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Claude's iOS App Reportedly Gets Side-Nav Redesign, Moving Dispatch and Personal Finance Into Profile Menu

November 6, 2026 at 15:46 EST

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Anthropic's Claude app for iOS is reportedly getting another layout overhaul, with Chats, Projects and Code set as separate tabs on a side navigation bar, while other features such as Dispatch and Personal Finance move into the profile menu.

Claude iOS app · Reported redesign

Claude's iOS app may move to a side bar, with Chats, Projects and Code as top-level tabs

A reported layout change would elevate three core areas to primary navigation and move Dispatch and Personal Finance into the profile menu. Anthropic has not confirmed the design or timing.

Top-level tabs

Chats, Projects and Code on the side bar

Features moved to profile

Dispatch and Personal Finance

Provisional

Status of the design

No official screenshots, launch date or confirmation

Top-level tabs vs. profile menu

Count of features per location in the reported layout (1 block = 1 feature)

Code

Projects

Chats

3 · Top-level tabs

Personal Finance

Dispatch

2 · Profile menu

The case for a side bar

Places Chats, Projects and Code as primary entry points.
Suits a feature-dense app spanning conversation, project work and coding.
Reflects Claude's push beyond simple chat toward developer workflows.

The critical view

A bottom bar is easier to reach one-handed and is the more common iOS pattern.
Dispatch and Personal Finance may be harder to find for users who rely on them.
A final release would need to address that discoverability trade-off.

What would decide it

The layout is not final until Anthropic confirms it.

Testing

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