Adaptivity (A) vs Logger for Shortcuts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Adaptivity (A)
Visualize how app layouts adapt to different screen sizes, orientations, and dynamic text settings on iOS and iPadOS devices. Explore SF Symbols, system colors, fonts, and materials with detailed information and previews.
- Visualize layout sizes and margins
- Explore SF Symbols across iOS versions
- Preview Dynamic Type styles
- View System Colors, Fonts, and Materials
- Support for iPad multitasking and external displays
- Widget and Siri shortcut integration
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Adaptivity is an invaluable tool for developers and designers. Use it to visualize how Size Classes and margins for layout, readable content and the safe area look on real devices and how they change with respect to orientation, iPad multitasking and Dynamic Type size changes. A comprehensive System Images browser shows the different SF Symbols data sets across iOS versions with availability, localization and name change information. There are also views for visualizing Dynamic Type styles, System Colors, System Fonts and System Materials. TESTIMONIALS • “Adaptivity is not just highly recommended – it’s essential” — Paul Hudson, Hacking With Swift article “8 essential apps for iOS developers”, 30th March 2020. • “It's a very, very good tool as a reference for both developers and designers” — Gui Rambo, Stacktrace podcast episode #77, 1st April 2020. • “I'm not trying to spend your money, but to me this is a no-brainer” — Sean Allen YouTube video “Indie Dev Apps”, 12th April 2020. MAIN FEATURES • Visualize sizes for full view, layout margins, readable content guide and safe area layout guide. • Sizes displayed in points or pixels. • Regular or large navigation bar titles. • Toggle status bar and navigation bar/toolbar/tab bar visibility. • Activity View Controller support for sharing a snapshot image of each view. • iPad multitasking and multiple window support (see note). • Dark appearance support (requires iOS/iPadOS 13 or later). • Setting to force right-to-left layout. • Keyboard shortcuts. • Keyboard navigation (requires iPadOS 15 or later). • Handoff actions from Adaptivity (A), (B) or (C) on one device to Adaptivity (A) on another. • External display support. OTHER VIEWS • Popover, Form/Page Sheet, Full Screen and Automatic modal presentations. • Customise Sheet Presentations on iOS/iPadOS 15 or later. • Tab Bar Controller. • Table View Controller. • Classic style Split View Controller. • Double and triple column style Split View Controllers (requires iOS/iPadOS 14 or later). • Keyboard Dodging and Custom Keyboard. • Dynamic Type styles for the current Content Size Category. • Explore Pointer Interactions (requires iPadOS 13.4 or later and a trackpad or mouse). • Explore System Colors. • Explore System Fonts. • Explore System Images (requires iOS/iPadOS 13 or later). Choose which SF Symbols data set to view, configure rendering modes and much more. • Explore System Materials (requires iOS/iPadOS 13 or later). EXTENSION TARGETS • Siri shortcut with custom response UI (requires iOS 12 or later). • Pre- and post-iOS 14 style Widgets to show layout. • iOS 14 style Widgets to show random System Images. • iOS 14 style Widgets to show Dynamic Type text styles. • iOS 16 lock screen Widgets to show layout. • iOS 16 lock screen Widgets to show random System Images. • Notification Content Extension. • Watch App (requires watchOS 4 or later). • iMessage App. Note: Adaptivity (A) supports multiple windows on iPadOS 13 or later. On earlier iOS versions, Adaptivity (B) must also be downloaded to run Adaptivity twice using Split View or Slide Over iPad multitasking. Adaptivity (A) is a universal purchase and includes a Mac Catalyst version of the app. Buying one allows the other to be downloaded at no extra cost using the same Apple ID. Adaptivity (C) has the same reduced features as Adaptivity (B) but only supports iPhone. Use it to visualize how an iPhone‑only app appears on iPad. For more information see https://hacknicity.com/adaptivity
Logger for Shortcuts
This app provides a developer console specifically for building complex shortcuts. It allows users to write messages to the console in real-time as shortcuts run, eliminating the need for Quick Look actions. Powerful filtering tools help users drill down into output by various criteria, and logs can be synced across devices via iCloud and exported.
- Developer console for Shortcuts
- Real-time message logging
- Powerful filtering tools
- Filter by category, device, date, contents, search, tags
- iCloud sync across devices
- Export logs to plain text or markdown
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"It has so rapidly become one of the most critical apps on my whole system, I cannot even believe it" — CGP Grey, Cortex podcast Logger is the first developer console designed for Shortcuts. Building complex shortcuts is now easier than ever! Use the Logger's shortcut actions to write messages to the console. See them posted in realtime as your shortcut runs - no more Quick Look actions required. Use the powerful filtering tools to drill down into the output. Filter by category, device, date, contents, search or tags. All your messages are synced securely between your devices using iCloud and you can even export your logs to plain text or markdown.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Adaptivity (A) at 5.0 against Logger for Shortcuts's 4.7. Adaptivity (A) also leads on review sentiment (94% vs 79%) and ratings volume (92 vs 27). Logger for Shortcuts's advantage is price ($4.99 vs $7.99). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Adaptivity (A) costs $7.99 and Logger for Shortcuts $4.99 up front. Adaptivity (A) sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Logger for Shortcuts sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Adaptivity (A) holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 92 and 27 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of Adaptivity (A)'s written reviews are positive against 79% of Logger for Shortcuts's.
Adaptivity (A) ships an update every 3 weeks, Logger for Shortcuts monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Adaptivity (A) | Logger for Shortcuts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $7.99 | $4.99 — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (92 ratings) — better | 4.7 (27 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 94.3% of reviews — better | 79.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 92 — better | 27 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #75 | #29 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Geoff Hackworth | Snailed It Development Ltd |
Customer experience
Adaptivity (A)
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In-app purchases
Adaptivity (A)
- Small Tip$0.99
- Medium Tip$1.99
- Large Tip$4.99
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- Enormous Tip$9.99
Logger for Shortcuts
- Small Tip$0.99
- Medium Tip$2.99
- Large Tip$4.99
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- Huge Tip$9.99
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