Charty for Shortcuts vs Xchart
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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/
Xchart
Quickly create various chart types with an intuitive interface. Features AI-powered analysis for instant insights and allows easy export of charts as images. Supports dark mode for comfortable use.
- Multiple chart types (Bar, Line, Pie, etc.)
- Intuitive chart creation interface
- AI-powered chart analysis and suggestions
- Export charts as images
- Dark mode support
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Your Quick Assistant for Creating Charts • Supports Multiple Chart Types Bar, Line, Curve, Pie, Donut, Radar, Pyramid • Simple and Intuitive Interface Create charts anytime, anywhere with ease • AI-Powered Chart Analysis Get instant insights and suggestions from AI • Export Charts as Images Easily share chart images with friends or clients • Dark Mode Support Reduce eye strain with dark mode
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Charty for Shortcuts at 4.6 against Xchart's 3.7. Charty for Shortcuts also leads on ratings volume (344 vs 6) and review sentiment (78% vs 67%). Xchart's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). 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. Charty for Shortcuts sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Xchart sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Charty for Shortcuts holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Charty for Shortcuts has 344 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Charty for Shortcuts's written reviews are positive against 67% of Xchart's.
Charty for Shortcuts ships an update every 3 weeks, Xchart every 10 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Charty for Shortcuts | Xchart |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (344 ratings) — better | 3.7 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 78.2% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 344 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 94 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rapptor Desenvolvimento de Softwares LTDA | Jon Kao |
Customer experience
Charty for Shortcuts
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In-app purchases
Charty for Shortcuts
- Charty Premium$1.991 Month
- Charty Premium7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Small tip$0.99
- Medium tip$2.99
- Charty Premium$4.99
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- Large tip$4.99
- Charty Premium$99.99
Xchart
- No watermark.$0.99
- With color picker.$0.99
- Sponsor 1.99$1.99
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