Step Two vs AI Actions for Shortcuts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Step Two
This app provides a simple and intuitive way to manage your two-step verification codes. It offers a modern design and a Safari extension for quick and secure logins to your online accounts. Codes are automatically backed up and synced across devices via iCloud.
- Intuitive two-step verification management
- Modern and user-friendly design
- Safari extension for fast logins
- iCloud backup and sync
- Supports TOTP for any online account
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Step Two is a beautiful, modern two-step verification app. Its friendly and intuitive design makes two-step verification easy to use. It comes with a Safari extension so you can sign in to your accounts fast while keeping them more secure. And with iCloud, your two-step codes are automatically backed up and available on all your devices. Step Two works with any online account that uses time-based one-time passwords (TOTP) for two-step verification, such as Google, Twitter, Amazon, and many more.
AI Actions for Shortcuts
Enhance your iOS Shortcuts with advanced AI capabilities. This app integrates with your existing OpenAI API key to provide powerful new actions for your automations. Note that it does not support Apple Watch or HomePod.
- AI-powered actions for Shortcuts
- Integrates with OpenAI API key
- Adds new automation capabilities
- Supports iPhone and iPad
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Supercharge your shortcuts with useful AI-powered actions. It provides additional actions for the Shortcuts app. Note: The app requires you to specify your own OpenAI API key. The actions are not able to run on Apple Watch or HomePod. Restart your device if the actions don't show up in the Shortcuts app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AI Actions for Shortcuts at none against Step Two's 1. AI Actions for Shortcuts also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 2 months). Step Two's advantage is ratings volume (189 vs 27) and review sentiment (86% vs 77%). On price, rating, 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. Step Two sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. AI Actions for Shortcuts asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Step Two against 4.6 for AI Actions for Shortcuts. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Step Two has 189 ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of Step Two's written reviews are positive against 77% of AI Actions for Shortcuts's.
Step Two ships an update every 2 months, AI Actions for Shortcuts every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Step Two | AI Actions for Shortcuts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (189 ratings) | 4.6 (27 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 86.2% of reviews — better | 77.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 189 — better | 27 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 — better | 27.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Neil Sardesai | Sindre Sorhus |
Customer experience
Step Two
AI Actions for Shortcuts
Bugs and requests
Step Two
Reported bugs
2 issues- Accounts disappearing from the app
- Incompatibility with older Apple Watch models
Requested features
6 requests- Add passcode/Face ID/Touch ID security
- Implement account folders/categories
- Add widgets for iOS/macOS
- Allow editing of account labels
- Provide export/backup functionality
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- Add support for more 2FA types (e.g., Steam Guard, Battle.net)
AI Actions for Shortcuts
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Step Two
- Unlimited$9.99
AI Actions for Shortcuts
No in-app purchases
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