# Shortcuts — user reviews > 1,750 indexed App Store user reviews of Shortcuts by Apple, rated 4.20/5 from 8,527 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shortcuts/id915249334/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shortcuts/id915249334.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 5,746 · 4★ 1,015 · 3★ 542 · 2★ 326 · 1★ 898 ## What do users think of Shortcuts? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Powerful automation capabilities - 👍 Customizable app icons - 🚀 Efficient workflow creation - 🚀 Seamless integration with iOS **Cons** - 🐛 Inconsistent behavior with certain actions - 🐛 Buggy home screen integration - 🔒 Limited permissions control - 🔋 Potential device slowdown with extensive use **Commonly reported bugs** - Shortcuts database corruption issues - Crashes when running certain workflows - Inconsistent behavior with location-based shortcuts - Issues with sharing and exporting shortcuts **Most requested features** - Improved Apple Watch integration - More granular control over shortcuts - Ability to run shortcuts in the background - Better documentation and tutorials - Expanded third-party app support ## Newest reviews (11 of 1,750) ### 3/5 — Problem on iOS 12 and missing feature for Apple Watch *2026-04-10, version 2.2.2* It makes me go to the browser to add a shortcut to the home screen when it isn’t that on iOS 15 or later and sometimes it doesn’t work for the icon as it sometimes is just a screenshot of the website with white at the bottom of the icon and I guess it’s because of the image resolution I was doing but even then the resolution of my image matches the resolution of what all my app icons display as most of the time plus it’s just buggy when you give it lower resolution images and it limits how far you can zoom in to whats not enough in my opinion, and when you open a shortcut that is supposed to open another app it opens the shortcut as it’s own app, then loads, then goes to the Shortcuts app, loads, then opens the app like it shouldn’t need to open 2 other apps first to open the app I told it to do and the two apps it opens first don’t fully close after and I can see them in my app switcher and in my opinion it feels unorganized having apps not being used currently there and I like to close the ones I’m not using to save battery just in case it does use battery and I can tell it would be annoying to close two apps every time you open a shortcut like that. And where is automations it’s on iOS 15 or later and app compatibility literally says requires iOS 12 or later and normally the app compatibility section is true only for the latest version of the app so it should at least tell me if it’s compatible or not in app for that feature or just change the app compatibility information or add it for iOS 12. But please add it for iOS 12 I love my iPhone 5s. And this part of my review is for my Apple Watch which is why does the app say “Night Shift is not supported on Apple Watch” like you can use Siri to turn on Night Shift on that product, like isn’t it better for your eyes, and Apple Watch is for health recording to your advertisements so it doesn’t make sense and I was using this app on someone’s iPhone to keep it on all the time which means I wasted a bit of time like just add full support for Night Shift on Apple Watch please. And if you are an Apple worker reading this helping make these apps better thank you for reading. Disclaimer but I don’t know how the app is like on iOS 13 and 14 so when I said iOS 15 or later I was just saying I know it acts like that on these iOS versions. Also I was updating this review because I noticed more things wrong and while I was doing it I went to another app for a quick sec and it put me back at the recent tab I used on the store when I come back to this app (App Store) then I had to put my iPhone in sleep mode to do something and it did it again and made updating this review feel like a hassle and yes I was on low power mode but it never specifically told me anything about this anyway and I’m not sure the newest version of iOS will change anything so can you all fix this or make it a option for my iPhone to ask me if I want to somewhat close my app for the reason of performance usage from that app or the current app doing more that would make things less frustrating and because I want you all to do it, it might help make the idea of a non iPhone user trying their parents old and maybe abandon iPhone then think iOS does all of it’s things right. ### 3/5 — Not Going Through *2026-02-16, version 2.2.2* It might just be the kind of phone I’m using - it’s an old iPhone 12 - but when I make an app look nice and aesthetic, then press add to home screen, it’s not working. I like how it works inside the app but I wouldn’t recommend getting it unless you have an iPhone 13 or up. ### 2/5 — Cho 2 sao *2025-10-17, version 2.2.2* iPhone 6 iOS 12.5.7 k có tự động hoá ### 3/5 — 😕 *2025-08-15, version 2.2.2* Pues me pareció muy divertida pero yo la quería utilizar como para poner mis aplicaciones de colores pero no puedo ya que he visto usted tú tú no eres que hay unos que le parecen seleccionar y todavía el más pero a mí no me sale que no sé por qué ### 3/5 — sao phím tắt của tôi không có tự động hoá? *2025-08-08, version 2.2.2* hay do máy tôi lỏ? ### 2/5 — Hơi...:)) *2025-07-24, version 2.2.2* Làm sao để tải đc ảnh lên ứng. Dụng v ah ### 3/5 — iPad Airで使ってます *2024-11-17, version 2.2.2* オートメーションがありません ### 2/5 — Kém *2024-05-07, version 2.2.2* Tôi không thể thấy đổi hình nền các ứng dụng trên phím tắt ### 1/5 — Rezilsiniz otomasyon ekleyin lan *2024-04-18, version 2.2.2* Otomasyon yok indirmeyin rezillik ### 1/5 — Otomosyon *2024-03-30, version 2.2.2* Artık iPhone 6 lara da otomosyon gelmeli lütfennnn. Artık gelsin otomosyon ### 4/5 — otomasyon *2024-02-23, version 2.2.2* iphone 6 kullanıyorum ve otomasyon yok gelsin ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Iphone6 *2025-12-27, version 2.2.2* K cài đc ### 1/5 — Hay quá *2025-08-18, version 2.2.2* Hay lắm ạ.sop làm cái này để tải ứng dụng về để làm nhưng ko ngờ là app này quá hay ### 1/5 — Useless *2025-07-19, version 2.2.2* What is this even for like its just useless ### 1/5 — 難しい *2025-01-06* youtubeでアイコンを変える方法と書いてありやってみたら、Appが開けませんなどの色々なことがありました。なのでもうちょいわかりやすくして欲しいです。 ### 1/5 — . *2024-08-15, version 2.2.2* Tôi muốn thêm phím tắt vào mh chính mà kh đc ### 1/5 — Neden *2024-08-14, version 2.2.2* Neden iPhone 6 larda otomasyon yok. Otomasyon var diye çok büyük hevesle indirdim şimdi geri sileceğim. 1 yıldızı bile haketmiyor. ### 1/5 — app hơi... *2024-08-14, version 2.2.2* sao ko đổi đc hình nền của mấy app vậy làm tui ấn nguyên ngày mệt vl😢😢😢😭😭😭😭😭😢😢😢😭😭😭😭😢 ### 1/5 — To much glitch *2024-07-17, version 2.2.2* It didn’t let me add to my home screen and when I tried to it toke me to this page on how to do it and I tried following the instructions but it kept making me go to the same page! ### 1/5 — A WASTE OF TIME AND USELESS... *2024-07-12, version 2.2.2* I WANTED TO CUSTOMIZE MY APP ICONS SO I CLICKED A BOX WITH A AROOW AND HIT ADD TO HOME SCREEN. I DID, AND I TELEPORTED ME TO SAFARI AND GAVE ME TO SAY CLICK TYE ADD TO HIME SCREEN WHICH I DID, AND I DID T AGAIN I WENT NACK TO SAFARI!! I DID IT FOR 25 MINUTES!!! USELESS AND A WATSE OF TIMEE! ### 1/5 — đghsfh *2024-05-24, version 2.2.2* lord ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Blaze and the monster machines *2026-08-10, version 2.2.2* Blaze and the monster machines ### 5/5 — Omg perfect *2026-04-12, version 2.2.2* I have iPad Air 1 on ios 12 .5.8 and it works I can do all my work it is so good for my doccouments people should get this app ### 5/5 — Nhận Xét về phím tắt *2026-02-19, version 2.2.2* Đó là một ứng dụng mà tôi thích đấy ### 5/5 — Bizarre *2024-08-16, version 2.2.2* Je crois que c’est un bizarre qu’il n’ai pas le temps de l’activation je trouve ça besoin de rien car on va faire beaucoup de choses ### 5/5 — AMAZING!!!!! *2024-06-12, version 2.2.2* iOS shortcuts is amazing! There is so good and useful! ### 5/5 — Amei *2024-04-23* É bom muinto boom ### 5/5 — Otomasyon gelsin *2024-04-10, version 2.2.2* Güzel uygulama ama iPhone 6 larda otomasyon yok lütfen gelsin ### 5/5 — Awesome *2024-03-19, version 2.2.2* This app is totally awesome! I literally use a 10 year old phone and it works so good! ### 5/5 — Hii *2024-03-15, version 2.2.2* Great app really helpful but it doesn’t let me use the charger option ### 5/5 — Im On a New Version! *2024-01-27, version 2.2.2* :) --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-28.*