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user5673323221
user5673323221

Reputation: 601

Red dot (circle) next to the app name below the app icon on the iPhone Home Screen on iOS 8

What does the red dot (circle) next to the app name below the app icon mean?

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I added a Today Extension (Widget) to the app. It appears only when I launch the app on the iOS 8, it does not appear on iOS 7 simulator. Even though I removed the extension and cleared the simulator, it still appears before the app name.

Upvotes: 59

Views: 59614

Answers (4)

Mohit G.
Mohit G.

Reputation: 1225

Thanks for the question @user5673323221, and the answer by @PhilBowman. As apart from the red colour, there are few more colours as well such as yellow and blue having their specific meaning.

Check this Medium article for them all.

Upvotes: 0

Yogendra Singh
Yogendra Singh

Reputation: 2241

Orange dots for all beta apps that are downloaded from TestFlight and blue dots for recently updated apps from App Store.

Upvotes: 5

Peter Robert
Peter Robert

Reputation: 1302

The dot you see is actually an orange dot, with transparency. On dark backgrounds it seems like it's red. Try changing to a bright background.

Upvotes: 40

Phil Bowman
Phil Bowman

Reputation: 731

An Orange dot next to an app normally means it's a beta version, as installed through Testflight. I have a couple of those at the moment, though one looks more red. Trying to find if there's a difference between an orange and a red dot, or if it's just an artefact of the colour of the background image that makes it look red.

Upvotes: 73

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