Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts vs Even G1
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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)
Even G1
Manage your digital glasses and customize their HeadUp display. Set notifications, use voice commands for notes, get navigation assistance, and access teleprompting and real-time translation features.
- HeadUp display content management
- Notification display
- Voice-activated note-taking
- Navigation assistance
- Speech and presentation teleprompting
- Real-time voice translation
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The Even Realities app helps you connect and manage your digital glasses. In the dashboard, you can set the content for the HeadUp display of your glasses. Notifications: Display important notifications on your glasses. QuickNote: Quickly record ideas and important tasks using voice commands. Navigate: Assist with navigation. Teleprompt: Provide prompts for speeches and presentations. Translate: Offer real-time voice translation for conversations.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts at 4.4 against Even G1's 3.7. Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts also leads on review sentiment (66% vs 53%) and ratings volume (434 vs 75). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 and Even G1 sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts has 434 ratings behind it against 75, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts's written reviews are positive against 53% of Even G1's.
Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts ships an update every 3 weeks, Even G1 fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts | Even G1 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (434 ratings) — better | 3.7 (75 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.4% of reviews — better | 52.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 434 — better | 75 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.5 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 104 MB | 317 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Snailed It Development Ltd | Even Realities Ltd. |
Customer experience
Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts
Even G1
User reviews
Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts
From 434 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Powerful shortcuts extensions
- 👍 Useful free tools
- 🔒 No data collection
- 💡 Variety of actions
- 👍 Premium worth the price
Room to improve
- 🐛 Unreliable actions
- 🔒 Premium features required for core functionality
- 🐛 Buggy notifications
- 🐛 Shortcuts not working as expected
- 🐛 Broken music actions
Even G1
From 75 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💡 Innovative AR experience
- 👍 Intuitive app UI
- 🚀 Smooth performance
- ✨ Great hardware design
- 👍 Good for daily use
Room to improve
- 😞 Abandoned G1 users
- 😞 Lack of updates
- 😞 Overpriced hardware
- 😞 Sluggish software
- 😞 Bugs and glitches
Bugs and 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
Even G1
Reported bugs
45 issues- Transcribing annotation disappearing
- Bluetooth connection unstable/fails
- Bluetooth connection drops
- App does not respond to touch/keyboard input
- Teleprompter frozen
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- Navigation shows different numbers in left/right eye
- App crashes
- Bluetooth cannot stay connected
- Bug fix is buggy
- Stuck in update loop
- Button responsiveness issues
- Dashboard not lining up correctly
- Heads up display comes on with minor movement
- App crashes on iPhone 16 Pro and iOS 18
- Touch button is useless/slow
- App crashes consistently
- Notification issues
- Spotify music not working when app is open
- QuickNote recording limited to 1 second
- Cannot reconnect glasses
- G1 glasses not working
- G2 not supported
- App opens but is blank
- Stocks not searching
- Notifications pushed to glasses when phone is active/unlocked
- Interface glitches with multiple notifications
- Fails to display notification when tapping sensor
- On-board map routing issues
- Glasses kill phone battery
- App doesn't work
- Translation issues
- AI lacks functionality
- Voice command issues
- Text message response issues
- No English to Arabic translation
- No support for G2
- Bluetooth issue not solved
- Minor and not substantial updates
- Software is very sluggish
- Minor updates
- No bug fixes
- No more languages
- App will be sunset
- No more updates
- ChatGPT stuck at 2023
Requested features
40 requests- Add Indonesian language
- Add more Asian languages
- Add Arabic language
- Improve teleprompter (prescription, auto-silence calls, font size, centering)
- Automatic language detection and translation
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- Button press to activate AI (without voice/touchbar)
- Head tilt control for notifications
- Social media integration
- Chinese interface
- Calendar widget for dashboard
- Customizable news sources/RSS feeds
- Linux shell over SSH
- Apple Watch control
- Furigana for Japanese translation
- Driving navigation mode
- Feedback/suggestion feature in app
- Full screen notes/teleprompter option
- Customizable font for notes/teleprompters
- Markdown support for notes/teleprompters
- More customizable touch controls (double/triple tap, hold)
- Ability to turn off touch bar controls
- Integration with Outlook/Google calendars
- Expert mode for news dashboard (custom RSS)
- Content preview via touch gesture for news
- Control from Apple Watch (initiate notes, translations, AI, navigation, silent mode)
- Crypto to stocks
- Control from cellular enabled Apple Watch
- Control from Apple Watch
- Adjustable dashboard content and font size
- Inquire about new software/pre-release versions
- Unlimited Translate Pro membership for pre-order customers
- More language options
- Respond to text messages
- Location-based weather updates
- Celsius to Fahrenheit conversion
- Voice command expansion (quick notes, notifications)
- Copy to clipboard button for translation/transcription
- Direct export button for translation/transcription
- Add Bitcoin to stocks
- Add crypto to stocks
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
Even G1
- translator_1_hours$4.99
- translator_5_hours$23.99
- translator_10_hours$44.99
Questions
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