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I'm interested to know about the effectiveness of the search application on the iPhone home screen.

For example, I have 4 screens of apps and it takes me a few seconds to find an application that I don't use every day. And I know people who have a lot more apps. Some use folders to organize their apps, but manual search becomes longer due to the extra clicks and remember which apps are in which folders.

Are there any studies on this subject? How do other mobile OSs solve the issue of time to find an application on a multi-page home screen?

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I am not sure I understand this question – Mervin Feb 15 at 21:29
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A slightly related study: A Study on Icon Arrangement by Smartphone Users. It describes the strategies that people use to arrange their apps. 5 concepts are used to do so: usage, relatedness, usability, aesthetic, and other external concepts. The majority of participants used iOS, though. By the way, I think that your question is relevant and interesting. I don't understand the downvotes. – Pep López May 3 at 11:11

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You may want to change what the iPhone Spotlight search (the home screen search) covers to improve performance. If you have a large amount of data (text messages, contacts, etc.) on the phone, having these enabled for the search may cause it to take longer, since there is more to search through.

Also, if there is not much free space available on the device, performance in general can be negatively impacted. Try to keep 15-20% free.

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