Screen Label vs Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Screen Label
Easily add custom messages to your device's Lock Screen or Home Screen. Display contact information, company names, or any other text to personalize your device or aid in recovery if lost. Supports iOS 16+ widgets and older versions via custom wallpaper creation.
- Add messages to Lock Screen
- Add messages to Home Screen
- Display contact details
- Create custom wallpaper
- Plain background option
- iOS 16+ widget support
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Screen Label lets you add a message to your Lock Screen or Home Screen, quickly and simply. You might want to show some contact details, then if you lose your phone your chances of getting it back go way up. Or a company name, or department name... anything. On iOS 16 and later you can use the Lock Screen widget to add a short message visible on all Lock Screens. For earlier iOS versions you can import any photo in your camera roll, then style and position your message label on top of it. This is saved back to the camera roll as a new picture, and then you can use it as Wallpaper. You can use a plain background rather than a photo if you prefer.
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.
- 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
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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)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Screen Label at none against Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts's 4. Screen Label also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 66%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.5). Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (434 vs 93). 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. Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Screen Label asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Screen Label against 4.4 for Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 93 and 434 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of Screen Label's written reviews are positive against 66% of Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts's.
Screen Label ships an update every 4 months, Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Screen Label | Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (93 ratings) — better | 4.4 (434 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 66.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 93 | 434 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 85 MB | 104 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ben Staveley-Taylor | Snailed It Development Ltd |
Customer experience
Screen Label
Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts
Bugs and requests
Screen Label
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
Screen Label
No in-app purchases
Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts
- 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
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