# Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts — Powerful new automation tools

> Extends Apple Shortcuts with over 130 advanced automation actions. (iPhone/iPad app by Snailed It Development Ltd.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/toolbox-pro-for-shortcuts/id1476205977 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Snailed It Development Ltd](https://appshunter.io/developer/1493284299)
- Category: Utilities, Productivity
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.50/5 from 432 App Store ratings · 197 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 14.5 · 104 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2019-11-13
- Data updated: 2026-08-27
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/toolbox-pro-for-shortcuts/id1476205977/reviews.md

## What is Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts?

Toolbox Pro gives you 130+ powerful new actions to use within Apple’s Shortcuts app.

Tools include the latest iOS technologies:

• iOS document scanner
• Lightning-fast, on-device text recognition (OCR)
• Tag files
• Manipulate reminders and calendar events with more options than Shortcuts
• Apple Music tools give you access to the whole catalogue of 60 million songs (Apple Music subscription required) 
• Transcribe speech from audio files
• Add contacts and contact groups
• Get workouts and activity summaries from Health
• TouchID/FaceID authentication
• Style and render text to images
• NFC Read + Write
• Image filters
• Create photo albums
• The Preview Tool lets you present text, images, rich URLs & interactive maps with flexible layouts. Add your own buttons to create your own app-like experience
• Global variables let you store data between shortcuts and devices
• Menu creator
• Icon generator
• Recognise objects in images using machine learning
• Get current motion of device (driving, walking etc)
• Full-screen text input box
• Remove duplicates from list
• Quick-match text before, after or between words
• Device details like orientation/is dark mode on/is audio playing/is silent mode on

And many, many more.

Get nearly 40 tools for *FREE*, unlock everything with a single in-app purchase.

You can find detailed descriptions of what each tool does in the app along with *lots* of example shortcuts to get you started.

This app supports dark mode, voice control and dynamic type.

Privacy policy spoilers: I don’t store any of your data or track you. (Read more: www.toolboxpro.app/privacy-policy)

## Key features

- 130+ powerful new actions for Shortcuts
- On-device text recognition (OCR)
- NFC Read + Write
- Style and render text to images
- Global variables for data storage
- Create custom app-like experiences with Preview Tool
- Apple Music integration

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tip Jar - Small | $0.99 | one-time |
| Toolbox Pro Premium | $5.99 | one-time |
| Tip Jar - Medium | $2.99 | one-time |
| Tip Jar - Large | $4.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🚀 Powerful shortcuts extensions
- 👍 Useful free tools
- 🔒 No data collection
- 💡 Variety of actions
- 👍 Premium worth the price
- 💡 Helpful for automating workflows
- 👍 Fantastic functionality

**Cons**

- 🐛 Unreliable actions
- 🔒 Premium features required for core functionality
- 🐛 Buggy notifications
- 🐛 Shortcuts not working as expected
- 🐛 Broken music actions

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Restore purchase not working
- Clipboard issues
- List manipulation bugs
- Haptic feedback not working
- Example shortcuts not working

**Most requested features**

- Sort numbers action
- Custom repeat action
- Detect if other apps are open
- Share multiple shortcuts at once
- Ability to read AAE files and photo edits
- SD card management
- Detect currently running shortcut
- Mac version

## Recent user reviews (10 of 197)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/toolbox-pro-for-shortcuts/id1476205977/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Not free, all locked behind a paywall

*2026-07-02, version 2026.2.1*

Just charge for the app instead of giving a useless free version

### 1/5 — Unnessecary paywall

*2026-06-30, version 2026.2.1*

locks behind basic functions behind a paywall, if i could i would give it a -4/5

### 1/5 — Everything locked by paywall

*2026-06-28, version 2026.2.1*

Pretty much EVERYTHING good is locked under a paywall. Terrible app

### 2/5 — Nur bezahlt nutzbar

*2026-06-18*

Das allermeiste dieser App ließe sich nur per In App-Kauf benutzen. Da aber auch manche der angeblich freien Beispiele nicht wie erwartet bzw. wie beschrieben funktionieren (enthalten sogar zum Teil gesperrte Funktionen), fehlt mir dazu schlicht noch das Vertrauen. Vielleicht sind ja auch noch ein paar Bugs vorhanden? Niemand kann es ohne einen In App-Kauf beurteilen.

Vielleicht gibt es irgendwann ja mal einen kleinen Rabatt beim IAP, dann setze ich mich nochmal ran. Dann gibt es auch wieder mehr Sterne…

### 5/5 — Amazing App!!!

*2026-05-24*

I’ve wanted this app for a while, but only today did I get it and purchase the Premium, and I love it so much! It’s such a helpful app! I do have a few suggestions, and I may update them as I get to know this app better:

(1) Add an action that sorts numbers. Like, an action that takes a list of numbers and sorts them from highest to lowest, or lowest to highest.

(2) Make the ‘Is Premium Unlocked’ action free. Right now, it’s pointless because it only returns ‘true’ for users with premium access. Since you can’t run the action without premium, it never returns ‘false.’ Once premium is purchased, this action just confirms what the user already knows, making it redundant.

(3) Make a custom “Repeat” action, and make an “end repeat” action that will immediately end the loop if that action is run.

Thank you so much for this wonderful app!

### 5/5 — Terrific addition for shortcuts

*2026-04-22*

Whether you're just interested in tinkering with shortcuts or an experienced power user, this app is a terrific addition to your iOS shortcuts app! Some of the tools this app provides for your shortcuts are simply wonderful to be able to do with ease. Shortcuts are extremely powerful but limited by what actions Apple makes available - this app helps greatly with that. As a programmer, I absolutely love tinkering with shortcuts and making random things solely because I find it fun, and this app enables me to do so much more!

### 5/5 — 5 if 5

*2026-03-26, version 2026.2.1*

❤️

### 1/5 — The If Or statement is completely busted

*2026-02-17, version 2026.2*

The update seems to have completed been killed with this last update.

### 5/5 — If you use Shortcuts, you’ll want this

*2025-12-30*

I use Shortcuts tons, and often ran into limitations where things were either difficult to do, or just not possible. This fixes almost all of the limitations that I have encountered.

I will say that you really do need the premium version of this app, as not many functions are available for free, and the ones that are aren’t too useful (for me anyway). It was only a one-time-purchase, and only £5 if I remember correctly, so pretty reasonable.

Overall, really good app - as long as you are happy to buy the premium version.

### 5/5 — Heaps of useful free tools but I’ve now paid for pro because I was impressed by many things.

*2025-11-25*

I can’t remember the last time I saw an app with “free” option that wasn’t just a 3 days trial before thinking I’ll pay a $20 monthly sub for a tool you’ll find in this app for free 🤣 or you are fed 5 ads for every 2 buttons you click (and they include the ad exit button as 1.) amirite fellas?! But not these guys. High number of high quality Free options ✅ Even more useful paid options but never begged to do so ✅ i know what you’re thinking , alright what’s the catch, it’s a high price subscription model I bet?! NOPE. $10 for life time access ✅✅✅ Bro they’ve got me typing like a crackhead I’m gonna cry tears of joy at this app. Almost makes me wanna quit my AI Postgrad so I don’t continue to the downfall of heroic devs . I name all of my future children after your app “Toolbox Jr” etc etc :)))

## Frequently asked questions about Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts

### What does Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts do?

Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts provides over 130 powerful new actions that can be integrated into Apple's native Shortcuts app. These actions allow for more complex automation, including advanced text recognition, file manipulation, media integration, and custom user interfaces.

### What are some of the key features of Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts?

Key features include on-device text recognition (OCR), NFC read and write capabilities, the ability to style and render text into images, global variables for storing data between shortcuts, and a Preview Tool to create app-like experiences with custom buttons and layouts.

### How much does Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts cost?

The app offers nearly 40 tools for free, with the option to unlock all features through a single in-app purchase. This provides a freemium model where users can try out a selection of tools before committing to a purchase.

### What are some common use cases for Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts?

Users can leverage Toolbox Pro for tasks like automatically scanning and extracting text from documents, automating NFC tag interactions, creating custom text-based images, managing reminders and calendar events with more options, and building personalized app-like interfaces within Shortcuts.

### Is Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts compatible with my device?

The app is designed for Apple devices and supports the latest iOS technologies. It also features support for dark mode, voice control, and dynamic type, ensuring a seamless experience across various iOS settings.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2026.2.1 — 2026-02-26

- Fix If Or not working when the comparison is 'contains'
- Change default "Before Date" of Find Games to 2027 and remove the default metacritic filter

### 2026.2 — 2026-02-15

- Scan QR Code In Image now recognises barcode
- Get Detail From Text now has a 'words', which extracts individual words from a piece of text
- Fix really strange bug in If Or where typing text into any of the conditions or outputs would cause it to be immediately deleted. This seems to be an iOS bug, so this fix is a workaround that moves the parameters into the action's text

### 2026.1 — 2026-01-21

- Fix button positioning of Manually Crop Image on iOS 26
- Fix Manually Crop Image continuing to show the cropping controller when you return to the app, even after tapping the 'Done' checkmark.
- Fix Get Reminder UUID not allowing you to correctly select a reminder when you have multiple reminders with the same name

### 2025.6.1 — 2025-11-21

In 2025.6.1:
- Fix description for Add Photo Album including the "Folder" parameter twice and omitting the "Type" parameter
- Scan NFC renamed to Scan NFC (TBP) to workaround bugs in shortcuts when multiple apps supply actions with the same name

In 2025.6:
- Add Photo Album now allows creating the album/folder inside an existing folder
- Added a setting to sort keys of Global Variables containing JSON
- Fix Global Variables 'Get Dictionary' action incorrectly parsing "smart quotes" (e.g. `”`), causing valid JSON not to be recognised as such.
- Fix Is Audio Playing being documented as returning its value via the clipboard

### 2025.6 — 2025-11-07

- Add Photo Album now allows creating the album/folder inside an existing folder
- Added a setting to sort keys of Global Variables containing JSON
- Fix Global Variables 'Get Dictionary' action incorrectly parsing "smart quotes" (e.g. `”`), causing valid JSON not to be recognised as such.
- Fix Is Audio Playing being documented as returning its value via the clipboard

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