Comparison

Charty for Shortcuts vs Graph Maker

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

Graph Maker

Easily generate various types of charts, including line, bar, pie, and combo graphs, from simple data input. The app offers flexibility in data formatting and label display for clear visualization.

Highlights
  • Line, bar, and pie chart creation
  • Combo graph with lines and bars
  • Flexible data input and label formatting
  • Automatic percentage calculation for pie charts
  • Instant graph generation
Features
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This app quickly creates graphs from simple input. Works with line, bar, and pie charts. We've also implemented a new combo chart with lines and bars. Combining a monthly bar chart with a cumulative line chart for each month makes the information much easier to understand. It's a bit quirky as it instantly draws graphs from input data. Please check the summary below. ・Data Values No strict input limits, but for a neat layout, keep characters short. Adjust units to shorten characters (e.g., [Unit: 1,000 yen]). ・Data Labels: Adjusted for the longest notation '20231101.' To minimize data label characters, use '23/11/01' or '11/1' as labels, and include '2023-' in the title. Labels with 3 or fewer characters display horizontally. ・Pie Charts If input totals 100, it's % distribution on the chart. If not, it auto-calculates percentages. Charts created with this app can be used freely for both commercial and non-commercial purposes.

Screenshots

Charty for Shortcuts4 screens
Graph Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Charty for Shortcuts at 78% against Graph Maker's 31%. Charty for Shortcuts also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.7) and ads (none vs shown). Graph Maker's advantage is iOS requirement (15.5 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 Graph Maker sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 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 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Charty for Shortcuts has 337 ratings behind it against 15, 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 31% of Graph Maker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Charty for Shortcuts ships an update every 3 weeks, Graph Maker every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Charty for Shortcuts versus Graph Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCharty for ShortcutsGraph Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (337 ratings) — better3.7 (15 ratings)
Positive reviews78.2% of reviews — better30.8% of reviews
Number of ratings337 — better15
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRapptor Desenvolvimento de Softwares LTDAMotoki Takahashi

Customer experience

Charty for Shortcuts

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

Graph Maker

All ratings15 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative26.7%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive30.8%
Neutral23.1%
Negative46.2%

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

Graph Maker

Subscriptions1
  • Pro Plan - Monthly1 Month trial$1.991 Month

Questions

Is Charty for Shortcuts free?
Charty for Shortcuts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Graph Maker free?
Graph Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Charty for Shortcuts or Graph Maker?
Charty for Shortcuts is rated higher. Charty for Shortcuts averages 4.7 out of 5 from 337 ratings, while Graph Maker averages 3.7 from 15 ratings.
Do Charty for Shortcuts or Graph Maker have ads?
Graph Maker shows ads; Charty for Shortcuts does not.
Which is updated more often, Charty for Shortcuts or Graph Maker?
Charty for Shortcuts ships an update every 3 weeks, and Graph Maker every 2 weeks. Most recently, Charty for Shortcuts was updated on October 14, 2026 and Graph Maker on October 12, 2026.

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