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AppGrid
Launchpad replacement Apple approved 27x, then blocked
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.
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.
About AppGrid on Product Hunt
“Launchpad replacement Apple approved 27x, then blocked”
AppGrid was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #160 on the daily leaderboard. 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.
On the analytics side, AppGrid competes within Mac, Productivity and Apple — topics that collectively have 769.6k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how AppGrid performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted AppGrid?
AppGrid was hunted by Attila Miklosi. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of AppGrid including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
Attila Miklosi