Comparison

SemanTer vs Shortify

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

SemanTer

This tool efficiently creates summaries of articles and webpages, reducing hours of work to seconds. It preserves the original meaning and allows users to adjust the summary length. Supports multiple languages and offers features like a dark theme and embedded browser.

Highlights
  • AI-powered text summarization
  • Adjustable summary length
  • Summarize links and URLs
  • Multilingual support (16 languages)
  • Dark theme and refreshed UI
  • Summarize files (PDF, DOC, etc.) with Pro version
  • Export summaries to PDF
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LEARN BETTER. DO MORE. INCREASE YOUR PRODUCTIVITY! You can achieve all of this using SemanTer – efficient tool for summary creation. Have you ever tried to write a summary even for a small article? This could have taken several hours. You can reduce this time to several seconds and get the summary from professionals. SemanTer fully preserves the meaning of source text and enables you to determine summary size. WHAT’S NEW: ● Dark theme ● Refreshed UI SAVE YOUR TIME WITH SUCH FEATURES: ● Exceptionally precise algorithms Our algorithms are unique and patented, which guarantee high precision of each summary. ● Variable Summary Size Need more detailed or brief summary? Just use slider at the bottom of the screen. ● Summarize links and URLs from other apps Press Share button in the app and choose SemanTer. ● Multilingual summarization in 16 languages: English, German, French, Russian, Chinese (limited), Dutch, Danish, Czech, Finnish, Italian, Portugal, Spanish, Romanian, Norwegian, Hungarian and Japanese (limited). ● Share summaries in social networks, Skype, e-mail, etc. ● Interactive History of recently summarized webpages ● Embedded browser for content search and summarization It is easy as ABC: - Find a page you wish to summarize - Press Summary button - Done! ● Text block summarization ● Adjustable summary font size for convenient reading ● Lightweight and fast IN-APP PURCHASES ● Weekly or monthly subscriptions. Subscriptions give you all the advantages of Pro-version: summarization of webpages and files without any restrictions and ads as well as summary export to PDF file. Subscriptions are renewed automatically. You can cancel your subscription at any time in the AppStore. ● Packages of 12, 25 and 39 summaries. If you ran out of free summaries for a day (12 pcs.), you can purchase any required amount of summaries. Packages can be used for new documents summarization or for changing sizes of already created summaries. Number of packages is not limited – buy as many as you need. ● Remove ads: one-time purchase allows to completely remove ads from the app BENEFITS OF SEMANTER PRO: ● iCloud, Google Drive & local files summarization (PDF, DOC, DOCX, RTF, TXT, XLS, XLSX, PPTX) * With SemanTer Pro you can summarize files on your iOS device (iOS 11+), Google Drive and iCloud as well as webpages of any size. * Only files with text inside are supported, excluding pictures or scanned documents. For security reasons password protected files are not processed. ● Unlimited size of texts You can summarize really big documents. ● Unlimited number of summaries ● Ad free ● Summary export to PDF file QUESTIONS If you have any questions or problems, please use Help section in the app or send us an e-mail if you can’t find an answer. Please, don’t leave negative feedback before contacting our support service. Thanks! YOUR OPINION SemanTer was designed to save priceless time of our clients and we hope it does. If you think this app has potential, please give us positive feedback in AppStore. If you have proposals, please, e-mail us. It’ll allow to keep improving SemanTer and help other people to benefit from it. Your opinion matters to us! We're constantly working on development of SemanTer and you can contribute to the process by buying Pro-version. Important links: ○ Basic usage of SemanTer, including Sharing and Embedded browser https://semanter.com/howto/#howto-basic ○ Advanced usage of SemanTer, including Summary Size, Text block summarization etc. https://semanter.com/howto/#howto-advanced ○ SemanTer benefits https://semanter.com/benefits ○ Terms of use https://semanter.com/license-agreement ○ Privacy policy https://semanter.com/privacy-policy

About

Shortify

This app condenses lengthy content like YouTube videos, articles, and documents into concise summaries. It integrates with your existing apps, saving you valuable time by quickly extracting the core information from any source.

Highlights
  • Summarize YouTube videos
  • Condense articles and blogs
  • Process PDFs and documents
  • Integrates with all apps
  • Shareable summaries
  • Track time saved
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~ Look, we'll keep this short: Shortify™ summarizes anything, including Youtube, articles, PDFs, blogs, documents, and more. It works in all your favorite apps. ~ Why? Because it saves you a bunch of time, and your time is super valuable. ~ Examples? • 15 min Youtube videos from friends ("you gotta watch this!") • Clearing out your backlog of 500 tabs ("I’ll read this one day") • Blog posts/thinkpieces that have a bit too much history • Sites/apps that are too cluttered (skips the ads/plugins) • Getting the gist of an article before committing to reading it ~ How? Open your favorite app or site, tap the Share button, and tap Shortify. ~ What else? You can get an even shorter summary. You can share your Shorts. You can see your stats, like time saved. ~ Pricing? You get 100 Shorts for free, then you pay for what you use. With 1000 Shorts at a reading speed of 238 wpm (Brysbaert 2019), you’ll get about 72 hours of your life back for the cost of 2 coffees. ~ Privacy? We don't collect any personal data. We don't use third-party trackers, ads, or any of those invasive things. There's no account signup, so there's nothing to delete. ~ I got other questions? johnny@shortifyapp.com

Screenshots

SemanTer4 screens
Shortify4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Shortify at 4.4 against SemanTer's 3.1. Shortify also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (67% vs 50%). SemanTer's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. SemanTer sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per 7 days and Shortify sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Shortify holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 34 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of SemanTer's written reviews are positive against 67% of Shortify's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SemanTer ships an update every 2 months, Shortify weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 6, 2026 and July 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
SemanTer versus Shortify: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSemanTerShortify
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (9 ratings)4.4 (34 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings934 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size113 MB15 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperStanislav IegorovThe Openly Operated Company

Customer experience

SemanTer

All ratings9 ratings
Positive55.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative44.4%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Shortify

All ratings34 ratings
Positive88.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.8%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

7 purchases

SemanTer

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly subscription$1.497 Days
  • Monthly subscription$3.491 Month
One-time5
  • 12 summaries$0.99
  • Remove ads$0.99
  • 25 summaries$1.99
Show 2 more
  • 39 summaries$2.99
  • 99 summaries$5.99
6 purchases

Shortify

One-time6
  • 100 Free Shorts - Signup BonusFree
  • 10 Shorts$0.99
  • Handcrafted Lux Icon - Mint$4.99
Show 3 more
  • 100 Shorts$4.99
  • 1000 Shorts$9.99
  • 10000 Shorts$49.99

Questions

Is SemanTer free?
SemanTer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shortify free?
Shortify is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SemanTer or Shortify?
Shortify is rated higher. SemanTer averages 3.1 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Shortify averages 4.4 from 34 ratings.
Do SemanTer or Shortify have ads?
Neither SemanTer nor Shortify shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SemanTer or Shortify?
SemanTer ships an update every 2 months, and Shortify weekly. Most recently, SemanTer was updated on September 6, 2026 and Shortify on July 8, 2026.

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