app crash
dear support, please fix - app 2026.6.4 on iOS 16 crashing.
Just paid $20 and shortcuts aren’t able to be imported?
I just paid for this. You can’t export any of your shortcuts into the shortcuts app because they don’t allow unsigned shortcuts anymore. I shouldn’t have to develop my own workaround. Please update your app and retune my $
Won’t open
Not trying to bring your rating down or whatever, but it literally crashes right away. iPhone 15 iOS 18.7.2. Hope this helps you fix whatever bug this is.
Updated review
I received email from the developers indicating they had reconsidered their earlier position on grandfathered licenses. Indeed, I redownloaded the app and find that I appear to have access to the pro features again. However, I’ve moved on from Jellycuts and do not intend to reintegrate it back into my workflow. But I want to acknowledge their movement toward setting things right, so I have added two stars back to my previous rating.
Previous review:
Apple actually has Developer Guideline 3.1.2(a) covering the migration of a paid app to a subscription:
“If you are changing your existing app to a subscription-based business model, you should not take away the primary functionality existing users have already paid for. For example, let customers who have already purchased a ‘full game unlock’ continue to access the full game after you introduce a subscription model for new customers.”
The new owners intended to ignore this but grudgingly relented in the most inconvenient and annoying manner, and only after customer pushback. They don’t have a “perpetual license” as claimed on some of the developer responses in these reviews. Instead, they will only provide a 6 month or 1 year coupon for a basic subscription, and “perpetually licensed” users will have to remain vigilant to keep refreshing their subscription by pestering the support staff for new coupons before their previous coupon runs out. When I pointed this out, their “solution” was to send me several coupon codes with onerous terms stating that this was a one-time accommodation, that no additional credits will be provided, and that multiple coupons applied would run concurrently (meaning I have to bank the coupons and remember to apply them every year to avoid a paid subscription kicking in, and my “perpetual license” will no longer be honored). This is breathtakingly bad faith.
Any competent developer could enable checking for the non-consumable pro unlocks already purchased by previous buyers. All they would need to do is reenable the Restore Purchases functionality that they have hidden away and check for it just as they check for an active subscription. This is how a good faith company handles legacy license owners. And in fact, the JellyCuts app STILL (as of this writing) contains those non-consumable lifetime pro unlocks. This can be seen by checking the In-App purchases section below in the Information section. The pro unlocks offered by the previous developer are still there. But their engineers have refused to support any kind of in-app license authentication except subscription (this was confirmed to me in email exchanges with their support team), and Apple only allows max 1 year subscriptions.
There can only be one reason for this: they hope to scrape off difficult-to-refund charges from “perpetual license” users being inattentive to their coupons expiring or fed up with having to work to keep them active.
Previous review:
Apple actually has Developer Guideline 3.1.2(a) covering the migration of a paid app to a subscription:
“If you are changing your existing app to a subscription-based business model, you should not take away the primary functionality existing users have already paid for. For example, let customers who have already purchased a ‘full game unlock’ continue to access the full game after you introduce a subscription model for new customers.”
The new owners intended to ignore this but grudgingly relented in the most inconvenient and annoying manner, and only after customer pushback. They don’t have a “perpetual license” as claimed on some of the developer responses in these reviews. Instead, they will only provide a 6 month or 1 year coupon for a basic subscription, and “perpetually licensed” users will have to remain vigilant to keep refreshing their subscription by pestering the support staff for new coupons before their previous coupon runs out. When I pointed this out, their “solution” was to send me several coupon codes with onerous terms stating that this was a one-time accommodation, that no additional credits will be provided, and that multiple coupons applied would run concurrently (meaning I have to bank the coupons and remember to apply them every year to avoid a paid subscription kicking in, and my “perpetual license” will no longer be honored). This is breathtakingly bad faith.
Any competent developer could enable checking for the non-consumable pro unlocks already purchased by previous buyers. All they would need to do is reenable the Restore Purchases functionality that they have hidden away and check for it just as they check for an active subscription. This is how a good faith company handles legacy license owners. And in fact, the JellyCuts app STILL (as of this writing) contains those non-consumable lifetime pro unlocks. This can be seen by checking the In-App purchases section below in the Information section. The pro unlocks offered by the previous developer are still there. But their engineers have refused to support any kind of in-app license authentication except subscription (this was confirmed to me in email exchanges with their support team), and Apple only allows max 1 year subscriptions.
There can only be one reason for this: they hope to scrape off difficult-to-refund charges from “perpetual license” users being inattentive to their coupons expiring or fed up with having to work to keep them active.
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not good enough
I imported the shortcut. but getting errors.
//Unable to get shortcuts action is.workflow.actions.getcurrentapp
//Unable to get shortcuts action com.apple.ShortcutsActions.GetMultitaskingModeAction
if(Multitasking Mode ==) {
//Unable to get shortcuts action com.apple.ShortcutsActions.SetMultitaskingModeAction
} >> IFResult1
//Unable to get shortcuts action is.workflow.actions.getcurrentapp
//Unable to get shortcuts action com.apple.ShortcutsActions.GetMultitaskingModeAction
if(Multitasking Mode ==) {
//Unable to get shortcuts action com.apple.ShortcutsActions.SetMultitaskingModeAction
} >> IFResult1
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Had been improved, but …
Der Entwickler arbeitet wohl hart daran, diverse Bugs zu fixen. Das ist gut, aber der relativ neue Startup-Crash unter 18.7.2 ist immer noch da. Beendet sich sofort! Unter 26.3 funktioniert es noch. Neuinstallation hilft nicht.
Response from developer
Full documentation available on https://docs.Jellycuts.com
После обновления не запускается (((
Версия 2.6.4 работала отлично. Криворукие разработчики сломали приложение (((
Response from developer
Sorry to hear that. Feel free to send a support request to https://jellycuts.com/support.
A Titans Tool for the Tinkerers
Jellycuts is hands-down one of the most exciting tools for anyone serious about Apple Shortcuts. It turns complex automation into something faster, cleaner, and far more powerful, with a coding-style approach that still feels accessible and fun. Writing shortcuts this way saves time, improves structure, and makes larger projects much easier to build, troubleshoot, and maintain. It bridges the gap between visual automation and real development beautifully. For power users, tinkerers, and anyone who wants to push Shortcuts beyond its usual limits, Jellycuts feels like unlocking a whole new level. Brilliant concept, fantastic execution, and genuinely useful every day too.
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Hasn’t worked for years
This app was really amazing at first, but after offloading it, once I re-downloaded it… It stopped working completely. I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled countless times and I still cannot get this app to work.
I've paid for an error message...
I love the concept so decided to give it a try and take the basic membership. In the membership tiers page it states (paraphrasing) they all give the same outcome, so I thought to take basic and try it. Nothing works. Anything I compile leads to a broken code error message. I've contacted support. Crickets. Now sending this review in the hopes I'll get a reply and can try the service. Otherwise thanks for a Sterling example of broken, and a Magnum Opus of customer service firewalls (why am I creating a GitHub account to register bugs). 💔
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Doesn't work
Just says meta.json can't be opened for everything
Masterclass in how to tank a good product
Your early supporters are gold, don’t disrespect them. Don’t bother offering me a subscription coupon, I don’t want to have to worry about coupons every year.
Lost to the dark side
That other reviewer’s point about the Apple guideline is eye-opening. I won’t support a company that claws back features I paid for. I urge every user who feels the same to write a review saying so.
Disappointed
Implement the pro unlock I paid for and I’ll be back to change my rating from 1 star to the 5 I gave it previously
Do NOT trust the new owners
Apple actually has Developer Guideline 3.1.2(a) covering the migration of a paid app to a subscription:
“If you are changing your existing app to a subscription-based business model, you should not take away the primary functionality existing users have already paid for. For example, let customers who have already purchased a ‘full game unlock’ continue to access the full game after you introduce a subscription model for new customers.”
The new owners intended to ignore this but grudgingly relented in the most inconvenient and annoying manner, and only after customer pushback. They don’t have a “perpetual license” as claimed on some of the developer responses in these reviews. Instead, they will only provide a 6 month or 1 year coupon for a basic subscription, and “perpetually licensed” users will have to remain vigilant to keep refreshing their subscription by pestering the support staff for new coupons before their previous coupon runs out. When I pointed this out, their “solution” was to send me several coupon codes with onerous terms stating that this was a one-time accommodation, that no additional credits will be provided, and that multiple coupons applied would run concurrently (meaning I have to bank the coupons and remember to apply them every year to avoid a paid subscription kicking in, and my “perpetual license” will no longer be honored). This is breathtakingly bad faith.
Any competent developer could enable checking for the non-consumable pro unlocks already purchased by previous buyers. All they would need to do is reenable the Restore Purchases functionality that they have hidden away and check for it just as they check for an active subscription. This is how a good faith company handles legacy license owners. And in fact, the JellyCuts app STILL (as of this writing) contains those non-consumable lifetime pro unlocks. This can be seen by checking the In-App purchases section below in the Information section. The pro unlocks offered by the previous developer are still there. But their engineers have refused to support any kind of in-app license authentication except subscription (this was confirmed to me in email exchanges with their support team), and Apple only allows max 1 year subscriptions.
There can only be one reason for this: they hope to scrape off difficult-to-refund charges from “perpetual license” users being inattentive to their coupons expiring or fed up with having to work to keep them active.
“If you are changing your existing app to a subscription-based business model, you should not take away the primary functionality existing users have already paid for. For example, let customers who have already purchased a ‘full game unlock’ continue to access the full game after you introduce a subscription model for new customers.”
The new owners intended to ignore this but grudgingly relented in the most inconvenient and annoying manner, and only after customer pushback. They don’t have a “perpetual license” as claimed on some of the developer responses in these reviews. Instead, they will only provide a 6 month or 1 year coupon for a basic subscription, and “perpetually licensed” users will have to remain vigilant to keep refreshing their subscription by pestering the support staff for new coupons before their previous coupon runs out. When I pointed this out, their “solution” was to send me several coupon codes with onerous terms stating that this was a one-time accommodation, that no additional credits will be provided, and that multiple coupons applied would run concurrently (meaning I have to bank the coupons and remember to apply them every year to avoid a paid subscription kicking in, and my “perpetual license” will no longer be honored). This is breathtakingly bad faith.
Any competent developer could enable checking for the non-consumable pro unlocks already purchased by previous buyers. All they would need to do is reenable the Restore Purchases functionality that they have hidden away and check for it just as they check for an active subscription. This is how a good faith company handles legacy license owners. And in fact, the JellyCuts app STILL (as of this writing) contains those non-consumable lifetime pro unlocks. This can be seen by checking the In-App purchases section below in the Information section. The pro unlocks offered by the previous developer are still there. But their engineers have refused to support any kind of in-app license authentication except subscription (this was confirmed to me in email exchanges with their support team), and Apple only allows max 1 year subscriptions.
There can only be one reason for this: they hope to scrape off difficult-to-refund charges from “perpetual license” users being inattentive to their coupons expiring or fed up with having to work to keep them active.
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Response from developer
We hear you. Especially as an early supporter. Our goal is to respect what you already paid for while moving the product forward. We haven’t always made that clear. We’re improving how legacy access works so it’s simple and doesn’t feel like something you have to manage. Restore is back up. If you’re open to it, reach out at https://www.jellycuts.com/support we’ll take care of you directly. Thanks for taking the time to say this.
No response
Update: I finally received a one year subscription. Although it took a little while to get a working code, they resolved it. I now look forward to learning the app.
I purchased the one time purchase days before it converted to subscription model. I was sent a code for 6 months free trial but the code was expired. I can’t get a response now. I thought it was supposed to be lifetime and functional. I did send request with email different than Apple ID. Could that have been the problem ?
I purchased the one time purchase days before it converted to subscription model. I was sent a code for 6 months free trial but the code was expired. I can’t get a response now. I thought it was supposed to be lifetime and functional. I did send request with email different than Apple ID. Could that have been the problem ?
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It’s just not good
I’ll be honest, when I first saw that the new owners of RoutineHub were putting so much weight behind Jellycuts, I couldn’t for the life of me understand why. I still don’t understand it. I don’t understand the need for a website or for the content & blog posts—and especially not the subscription & paywalled content. I mean, does Javascript put out blog posts? How about C++? Go? Ruby? No, of course they don’t—because they’re programming languages. So, taking a programming language like Jelly and turning it into a brand is just a really bizarre choice to me. Aside from that, the app just isn’t very good. The language is limited, and there’s still a lot that it can’t do. Perhaps these things should have been ironed out BEFORE introducing a website, subscription tiers, blog posts, a re-design, etc… 🤔 Of course, that’s not how devs operate in 2024, where it’s more important to create all this superfluous stuff to entice people into buying the software/app rather than finishing the build, squashing the bugs, smoothing the edges, and refining the experience. One reason I was so confused about putting so much weight behind Jelly is because there’s another language for Shortcuts—Cherri—which is vastly superior to Jelly, has a macOS app, and an IDE—all for FREE. No subscriptions. No paywalled content. And the language is more intuitive, easier to understand, and has better documentation! I really don’t know why anyone would support this “open source” project.🤷🏻♂️
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So much for that “Immortal” Jellyfish Pro purchase
Like others I bought the lifetime pro version of the app with a one-time in-app purchase. This was back in Feb 2023 prior to the app being acquired by new developers. It seemed like a cool project & I wanted to make a small contribution to support it. Now the app has been converted to a tiered subscription model & it’s hard to see any value in terms of the features vs price. The new owner was giving codes for the most basic tier for those who bought before the subscription but has become unresponsive.
There’s a recent review by Mr. T Wrecks that perfectly sums up all the current problems with this app & why its future is bleak—definitely worth reading. The tl;dr of it all is this: this app simply isn’t worth bothering with anymore. Don’t waste your time.
There’s a recent review by Mr. T Wrecks that perfectly sums up all the current problems with this app & why its future is bleak—definitely worth reading. The tl;dr of it all is this: this app simply isn’t worth bothering with anymore. Don’t waste your time.
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IOS 18 ?
I bought it – why does it only go up to iOS 15?
Response from developer
Earlier versions supported older iOS to keep things working for long-time users. We’ve since shifted to focusing on newer iOS versions so we can keep improving the app. Appreciate you flagging this.
Useful app but a few complaints
This app is extremely useful for coding Apple iOS shortcuts, and it works and is proven to work. There are even hidden actions you can use. But, there are some very annoying restrictions unless you pay, like you have to go in documentation and they won’t give you a native icon selector unless you pay, and customization like app icons and editors are limited to Main, Dark, and Tinted, and across app database storage, and you can’t change the targeted iOS version, and you can’t use the visual studio macOS bridge.
I recommend this app
I recommend this app
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