Comparison

Charty for Shortcuts vs WidgetGrid

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

Head to head
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/

About

WidgetGrid

Transform spreadsheets and databases into dynamic home screen widgets. Customize layouts, map data, and share projects with collaborators. Widgets automatically update at set intervals.

Highlights
  • Create widgets from Google Sheets, Excel, Notion, Airtable
  • Multiple widget layout options (Grid, List, Card, Chart, etc.)
  • Data mapping and conditional formatting
  • Project templates for various use cases
  • Real-time collaboration and sharing
  • Customizable widget design and reload intervals
Features
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WidgetGrid is a new way to convert Google Sheets, Microsoft Excel, Notion Database & Airtable Database into data-driven widgets on the home screen. You can customize the design of all kinds of widgets. Once you edit your source data, your widgets will reload content at predefined time interval. Mapping Data Choose layouts including Grid, List, Card, Flip Card, Chart, Flow, Table, Form, Kanban, Gauge, Calendar, Photo, QR Code and configure mapping of data from layout components to source data Create Project From Your Own Or Templates Use your own data or get some idea from templates: Project Tracker, Expense Tracker, To Do List, Flash Card, Contact List, Stock Portfolio, Vocabulary List, Regular Tasks, Birthday Reminders. Share Project Collaborate with others on the shared project via scanning QR Code. Share widget's configuration and backend data. View latest updates through widgets on all collaborators' devices. Reload Policy Control time interval to reload widgets: every 15 minutes, 30 minutes, daily, etc. Make sure you have signed in with source provider. Rules Control your display by filtering items by columns and condition (including date option, e.g. today, this week, next week), sorting items by columns in ascending or descending order, or grouping items by columns (List, Grid & Flow View). Add Conditional Format Rules to change text color if the conditions are matched. Design Background style includes color, image, gradient and transparent. Text style includes font style, font size, font color, alignment, and line limit. Chart View includes line chart, bar chart, pie chart and doughnut chart. Terms of Use (EULA) https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Charty for Shortcuts4 screens
WidgetGrid4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Charty for Shortcuts at 4.7 against WidgetGrid's 3.7. Charty for Shortcuts also leads on ratings volume (337 vs 9). WidgetGrid's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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

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 and WidgetGrid sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Charty for Shortcuts holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Charty for Shortcuts has 337 ratings behind it against 9, 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 73% of WidgetGrid's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Charty for Shortcuts ships an update every 3 weeks, WidgetGrid every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Charty for Shortcuts versus WidgetGrid: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCharty for ShortcutsWidgetGrid
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (337 ratings) — better3.7 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews78.2% of reviews — better72.7% of reviews
Number of ratings337 — better9
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.017.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB81 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperRapptor Desenvolvimento de Softwares LTDATiger Ng

Customer experience

Charty for Shortcuts

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

WidgetGrid

All ratings9 ratings
Positive55.6%
Neutral22.2%
Negative22.2%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral9.1%
Negative18.2%

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
1 purchases

WidgetGrid

One-time1
  • One Year Subscription$4.99

Questions

Is Charty for Shortcuts free?
Charty for Shortcuts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WidgetGrid free?
WidgetGrid is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Charty for Shortcuts or WidgetGrid?
Charty for Shortcuts is rated higher. Charty for Shortcuts averages 4.7 out of 5 from 337 ratings, while WidgetGrid averages 3.7 from 9 ratings.
Do Charty for Shortcuts or WidgetGrid have ads?
Neither Charty for Shortcuts nor WidgetGrid shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Charty for Shortcuts or WidgetGrid?
Charty for Shortcuts ships an update every 3 weeks, and WidgetGrid every 5 weeks. Most recently, Charty for Shortcuts was updated on September 17, 2026 and WidgetGrid on September 24, 2026.

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