Comparison

Yoink vs Shortify Actions

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

Head to head
About

Yoink

This app acts as a central shelf for items you drag, copy, or download, allowing you to store them for later use without switching between applications. It supports various file types and integrates deeply with iOS features for seamless access and management.

Highlights
  • Centralized item storage
  • Supports various file types
  • Slide-Over/Side-by-Side iPad app
  • Share extension for iPhone
  • Clipboard monitor
  • iCloud sync
  • Handoff support
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Yoink for iPad and iPhone lets you easily and quickly store items you drag, copy, share or download for later use. This way, you can collect items in a central place without having to constantly move back and forth between your source- and destination applications. The app accepts virtually any file type, for example app-content like images from websites, text snippets, web urls, eMails and documents - no matter if you drag, copy, share or download them. Here's what users say about Yoink: "The best shelf app on iOS" - Igloouk, UK App Store "Most useful app in the iOS store. What a gem." - noway170, Austrian App Store "A godsend. Get this. Now." - mr chairboy, US App Store As a Slide-Over or Side-by-Side app on iPad, Yoink is always ready for you to drag something to it, no matter what app you're in. Just slide Yoink into view and conclude your drag operation. On iPhone, use Yoink's Share extension, or copy-paste items into Yoink. Items are stored in Yoink for later use, featuring rich previews for easy identification and full previews for most file types. Drags containing multiple items are combined into a Stack. Yoink comes with deep system integration: - Clipboard Monitor: Yoink's clipboard monitor saves everything you copy or cut, even when Yoink itself is in the background. Use the Picture-in-Picture overlay to select what type of data Yoink should save, as well as to pause or stop it at any time. - Picture-in-Picture for more than just videos: Among others, Yoink can show pictures, PDFs, eMails and even websites in the Picture-in-Picture overlay, and lets you scroll through pages of documents right there. - iCloud Sync Synchronize Yoink's items across your devices using iCloud - Handoff Transfer files between iPhones, iPads and Macs (separate Mac Yoink app required) using Handoff - Action/Share Extension Almost any item you can share via the system-wide Share sheet, you can send directly to Yoink from there - Keyboard Yoink has its own keyboard so that inserting items you've stored in Yoink is easy and quick, without having to launch Yoink. - Spotlight Integration Any item in Yoink can be found via Spotlight - and the search-results are draggable. - Today Widget Access Yoink's items and save the contents from your clipboard in Yoink from Notification Center - Shortcuts / Siri Suggestions Yoink offers you Siri Shortcuts and Suggestions so you can automate processes, like adding items from the clipboard to Yoink, or copying items from Yoink, as well as starting downloads in Yoink. - Files Integration Access Yoink's files from any app that supports iOS 11's document browser Here's what the press says about Yoink: "Yoink is the shelf app Apple should have made." - Federico Viticci, MacStories.net "Yoink is a must-have app" - Jeff Benjamin; 9to5mac.com "Indispensable for power users." - Craig Grannell; techradar.com

About

Shortify Actions

Save links and documents from various apps to quickly access them later. Integrate with Siri Shortcuts for hands-free retrieval and set reminders for your saved items. Customize the appearance with multiple themes.

Highlights
  • Save links from any app
  • Save documents from iCloud Drive
  • Access via Siri Shortcuts
  • Add reminders to actions
  • Multiple themes
Features
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Shortify Actions lets you save actions from almost any app. An action is composed by a name and a URL, so you can save everything that has a URL. For example you could save playlists from you favorite music app or videos from the web. With the "Documents" category you will be able to save any file or document from iCloud Drive and quickly access it through Siri Shortcuts. FEATURES: - Save links from almost any app and quickly access it - Save any document from iCloud Drive and quickly access it - Access your actions through Siri Shortcuts - Add reminded to actions - 4 themes: Light, Dark, Navy and Teal (more to be added)

Screenshots

Yoink4 screens
Shortify Actions4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Shortify Actions at Free against Yoink's $5.99. Shortify Actions also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Yoink's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (1K vs 9). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Shortify Actions is free to download; Yoink costs $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Yoink holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Yoink has 1K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 74% of Yoink's written reviews are positive against 80% of Shortify Actions's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Yoink versus Shortify Actions: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYoinkShortify Actions
Price$5.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (1K ratings) — better4.0 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews73.9% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1K — better9
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB31 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperMatthias Gansrigler-HradDMP Electronics S.r.l.

Customer experience

Yoink

All ratings1,039 ratings
Positive93.9%
Neutral3.4%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews234 reviews
Positive73.9%
Neutral9.0%
Negative17.1%

Shortify Actions

Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Yoink

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashes or data loss issues
  • Inconsistent syncing behavior across devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • iCloud sync between iOS and Mac devices
  • Ability to edit text directly in the app
  • Folder/tag organization for saved items
  • Improved custom keyboard functionality

Shortify Actions

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Yoink

No in-app purchases

None

Shortify Actions

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Yoink free?
Yoink costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shortify Actions free?
Shortify Actions is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Yoink or Shortify Actions?
Yoink is rated higher. Yoink averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1K ratings, while Shortify Actions averages 4.0 from 9 ratings.
Do Yoink or Shortify Actions have ads?
Neither Yoink nor Shortify Actions shows ads.

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