Simple Apps Launcher

Name: Simple Apps Launcher
Rating: 4.8431372549019605 (51 reviews)
Author: Andre Winkleman

Launch Chrome apps using a fancy popup. Reorder them as you like.

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Try the new extension to engagement with installed application at your browser. Meet the Apps Launcher.

This extension has basic functionality of default chrome launcher with several main improvements

Features you get:

Reorder! Reorder apps as you like by drag’n’drop

Filter! Filter among all installed application by filter bar at the top of the popup

Options! A lot of options to choose the size of icon you’d prefer more. Set the Extension icon color. Set popup window size and a lot of more.

Working with AP:

Click by icon starts an application
Hotkey for fast launch CTRL + “.”
Right Click or “Del” button removes an application
Search Function to search and install new apps
Easy navigation using arrow keys
Down arrow moves you to the list from Filter bar

Add new applications right out of extension. Use search bar at the bottom of popunder. Type in request press "Enter" and click by icon to add application from a Chrome Web Store. Set the color of icon that suits your Chrome Browser Theme.

Extension

By:

Andre Winkleman

Users:

Rating:

4.84

(51)

Version:

2.4.16 Last updated: 2019-07-24

Creation date:

2019-07-24

Risk:

Permissions:

management
storage

Size:

276.00KB

Email:

si*****@outlook.com

Full description:

Source:

Chrome Web Store

Data ingested on:

2025-07-15

Ranking

# 193,063 ▼ 185,463

Other rankings

#10183 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 2 #54 in apps keyword 24 ▲ 31 #71 in launch keyword 17 ▲ 10

User reviews

Pros

Works great and as described
User-friendly and efficient for managing apps
Fresh and appealing design
Free to use
Reliable for quick access to apps

Cons

Limited to 8 apps per row
No option for dark mode
Some users reported issues with finding apps

Recent reviews

no apps found. uninstalled

Go*****, 2022-03-31

Recently I had to refresh my profile and the App launcher I had was one of two extensions that would not show up and were no longer in the store, so I went back to the profile where they did show up, since the refreshing didn't help my initial Chrome issue anyway. After that, I searched for another App launcher, find this and it works great.

pl*****, 2020-10-13

Fantastic extension that does exactly what it says it does!

Gr*****, 2020-04-03

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Extension safety

Risk impact

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Simple Apps Launcher requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

Medium Manages other extensions, which allows oversight but might intervene with user configurations and choices.

Risk likelihood

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Simple Apps Launcher has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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