# Show time-based app suggestions above the grid

Set the enabled App strip to suggestions when you want apps you tend to use at that time of day.

Last updated 26 October 2026

## Follow these steps

1. Open Settings › Grid and find Above the grid.

1. Enable App strip.

1. Choose the suggestions option under Show.

1. Use the launcher during your normal routine and compare it at different times.

## What to expect

A strip of seven apps provides a convenient route based on local app-use patterns. Recent apps fill in while CubbyPad learns enough about your routine.

The strip does not move the icons in your chosen pages. Time-based suggestions are also separate from Apple Intelligence interpreting a typed task such as “edit photos.”

## If the result is different

If the strip initially looks like a recent-app list, allow ordinary usage to build local history. Check the Show choice if you always want recent apps instead. The app-use information behind the suggestions stays on this Mac.

For the broader walkthrough, read [choose how to open the app grid](https://cubbypad.com/guides/opening/).

## Related answers.

[### Show recently used apps above the grid

Choose recent apps for the App strip when you want a row based on the apps you used most recently.

Read answer ↗](https://cubbypad.com/help/app-strip-recents/)[### Hide the app strip above the grid

Turn App strip off in Settings › Grid if you want only the pages and folders you arranged.

Read answer ↗](https://cubbypad.com/help/disable-app-strip/)[### Turn grid pages horizontally or vertically

The Pages go setting in Settings › Grid switches between side-by-side pages and pages stacked up and down.

Read answer ↗](https://cubbypad.com/help/horizontal-vertical-pages/)

Source: https://cubbypad.com/help/app-strip-suggestions/