diff --git a/apps/powermanager/ChangeLog b/apps/powermanager/ChangeLog
index ee31195b2..d1c288f97 100644
--- a/apps/powermanager/ChangeLog
+++ b/apps/powermanager/ChangeLog
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@
       Add widget for live monitoring of power use
 0.07: Convert Yes/No On/Off in settings to checkboxes
 0.08: Fix the wrapping of intervals/timeouts with parameters
-      Fix the widget drawing if widgets are hidden and Bangle.setLCDBrightness is called
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+      Fix the widget drawing if widgets are hidden and Bangle.setLCDBrightness is called
+0.09: Cache the app-launch info
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diff --git a/apps/powermanager/metadata.json b/apps/powermanager/metadata.json
index 5487c2278..92c471fd6 100644
--- a/apps/powermanager/metadata.json
+++ b/apps/powermanager/metadata.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "id": "powermanager",
   "name": "Power Manager",
   "shortName": "Power Manager",
-  "version": "0.08",
+  "version": "0.09",
   "description": "Allow configuration of warnings and thresholds for battery charging and display.",
   "icon": "app.png",
   "type": "bootloader",
diff --git a/apps/ratchet_launch/app.js b/apps/ratchet_launch/app.js
index 11018080a..156106894 100644
--- a/apps/ratchet_launch/app.js
+++ b/apps/ratchet_launch/app.js
@@ -9,27 +9,38 @@ var blankImage = Graphics.createImage(` `);
 var rowHeight = g.getHeight()/3;
 
 // Load apps list
-var apps = Storage.list(/\.info$/).map(app=>{
-  var a=Storage.readJSON(app,1);
-  return a&&{
-    name:a.name,
-    type:a.type,
-    icon:a.icon ? Storage.read(a.icon) : a.icon,
-    sortorder:a.sortorder,
-    src:a.src
-  };
-}).filter(app=>app && (
-  app.type=="app"
-//  || (app.type=="clock" && settings.showClocks)
-  || !app.type
-));
-apps.sort((a,b)=>{
-  var n=(0|a.sortorder)-(0|b.sortorder);
-  if (n) return n; // do sortorder first
-  if (a.name<b.name) return -1;
-  if (a.name>b.name) return 1;
-  return 0;
-});
+var apps;
+
+var launchCache = s.readJSON("launch.cache.json", true)||{};
+var launchHash = require("Storage").hash(/\.info/);
+if (launchCache.hash==launchHash) {
+  apps = launchCache.apps;
+} else {
+  apps = Storage.list(/\.info$/).map(app=>{
+    var a=Storage.readJSON(app,1);
+    return a&&{
+      name:a.name,
+      type:a.type,
+      icon:a.icon ? Storage.read(a.icon) : a.icon,
+      sortorder:a.sortorder,
+      src:a.src
+    };
+  }).filter(app=>app && (
+    app.type=="app"
+  //  || (app.type=="clock" && settings.showClocks)
+    || !app.type
+  ));
+  apps.sort((a,b)=>{
+    var n=(0|a.sortorder)-(0|b.sortorder);
+    if (n) return n; // do sortorder first
+    if (a.name<b.name) return -1;
+    if (a.name>b.name) return 1;
+    return 0;
+  });
+
+  launchCache = { apps, hash: launchHash };
+  s.writeJSON("launch.cache.json", launchCache);
+}
 
 // Uncomment for testing in the emulator without apps:
 // apps = [