Unlike Android, iOS users traditionally had limited options for customizing their home screen. With iOS 14, users gained the ability to create custom app icons using the Shortcuts app and add widgets. Since iOS 15, they can also hide or show specific home screens based on Focus modes, which can change depending on location or time of day. However, iOS still maintains a consistent visual design across devices, without allowing changes to system-wide typefaces, colors, or other interface elements. While this limits personalization, it ensures a uniform experience and avoids overwhelming users with too many choices.

Beyond the home screen, iOS users can customize the Control Center, switch between light and dark modes, set default apps for web browsing and email, manage notifications, set time limits, block specific contacts, and organize app icons and widgets to create custom layouts. Users can also apply light, dark, or custom tints to elements for a more personalized look. Newer iOS versions support installing third-party typefaces through various apps. However, these fonts only work within supported applications like Pages or Photoshop — Apple does not allow changing the system-wide typeface.