# Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts — user reviews > 197 indexed App Store user reviews of Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts by Snailed It Development Ltd, rated 4.50/5 from 432 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/toolbox-pro-for-shortcuts/id1476205977/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/toolbox-pro-for-shortcuts/id1476205977.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 347 · 4★ 22 · 3★ 15 · 2★ 10 · 1★ 38 ## 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 ## Newest reviews (12 of 197) ### 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 — iOS shortcuts are great, Toolbox Pro shoots it off to the moon *2025-04-03* These are actions that I didn’t even know I needed. Nothing but praise for the app. ### 5/5 — Very Useful *2025-04-01, version 2025.2* Premium is worth it too. Great job on this app. ### 3/5 — What, no MacOS? *2025-03-27, version 2025.2* I thought this app was a great help, until I recently developed a shortcut which uses the advanced menu feature and tried to use it on the Mac. Zero support for MacOS?? I realise that some of the features are iOS only, but there’s no excuse for not even having a MacOS version when all shortcuts are supposed to work interchangeably everywhere. ### 5/5 — Must-have app for Shortcuts *2025-02-10* If you do anything with Shortcuts you’re going to want this app. It really takes adds a whole new level of extensibility to the Shortcuts app with a library of easy to use actions. You can simplify shortcuts that would otherwise be cumbersome or tedious to craft with the base Shortcuts app, or you can get really advanced & automate complex workflows that previously may have seemed impossible. The devs are great and the app still receives regular updates. Highly recommend ### 5/5 — Terrific tool *2025-01-07, version 2024.8.3* Absolutely amazing functionality ### 5/5 — Neues Team, APP wieder aktiv *2025-01-04* Update: RIP Hay und danke das die Familie die App freigegeben hat. Nun kommt es auch wieder zu Updates, hoffentlich in regelmäßigen Abständen. Grundsätzlich eine Top App die die Shortcuts ordentlich aufwertet! ### 5/5 — Nice. Thanks for the efforts *2024-12-28* Nice tool to expand capabilities of shortcuts app ### 2/5 — iOS18.2 有好多命令无法用 *2024-12-13* 比较 get audio output device 没任何反应。 ### 5/5 — Good app! *2024-11-20* It’s OK. Thank you! ### 2/5 — Not that useful *2024-11-02* It had general things but not ones I would normally use or find helpful. It would be good if it was something automated like responding to any new emails coming in and adding meetings to your calendar as soon as it in your inbox ### 5/5 — Amazing App!!! *2024-10-29, version 2024.8* 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! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 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 ### 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. ### 1/5 — Shortcut doesn’t work! *2025-11-07, version 2025.6* When I went to make a custom Shortcut, where when activated, it would pause the song, or shuffle a random one if no audio is playing. I fiddled with it for over an hour. Only when I used the same rules with Actions, did it work. Paid $6 for a non-functional product. ### 1/5 — Русский язык *2025-09-28* Добавьте ### 1/5 — Unreliable *2025-05-10* More often then not the app closes (I think) and a shortcut which relies on a simple global variable either runs when it's not supposed to or does not run at all. I am only using this app for the global variable part and also just a simple true or false value, but I cannot rely on it. ### 1/5 — Ugh *2024-10-04, version 2024.7.3* It took way too long to figure out that you can’t do anything without paying for a premium license. Want to know the price? Yeah… me too. Maybe they should add that to their website in a manner that anybody can find it. Honestly… it feels a bit too underhanded for me to feel comfortable supporting them. Be more transparent with your model. ### 1/5 — Don’t bother downloading *2024-08-29* All supposed 40 “free” examples are not free. I tried 5 and all of them didnt run due to premium account subscription needed. ### 1/5 — I purchased the app but still can’t use it. *2024-06-09, version 2024.2.0* When Itry to use it it says it premium and to go to setting in Toolbox pro app. I rebooted the phone with no luck. Suggestions? ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 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* ❤️ ### 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, version 2025.6.1* 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 :))) ### 5/5 — 大力赞 *2025-11-21* 很好用的小工具，方便多了 ### 5/5 — it works and DATA NOT COLLECTED, what else you need to know? *2025-09-25, version 2025.4* let me repeat this,it works and DATA NOT COLLECTED, what else you need to know? fo real DATA NOT COLLECTED and it works , was it it you don't understand? ### 5/5 — I am in DISBELIEF I am the 3rd Review… *2025-08-16, version 2025.4* Totally insane app that takes kit to the next level with shortcuts…. My favorite action I would say is Show Notification. It BLOWS AWAY the Apple Out of the Box Notification Action SNAILED IT NEEDS SOME RECOGNITION ### 5/5 — Toolbox Pro *2025-07-30, version 2025.4* Where iOS Shortcuts falls flat, Toolbox pro picks up the slack. All I really needed was a way to detect whether or not my airpods were connected and this application delivers. thanks for this invaluable tool. ### 5/5 — Nice *2025-06-30* Nice toolbox. What’s missing is a simple AI API call (like for OpenRouter). I know it can be done without this toolbox but that would be very convenient…. --- *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 2026-08-30.*