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.
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 covers every device you plug in
Requires macOS 12 Monterey or later, and a cable for your iPhone or iPad.
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 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.
Is Arrange for you?
Arrange is for people who have a lot of apps and a Mac on their desk, and who would rather spend ten clicks than an evening getting their Home Screen in order.
It’s for you if…
- You have 100 or more apps spread across a lot of Home Screen pages
- You swipe past pages of apps you rarely use to find the ones you do
- You just got a new iPhone or iPad, or restored one, and want a clean start
- You miss arranging apps in iTunes
- You have a Mac and a cable to plug your device in
It’s probably not for you if…
- You only have a page or two of apps. The Home Screen is fine for that.
- You don’t have a Mac. Arrange runs on macOS 12 Monterey or later.
It works from your Mac.
Use the big screen, the mouse, and the keyboard you already have. Your phone just stays plugged in.
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Connect
Plug your iPhone or iPad into your Mac. Its real Home Screen appears in Arrange.
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Arrange
Move apps in batches, build folders, and sort A–Z. This part is free.
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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.
Folders without the fiddling
Double-click a folder to open it. Rename it, sort it A–Z, or unpack it onto the Shelf in one click.
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.
What a session with Arrange looks like.
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Open Arrange and plug in
Your device’s real Home Screen appears on your Mac: every page, every folder, and the Dock, laid out on its actual grid.
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Clear the decks
Select the apps you never use and take them off the Home Screen in one go. They stay installed in the App Library.
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Build your folders
Select a group of apps, click Make folder, and name it. Sort it A–Z if you like. Repeat for each group.
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Lay out your pages
Put the apps you use every day on page one and the Dock. Park the maybes on the Shelf while you decide where they go.
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Apply
Press Apply. Arrange saves a backup of your old layout, then sends the new one to your device.
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.
On your device vs. with Arrange.
iOS gives you two ways to organize apps: drag them one at a time, or reset the whole layout to Apple’s default. Arrange gives you everything in between.
| Task | On your iPhone or iPad | With Arrange |
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| See every page at once | No, one page at a time | Yes, every page and the Dock |
| Move many apps together | Fiddly multi-finger gesture | Click to select, then move |
| Make a folder | Drag one app onto another | Select apps, click Make folder |
| Sort A–Z | Only by resetting the whole layout | A folder, a page, or everything |
| Find where an app lives | Swipe until you spot it | Search by name |
| Undo a change | No | Yes, as you go |
| Backup of your layout | No | Saved before every Apply |
Not sure how to organize? Try one of these.
There’s no right answer, and Arrange makes it cheap to try a few. These are common ways people lay out a busy Home Screen.
Daily apps up front
Page one and the Dock hold the dozen or so apps you open every day. Everything else goes in folders on page two.
One folder per job
Folders like Money, Travel, Photos, Work, Kids, and Games. Sort each one A–Z so you always know where to look.
A page for each part of life
A work page, a home page, and a weekend page. Pair it with Focus modes on your device if you use them.
Alphabetical everything
Sort the whole Home Screen A–Z in one click. Simple, predictable, and easy to keep up as you add apps.
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 iPhone and iPad.
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.
Pricing details →Arrange license
$4.99 once
- Rearrange your own device for free
- Try a sample iPad or iPhone for free
- Pay once, only when you press Apply
- No subscription and no account
- One key per Mac, for every iPad and iPhone you plug in
- A backup saved before every change
Buy your key inside the app when you’re ready to apply.
What you need, and what to expect.
What you need
- A Mac running macOS 12 Monterey or later
- An iPhone or iPad
- A cable to connect them
- To tap Trust on your device the first time you connect
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. A key is for one Mac, and it works with every iPad and iPhone you plug into that Mac.
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.
Which version of macOS do I need?
macOS 12 Monterey or later.
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.
Get your Home Screen back in order.
Try it free. Pay $4.99 once, only when you apply, and use it with every iPhone and iPad you plug into your Mac.