Finding your way around

How the icon bar, sections and Home screen are laid out.

4 min read·Updated July 28, 2026

AdLift keeps its navigation out of your way. Nearly everything runs from a slim bar of icons down the left edge of the screen. Click an icon and a wider panel slides open with the tools for that section, so the interface stays calm and you always know where you are.

The icon bar

Each icon is a top level area of the app.

Research

Opens Compass, your competitor and market research. Inside you will find Explore for the Ad Library, Brand DNAs for the competitors you follow, and Share of Voice for comparing brands, along with the Folders and Boards where you organise anything you save.

Creative

Opens the Creative Cockpit. This is your template library, split into your saved templates and your downloads, so the work you produce is always a click away.

The higher-tier icons

On the plans that include them, you will also see Build for launching Campaigns, Analyse for performance, and Navigator for chatting with Manta. If you do not see these, they simply are not part of your current plan or role.

The Home screen

The logo at the top of the bar always takes you Home. Think of it as your daily starting point. It greets you by name, shows a strip of the brands you are following, gives you quick cards into Compass and your templates, and, if you have not connected Meta yet, nudges you to do so. Whenever you are not sure where to go next, Home is a safe place to land.

Switching workspaces

If you manage more than one brand or client, each one lives in its own workspace. You can switch between them from the workspace selector in Settings or from your profile menu, and everything, from connected accounts to saved boards, changes to match the workspace you are in.

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