Comparison

PlugDash vs Charty for Shortcuts

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

Head to head
About

PlugDash

This app provides beautiful, well-structured reports with various charts to help businesses make informed decisions. It integrates with any software, offering essential information for managing your company.

Highlights
  • Beautifully structured reports
  • Variety of chart formats
  • Essential business information
  • Integrates with any software
  • Business management tools
Features
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Usuários de software adoram relatórios, não é mesmo? Principalmente quando são relatórios bonitos, bem estruturados e recheados de gráficos com diferentes formatos, contendo as informações que ele mais precisa para tomar decisões e administrar o próprio negócio. Veja todas as informações de sua empresa neste aplicativo integrável a qualquer software.

About

Charty for Shortcuts

Enhance Apple's Shortcuts app with powerful charting capabilities. Create and customize various chart types directly from your automations. Unlock advanced features for unlimited data visualization.

Highlights
  • 24 new actions for Shortcuts
  • Create 7 different chart types
  • Add unlimited series (premium)
  • Style charts and axes (premium)
  • Export charts as images (premium)
  • Update widgets
Features
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Charty is the ultimate charting companion for Shortcuts. Whether you're tracking workouts, visualizing health data, monitoring budgets, or building dashboards from any app on your iPhone or iPad — Charty makes it effortless to go from raw numbers to beautiful, shareable charts. CREATE CHARTS YOUR WAY Build bar charts, line graphs, scatter plots, area charts, pie charts, donut charts, and ring charts — all from Shortcuts automations you already use. Combine multiple data series, customize every detail, and see your data come to life. STUNNING WIDGETS ON YOUR HOME SCREEN Display your charts as widgets that update automatically. Track your goals, habits, fitness progress, or anything else — right from your Home Screen. POWERFUL DATA TOOLS Go beyond simple plotting. Group, filter, and accumulate values. Add moving averages and trend lines. Import data from CSV files. Export charts as high-resolution images to share or save. STYLE EVERYTHING Fine-tune colors, markers, axis labels, date formats, floating-point precision, and more. Apply custom themes to keep your charts consistent and polished. Stack bars, customize line thickness, and highlight the data that matters most. LEARN AS YOU GO Access 16 built-in tutorials that walk you through creating your own Shortcuts — from simple charts to advanced data workflows. No coding required. FREE TO START Create unlimited charts with up to 2 series per chart — completely free. Unlock Charty Premium to access all 25 Shortcuts actions, unlimited series, full styling controls, area charts, CSV import, image export, widgets, and more. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

PlugDash4 screens
Charty for Shortcuts4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PlugDash at none against Charty for Shortcuts's 7. PlugDash also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 18.0). Charty for Shortcuts's advantage is ratings volume (337 vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Charty for Shortcuts sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. PlugDash asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PlugDash holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Charty for Shortcuts has 337 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PlugDash ships an update every 6 weeks, Charty for Shortcuts every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
PlugDash versus Charty for Shortcuts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlugDashCharty for Shortcuts
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.7 (337 ratings)
Positive reviews—78.2% of reviews
Number of ratings1337 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS10.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTecnospeed Tecnologia de Informacao LtdaRapptor Desenvolvimento de Softwares LTDA

Customer experience

PlugDash

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Charty for Shortcuts

All ratings327 ratings
Positive93.6%
Neutral1.2%
Negative5.2%
Written reviews110 reviews
Positive78.2%
Neutral4.5%
Negative17.3%

In-app purchases

None

PlugDash

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

Charty for Shortcuts

Subscriptions2
  • Charty Premium$1.991 Month
  • Charty Premium7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time5
  • Small tip$0.99
  • Medium tip$2.99
  • Charty Premium$4.99
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  • Large tip$4.99
  • Charty Premium$99.99

Questions

Is PlugDash free?
PlugDash is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Charty for Shortcuts free?
Charty for Shortcuts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PlugDash or Charty for Shortcuts?
PlugDash is rated higher. PlugDash averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Charty for Shortcuts averages 4.7 from 337 ratings.
Do PlugDash or Charty for Shortcuts have ads?
Neither PlugDash nor Charty for Shortcuts shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PlugDash or Charty for Shortcuts?
PlugDash ships an update every 6 weeks, and Charty for Shortcuts every 3 weeks. Most recently, PlugDash was updated on October 3, 2026 and Charty for Shortcuts on September 30, 2026.

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