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How to arrange iPhone apps from a Windows PC: every option compared

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Search for a way to organize your iPhone Home Screen on a computer and most answers assume you own a Mac. Here's every option we know of, what each one can and can't do, and which of them work on a Windows PC.

The short answer

Apple doesn't offer a Home Screen editor for Windows. iTunes lost the feature in 2017, and Apple's current Windows app doesn't have one. Apple Configurator and the independent Home Screen editors we found (Homepage Panda, Unjiggle and ScreenWright) only run on a Mac.

On Windows that leaves two choices: rearrange the apps on the iPhone itself, or use WiggleGrid, an independent Windows app.

iTunes for Windows: no longer an option

iTunes used to have an Apps screen with every Home Screen page side by side. Apple removed it in iTunes 12.7 in September 2017, and it never came back. Old iTunes versions that still have it were built for the iPhones of 2017 and aren't a dependable way to manage a current iPhone. More in what happened to arranging apps in iTunes.

Apple Configurator: free, but Mac only

Apple Configurator is Apple's free tool for IT departments that manage many devices. On a Mac you can connect an iPhone, choose Actions > Modify > Home Screen Layout, drag apps around and apply the result. It was built for businesses and schools rather than for tidying a personal iPhone, and there's no Windows version.

Mac apps: Homepage Panda, Unjiggle and ScreenWright

Several independent apps arrange an iPhone Home Screen from a computer. The ones we found all need a Mac:

  • Homepage Panda: a drag-and-drop editor with folders, widget moving, alphabetical sorting and automatic backups. Macs on macOS 11 or later; $9.99 once for 2 Macs or $14.99 for 5.
  • Unjiggle: scores your layout and suggests new ones, with optional AI planning and shareable report cards. Apple Silicon Macs on macOS 14 or later; free to scan, $19 once to apply.
  • ScreenWright: a Mac editor that also lets AI agents rearrange the Home Screen, and checks every change by reading the phone back. macOS 15 or later; $19 once, with sales opening at version 1.0.

If you have a Mac, any of these is worth a look. None of them runs on Windows.

Prices and features as of October 2026, taken from each developer's website.

On the iPhone itself: free and always available

  1. Touch and hold an empty part of the Home Screen until the apps start to jiggle. You can also touch and hold any app and choose Edit Home Screen.
  2. Drag an app to a new spot on the same page.
  3. To move it to another page, drag it to the left or right edge of the screen and wait for the next page to slide in, then drop it.
  4. To move several apps at once, start dragging one app, then tap other apps with a second finger to add them to the stack.
  5. Tap Done in the top-right corner when you're finished.

This works for a few apps. For a full clean-up it gets slow: you see one page at a time, and dropping an app onto a full page pushes the last icon onto the next page.

On Windows: WiggleGrid

WiggleGrid is an independent Windows 10 and 11 app (not made by Apple) that shows every Home Screen page and the Dock side by side on your PC, so you can plan the whole layout with a mouse and apply it in one step.

  1. Download WiggleGrid on your Windows 10 or 11 PC and create a free account.
  2. Connect your iPhone with a USB cable, unlock it and tap Trust if it asks. If Windows needs Apple's free Apple Devices app, WiggleGrid points you to it.
  3. Run the free compatibility check. It tells you whether your iPhone model and iOS version are supported before you pay anything.
  4. Drag apps between pages, make and rename folders, set up the Dock, and move apps you rarely use off the Home Screen into the App Library.
  5. To clear out apps you don't use, tick them in the full app list and delete them all in one go. You confirm once before anything is deleted.
  6. Click Review changes to see a plain list of everything that will change, then Apply to iPhone. WiggleGrid saves a snapshot of your current layout first and reads the iPhone back afterwards to confirm it matches.

Applying changes is a one-time $19.99 purchase. WiggleGrid never erases your iPhone, doesn't use iCloud and never asks for your Apple ID password. Don't like the result? Restore the snapshot in one click.

Try it on your PC, free

Download WiggleGrid and run the free compatibility check. Pay $19.99 once, only if your iPhone passes.

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Windows 10 and 11 · USB cable · No iCloud or Apple ID password needed

Side by side

  • Works on Windows: the iPhone itself and WiggleGrid. iTunes, Apple Devices and Phone Link run on Windows but can't arrange the Home Screen. Apple Configurator, Homepage Panda, Unjiggle and ScreenWright are Mac only.
  • Every page at once with a mouse: WiggleGrid, Apple Configurator and the Mac apps.
  • Delete many apps at once: WiggleGrid. Homepage Panda's batch tools sort apps and remove folders rather than delete apps, and ScreenWright says it doesn't install or delete apps.
  • Apps kept only in the App Library: Homepage Panda and ScreenWright both say iOS puts these back on the Home Screen when a layout is applied from a computer. In our testing on iOS 27, WiggleGrid kept them in the App Library.
  • Snapshot before every change and one-click restore: WiggleGrid, Homepage Panda, Unjiggle and ScreenWright.
  • Cost: the iPhone and Apple's apps are free. WiggleGrid is $19.99 once, after a free compatibility check.

Which should you use?

  • Moving a handful of apps: do it on the iPhone.
  • A Mac at hand: Apple Configurator is free; the Mac apps above are friendlier.
  • A Windows PC and a big clean-up, or setting up someone else's iPhone: WiggleGrid. The download and compatibility check are free, so you can see whether your iPhone is supported before paying.

Widgets stay where they are, and hiding pages or making folders inside the Dock is still done on the iPhone. WiggleGrid runs on Windows 10 and 11; a Mac version is coming soon.