Recently Updated Apps Below Pending Updates
Apple shows your recently updated apps right below pending updates—a subtle nudge that updates actually ship.
If you disabled the Auto Update and just update the app you want manually like me, you typically will only update the app when you DO need a new version. The Recently Update list helps since you can go to the app you just updated quicker.
Play Store has no such things. You have to jump to the home screen to see the updated app.
This is closure design at its finest. You tap "Update All," apps disappear from the pending list, and immediately reappear below as "Recently Updated." The loop completes visually.
Most interfaces treat completion as absence—the todo disappears, the notification clears, the badge goes away. Apple does the opposite: completion becomes presence. Your updated apps don't vanish into the void; they move to a new section that says "this just happened".
Another similar consideration is the Reminder on iOS. The completed item will not disappear immdediatly after your finsih them.
When to Apply This
Use completion-as-presence when:
- The action's result is invisible or delayed (background processes, syncs, updates)
- Users need confirmation that something happened, not just that the request was received
- Spatial continuity reduces cognitive load (same screen, same context)
- Completion anxiety is high (financial transactions, data migrations, system changes)