Comparison

Charty for Shortcuts vs NFC

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

NFC

Quickly launch your favorite apps and read/write NFC data. Store records with iCloud and personalize written data with color markings for easy identification. Make daily tasks more efficient.

Highlights
  • Quick app launching
  • NFC data reading and writing
  • iCloud storage for records
  • Support for various data types on NFC tags
  • Color marking for written data
  • Compatibility with NFC devices
Features
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NFC-Shortcut Application, you can quickly open the set apps by simple settings. Support commonly used software. -TikTok -Youtube -Snapchat -Instagram etc. Support reading and writing NFC data at the same time Supports iCloud storage for reading records NFC Assistant can record any standard information on NFC tags and is compatible with any NFC devices. Write data support: -A simple text -A website -Email -Contacts -Phone number -Predefined text -Personalized data. etc. Meanwhile, the color marking of the written data is added, which is convenient to distinguish the importance level of the data. NFC-Shortcut Application Make your life easier, come and experience it~! Subscription Description: - Users can subscribe to the full range of features with unlimited access; - Subscriptions are paid annually and will be charged to your iTunes account when you confirm your purchase; - Users may turn off auto-renewal of a subscription 24 hours before the end of the current subscription; otherwise, the subscription will automatically renew; - An Apple ID with an auto-renewing subscription will be automatically charged to the iTunes Account 24 hours prior to the expiration of each billing cycle and extended for the corresponding period of validity; - User management of subscription services, i.e., after purchase, you can go to your user account to set off automatic subscriptions. User Agreement:https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy Policy:https://sites.google.com/view/nfc-quickapp/%E9%A6%96%E9%A1%B5

Screenshots

Charty for Shortcuts4 screens
NFC4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Charty for Shortcuts at 4.7 against NFC's 4.0. Charty for Shortcuts also leads on review sentiment (78% vs 40%) and ads (none vs shown). NFC's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 NFC sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. 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 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Charty for Shortcuts has 342 ratings behind it against 3, 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 40% of NFC's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Charty for Shortcuts ships an update every 3 weeks, NFC monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Charty for Shortcuts versus NFC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCharty for ShortcutsNFC
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (342 ratings) — better4.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews78.2% of reviews — better40.0% of reviews
Number of ratings342 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRapptor Desenvolvimento de Softwares LTDAErxiangHeyi Information

Customer experience

Charty for Shortcuts

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

NFC

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative40.0%

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
3 purchases

NFC

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Plus$0.991 Month
  • Annual Plus3 Days trial$6.991 Year
One-time1
  • LifeTime$17.99

Questions

Is Charty for Shortcuts free?
Charty for Shortcuts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NFC free?
NFC is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Charty for Shortcuts or NFC?
Charty for Shortcuts is rated higher. Charty for Shortcuts averages 4.7 out of 5 from 342 ratings, while NFC averages 4.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Charty for Shortcuts or NFC have ads?
NFC shows ads; Charty for Shortcuts does not.
Which is updated more often, Charty for Shortcuts or NFC?
Charty for Shortcuts ships an update every 3 weeks, and NFC monthly. Most recently, Charty for Shortcuts was updated on October 24, 2026 and NFC on October 10, 2026.

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