Quick App Launcher (QAL) Pro

[PLEASE READ BEFORE PURCHASING]: Based on the Developer Beta version of macOS Tahoe 26, Launchpad seems to be replaced by new Spotlight Apps. If you have come here looking for an app exactly like the original Launchpad, you should know that there are workarounds to bring it back (Update: as of Developer Beta 5, the workaround said to be not working anymore), and there are clones of it people are working on, so I suggest checking them out first. But if you are looking for an app with similar functionality, in some ways better than Launchpad & Spotlight Apps, in some ways not, but surely a more customizable one, then this might be the app for you.

Quick App Launcher (QAL) is a fast, minimalistic, customizable app launcher.

There are 2 versions available:
QAL Lite, the free version, has the core functionality and then some.
QAL Pro, the paid version, has all the features.

KEY FEATURES

- Multiple ways to launch apps quickly:
    - (Scroll & Click): Scroll through all the installed apps, and select.
    - (Type & Click): Start typing, and select from the matching apps.
    - (Type & Enter): Start typing, and press Enter to launch the first matching app.
    - (Type & Auto): Start typing, and let it automatically launch if there is only one match.
    - (Type & Number): Start typing, and press a number from 1 to 9 to launch the corresponding app.

- Categorize/organize your apps using Tags:
    - Create custom tags, and organize your apps (you can tag an app to multiple categories)
    - Rename, disable, delete, order tags
    - Easily switch between tags with 1-click
    - Built-in tags for auto categorizing (All, Apple, Utilities, Safari Web Apps)
    - Auto-tag/categorize your apps into 30+ categories using AI
    - App counts for each tag
    - Hide/show tags view
    - Choose the tag behavior on toggle (continue from the last tag or switch to a specific tag)

- Scrollable grid list of all the installed apps with icons
- Adjustable window size (4 options including a full screen mode)
- Toggleable window using a customizable keyboard shortcut or from the menubar or by clicking the dock icon
- Multiple search methods (start of name, start of any word in name, anywhere in name, fuzzy matching)
- Settings icon for easy access to settings with an option to hide the icon
- Enable/disable auto-launch (which launches an app automatically if it is the only match)
- Hide/show specific apps
- Hide/show dock icon
- Customizable background
- Safari web apps support
- Multiple desktop compatibility
- Dark mode compatibility

Feel free to reach out for any feedback, suggestions, bugs, questions, thoughts.
Contact: [email protected]