Categories.appCategories is one of the most popular jailbreak applications available at the moment.  It was the reason I jailbroke this time.  We all know what it’s like to have pages and pages of applications to sort through.  I used to have my main page, a page of useful apps, 2 pages of games that I wanted to try out, another page of applications I wanted to try and then my unwanted applications.  Now, I have my main page and then three app icons on my second page – that’s it.

Categories is listed in Cydia as a featured package, so you can download directly from there or search for it.  Once installed, you can add as many categories as you would like.  I made three categories: apps, games and misc.  You can actually scroll through the apps in categories, there are no pages, just a continuous list.  I was able to shorten it down to the three categories because it allows me to select an order for all the apps in each category.  I tossed the “important” apps to the top and the lesser to the bottom.

I have to say that it really makes life easier and more aesthetically pleasing to have everything organize… but I’m OCD like that.  I’m really enjoying this app and would recommend it to anyone who has a ton apps like me.

A note on stability… I found that adding ten or more apps at a time to a category would cause the application to lock up – forcing me to restart my phone.  I took it slow and was able to get everything into the categories just fine and haven’t had an issue since.  Happy organizing!