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

Question

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

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

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.

Answer 4

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