Shortcuts (Quick Open) vs Remember This App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shortcuts (Quick Open)
Access your most used applications instantly from various convenient locations. Launch apps directly from your lock screen, a dedicated widget, or through a long-press on their icons. Supports a wide range of system and third-party applications for rapid access.
- Launch apps from lock screen
- Today View widget shortcuts
- Haptic touch app icon shortcuts
- System app shortcuts
- Third-party app shortcuts
- Quick call to contacts
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Quickly open your favorite apps using Shortcuts! Open apps directly from the lock screen, the Today View widget, or via Haptic touch on the app icon Currently featuring shortcuts to: (System) -App Store -Calendar -iBooks -Mail -Maps -Music -Notes -Phone (choose a contact to quick call) -Photos -Podcasts -Safari (3rd Party) -Amazon -Amazon Music -Audible -Box -Dropbox -Evernote -Facebook -Facebook Messenger -Fitbit -Google -Google Calendar -Google Chrome -Google Drive -Google Gmail -Google Hangouts -Google Maps -Google Photos -HBO GO -Instagram -KakaoTalk -Kindle -Line -LinkedIn -Lyft -Netflix -Outlook -Pinterest -Pokemon Go -Reddit -Skype -Slack -Snapchat -SoundCloud -Spotify -Square Cash -Telegram -TikTok -Tinder -Twitter -Uber -Venmo -Waze -WeChat -WhatsApp -Yahoo Finance -Yahoo Weather -Yelp -Youtube -YouTube Music -Zoom
Remember This App
Easily log and remember places you've visited or want to visit. Organize your experiences and recommendations by category, then export them as sortable lists via email.
- Log new locations with categories
- Rate experiences or mark as 'haven't been'
- Add memorable comments
- Sort by country/city and other categories
- Export lists via email as spreadsheets
- View history of logged places
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Remember This is a user friendly app that offers a fast and easy way to remember places you have visited or places that you would like to visit in the future. You can view your history and sort by a number of categories to create easily exportable lists of your recommendations. These lists can then be quickly sent via email in the form of a spreadsheet. Log Just click “add new” to add a new location that you want to remember. Select the category and start typing! You will then rate your experience and add any memorable comments. Did someone give you a recommendation? Instead of rating your experience click the “haven’t been” button. This will allow you to easily sort and search for places you would like to go in the future! Sort Click on the History button to see all the items and locations you have logged. You can then quickly sort by a number of categories. Did someone ask you for recommendations from your recent trip?! Sort by Country/City to see only those locations you stored and share! Share Click the Share button to export your sorted list via email.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Remember This App at 5.0 against Shortcuts (Quick Open)'s 3.9. Remember This App also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). Shortcuts (Quick Open)'s advantage is ratings volume (1.8K vs 3). On price, ads and device support 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
Both are free to download. Shortcuts (Quick Open) sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Remember This App asks for nothing beyond the download.
Remember This App holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shortcuts (Quick Open) has 1.8K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Shortcuts (Quick Open) ships an update every 4 months, Remember This App monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shortcuts (Quick Open) | Remember This App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (1.8K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 15.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.8K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andrew Fang | Global Reach Marketing, LLC |
Customer experience
Shortcuts (Quick Open)
Remember This App
Bugs and requests
Shortcuts (Quick Open)
Reported bugs
3 issues- Incompatible with latest iOS version
- Google Maps shortcut keeps crashing
- Can't add shortcuts to home screen
Requested features
4 requests- Add ability to create custom app shortcuts
- Improve instructions and tutorials
- Integrate with more third-party apps
- Allow adding widgets to home screen
Remember This App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Shortcuts (Quick Open)
- Upgrade$0.99
Remember This App
No in-app purchases
Questions
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