One UI 5.0 vs iOS 16 – Home screen customization

One UI 5.0 and iOS 16 are the latest software offered by Samsung and Apple respectively. Both software introduces new features and customization options for their customers. Meanwhile, we are going to compare the customization features of One UI 5.0 and iOS 16 Home Screen here.

Everyone knows Samsung is king when it comes to customization while Apple does not have a lot to offer for personalization. Well, the US tech has worked really well in the customization department for its iOS 16. Let’s see if the iOS 16 Home Screen is capable to stand against One UI 5.0.

One UI 5.0 Home Screen:

To begin with, One UI 5.0 improves the way Dynamic Theming implements on Galaxy devices. It brings 16 Color palettes that sync with your phone’s wallpaper. You can apply it and your user interface will have the same theme.

Moreover, Samsung introduced iOS-inspired widget stacking in One UI 4.1 but it has made this feature even better with One UI 5.0 software. It lets you combine multiple widgets of the same size and place them as one widget on the homescreen.

On the other side, the new Smart suggestion widget knows your needs before you do it shows apps to use, people to call, calendar events, and more based on your routine.

Aside from these, the company offers a ‘Home and Apps screens’ tool that helps to keep things organized by arranging your widgets and favorite apps on the Home Screen and all other apps will be shown on the App screen. However, if you want all your apps on the Home Screen, you can go for the ‘Home screen only’ function.

Next, you can change the grid of your apps and folders, add a media page, show or not show the app screen button, lock the home screen layout, add newly installed apps directly to the home screen, select app icon badges, use the home screen in landscape mode, hide apps, select various apps to uninstall at once, and much more.

iOS 16 Home Screen:

No doubt, Apple has greatly worked on customization with the new iOS 16 software, users can not go far beyond just rearranging icons into folders. An iPhone can have up to six rows of four apps and a dock. You can fill up a page and a new page is created for up to 15 pages.

iOS 16 has an App Library that is a searchable storehouse of every app installed on the iPhone. Sending apps here won’t remove them from the device, instead, it moves app icons out of the way and keeps them organized for easy access later.

New Apple software includes example widgets so it may be necessary to remove some unwanted widgets immediately. You can manage Widgets and widget stacks in the same way. However, when a little more customization is needed, make sure to create some custom widgets to match the wallpaper.

One UI 5.0 vs iOS 16 – Home Screen:

Although some elements of iOS 16, such as app icons, are better than One UI 5.0, Samsung is the winner when it comes to customization. The Korean company offers a lot of ways to customize the Galaxy home screen but the US phone maker has only a few.

From theming your home screen with different color palettes and applying a variety of wallpapers to Stack Widgets, app icon shapes and colors, and more, you can personalize every element of your One UI 5.0 Home Screen.

At the same time, iOS 16 only has a few functions that will only let you set different smart widgets, set different wallpapers, add app shortcuts, or some other minor tools.