MotionBook vs ShortSheets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MotionBook
A curated reference library for iOS interface motion and animation. Browse, search, and favorite animation, transition, interaction, and layout projects. Designed for developers and designers to quickly reference UI motion concepts.
- Curated iOS motion and animation library
- Search by name, author, tag
- Category filters
- Favorite libraries
- Offline browsing
- No ads or tracking
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MotionBook is a compact reference for iOS interface motion libraries, and the motions actually move. Browse 112 curated animation, transition, menu, alert, indicator, collection and table view projects in one clean library. Every entry shows an animated preview, and 64 libraries ship a live example you can run and touch inside MotionBook, built from the libraries' current releases. Search by library name, author, tag, or package manager, mark favorites, and open the project page when you want to go deeper. Features: - 112 curated iOS motion and animation libraries with GitHub stars, last-update dates and Inactive/Archived badges - Animated preview for each library - Live Demo: 64 examples running in-app (Hero, Koloda, Pow, Vortex, Lottie, Rive, SideMenu, ProgressHUD, and more) - Search across names, authors, descriptions, and tags - Category filters: Animation, Transition, UI, Alert, Menu, Collection View, Table View, Indicator, plus Featured and Live Demo - Favorites synced across your devices through iCloud - Offline browsing for the built-in catalog (previews stream from the public catalog repo) - Project links open only when you choose to visit them - No account, ads, analytics, or tracking SDKs MotionBook is designed as a quick reference for developers and designers discussing interface motion.
ShortSheets
This app enhances your device's automation capabilities by integrating with Google Drive and Google Sheets. It allows for reading, writing, appending, and finding data within spreadsheets, as well as managing files in your cloud storage. Widgets are also available for quick access to sheet values and goals.
- Read, write, and append Google Sheets
- Find specific data ranges in Sheets
- List files in Google Drive
- Duplicate Google Drive files
- Sheet Value widget
- Sheet Goal widget
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Bringing a whole set of new capabilities to Shortcuts. Easily read, write or append a Google Sheet. Duplicate a Google Drive file. Action list: - Google Sheets: Read, write or append - Google Sheets: Find range for value - Google Drive: List your files Widgets: - Sheet Value - Sheet Goal
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: MotionBook at Free against ShortSheets's $99.99. MotionBook also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). ShortSheets's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.2) and in-app purchases (none vs 5). On review sentiment, ratings volume, 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
MotionBook is free to download; ShortSheets costs $99.99 up front. MotionBook sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. ShortSheets asks for nothing beyond the download.
ShortSheets holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of MotionBook's written reviews are positive against 100% of ShortSheets's.
MotionBook ships an update every 5 days, ShortSheets every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MotionBook | ShortSheets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $99.99 |
| Rating | 4.2 (5 ratings) | 4.8 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 93.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SeungYoun YI | Hunter Hillegas |
Customer experience
MotionBook
ShortSheets
In-app purchases
MotionBook
- Remove all Ads$0.99
- Cheers to Developer$9.99
- Cheers to Developer$49.99
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- Cheers to Developer$99.99
- Cheers to Developer$999.99
ShortSheets
No in-app purchases
