Comparison

Beacon Simulator vs Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts

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

Head to head
About

Beacon Simulator

This utility app transforms your smartphone into a beacon transmitter. It's designed for developers to easily test beacon-enabled applications without needing physical hardware. Quickly set up and broadcast signals, and generate UUIDs for your development workflow.

Highlights
  • Turn phone into a beacon
  • Test beacon-enabled apps
  • No hardware required
  • Quickly configure beacon
  • Broadcast signal instantly
  • Generate and share UUIDs
Features
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Beacon Simulator turns your phone into a Beacon. Designed with developers in mind, Beacon Simulator makes it easy to start testing your Beacon-enabled apps without having to buy any hardware. Quickly configure your beacon and start broadcasting a signal instantly. Generating UUIDs and sharing them to your development environment is simple.

About

Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts

Enhance Apple's Shortcuts app with over 130 powerful new actions. Utilize advanced tools like OCR, document scanning, music integration, and NFC for deeper automation. Create custom app-like experiences and manage data across devices.

Highlights
  • 130+ powerful new actions for Shortcuts
  • On-device text recognition (OCR)
  • NFC Read + Write
  • Style and render text to images
  • Global variables for data storage
  • Create custom app-like experiences with Preview Tool
  • Apple Music integration
Features
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Toolbox Pro gives you 130+ powerful new actions to use within Apple’s Shortcuts app. Tools include the latest iOS technologies: • iOS document scanner • Lightning-fast, on-device text recognition (OCR) • Tag files • Manipulate reminders and calendar events with more options than Shortcuts • Apple Music tools give you access to the whole catalogue of 60 million songs (Apple Music subscription required) • Transcribe speech from audio files • Add contacts and contact groups • Get workouts and activity summaries from Health • TouchID/FaceID authentication • Style and render text to images • NFC Read + Write • Image filters • Create photo albums • The Preview Tool lets you present text, images, rich URLs & interactive maps with flexible layouts. Add your own buttons to create your own app-like experience • Global variables let you store data between shortcuts and devices • Menu creator • Icon generator • Recognise objects in images using machine learning • Get current motion of device (driving, walking etc) • Full-screen text input box • Remove duplicates from list • Quick-match text before, after or between words • Device details like orientation/is dark mode on/is audio playing/is silent mode on And many, many more. Get nearly 40 tools for *FREE*, unlock everything with a single in-app purchase. You can find detailed descriptions of what each tool does in the app along with *lots* of example shortcuts to get you started. This app supports dark mode, voice control and dynamic type. Privacy policy spoilers: I don’t store any of your data or track you. (Read more: www.toolboxpro.app/privacy-policy)

Screenshots

Beacon Simulator4 screens
Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts at 66% against Beacon Simulator's 0%. Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts also leads on ratings volume (432 vs 1). Beacon Simulator's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 4). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Beacon Simulator asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Beacon Simulator holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts has 432 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Beacon Simulator's written reviews are positive against 66% of Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Beacon Simulator versus Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeacon SimulatorToolbox Pro for Shortcuts
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.5 (432 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews66.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1432 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better14.5
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB104 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarino SoftwareSnailed It Development Ltd

Customer experience

Beacon Simulator

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts

All ratings432 ratings
Positive85.4%
Neutral3.5%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews229 reviews
Positive66.4%
Neutral8.3%
Negative25.3%

Bugs and requests

Beacon Simulator

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Restore purchase not working
  • Clipboard issues
  • List manipulation bugs
  • Haptic feedback not working
  • Example shortcuts not working

Requested features

8 requests
  • Sort numbers action
  • Custom repeat action
  • Detect if other apps are open
  • Share multiple shortcuts at once
  • Ability to read AAE files and photo edits
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  • SD card management
  • Detect currently running shortcut
  • Mac version

In-app purchases

None

Beacon Simulator

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts

One-time4
  • Tip Jar - Small$0.99
  • Tip Jar - Medium$2.99
  • Tip Jar - Large$4.99
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  • Toolbox Pro Premium$5.99

Questions

Is Beacon Simulator free?
Beacon Simulator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts free?
Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Beacon Simulator or Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts?
Beacon Simulator is rated higher. Beacon Simulator averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts averages 4.5 from 432 ratings.
Do Beacon Simulator or Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts have ads?
Neither Beacon Simulator nor Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts shows ads.

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