Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts vs JellyFloat
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)
JellyFloat
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JellyFloat is the remote control for a bloom of LED jellyfish: hand-built lamps on a Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W that run the open-source JellyFloatOS firmware. The jellies find each other over their own Wi-Fi network and stay in step; the app joins that network and puts the whole bloom on your screen. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Pick one of twenty modes, from slow, dim moods (Breathe, Glimmer, Aurora, Lantern, Moonlight, Fireflies) to sound-reactive ones that follow the room, colour palettes that give every jelly its own colour, and a playlist that wanders through the calm modes. • Set brightness, shift the colours, and choose how fast the palette rotates. Every jelly follows at once. • See who is in the bloom: each jelly with its colour, address and firmware version, and a note when an older jelly lacks a mode. • Identify: the jelly that runs the network blinks red, all others blue, so you know which is which. • The phone joins as a jelly of its own: a virtual jellyfish on screen runs the same effects on the shared clock. NO HARDWARE YET? Switch on the demo bloom in Settings or from the first screen. It runs a pretend network of jellies inside the app, so you can try everything. HOW IT WORKS The app asks iOS to switch to the jellyfish Wi-Fi (the system asks you first) and then talks to the jellies with plain text lines over UDP. Nothing leaves your local network. There is no account, no cloud and no tracking; the app never connects to the internet. BUILD YOUR OWN Firmware, circuit board, 3D files and this app are open source at github.com/MacBachi/Jellyfish. The jellyfish design comes from the Sheffield-by-the-Sea crew's project for Electromagnetic Field.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: JellyFloat at none against Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts's 4. Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.5 vs 16.0). On price and ads 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. JellyFloat asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts | JellyFloat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (432 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 432 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | 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 | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Snailed It Development Ltd | Markus Bachlechner |
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
JellyFloat
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
JellyFloat
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts free?
Is JellyFloat free?
Do Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts or JellyFloat have ads?
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