could it mess up my Home Screen?

Nothing changes until you press Apply. Arrange saves a backup first, and you can restore any backup later if you change your mind.

Will taking apps off my Home Screen delete them?

No. They stay installed and wait for you in the App Library.

Is this like the old iTunes app arranging?

That’s the idea. You arrange your Home Screen on your computer and send it to your device. Arrange adds things iTunes never had, like moving many apps at once, sorting A–Z, and a backup before every change.

What do I need?

A Mac, your iPhone or iPad, and a cable to connect them. Arrange works over USB.

Do I need an account?

No. Arrange has no account and no server. It talks to your device directly over USB.

How do I buy a key?

When you’re ready to apply, click Buy / Enter key in the app, buy a key, and paste it in from your purchase email.

Get your Home Screen back in order.

Try it free. Pay $4.99 once, only when you apply, and use it on all your devices.