Comparison

Charty for Shortcuts vs ShortcutsStateStorage

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

ShortcutsStateStorage

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You can read and write Strings and Ints! You can save it to your device and share it between devices using iCloud.

Screenshots

Charty for Shortcuts4 screens
ShortcutsStateStorage4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Charty for Shortcuts at Free against ShortcutsStateStorage's $1.99. Charty for Shortcuts also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months). ShortcutsStateStorage's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On ads and device support 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

Charty for Shortcuts is free to download; ShortcutsStateStorage costs $1.99 up front. Charty for Shortcuts sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. ShortcutsStateStorage asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Charty for Shortcuts ships an update every 3 weeks, ShortcutsStateStorage every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and December 12, 2025 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Charty for Shortcuts versus ShortcutsStateStorage: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCharty for ShortcutsShortcutsStateStorage
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.7 (342 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews78.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings342 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRapptor Desenvolvimento de Softwares LTDATowa TAKEUCHI

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
None

ShortcutsStateStorage

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Charty for Shortcuts free?
Charty for Shortcuts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ShortcutsStateStorage free?
ShortcutsStateStorage costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Charty for Shortcuts or ShortcutsStateStorage have ads?
Neither Charty for Shortcuts nor ShortcutsStateStorage shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Charty for Shortcuts or ShortcutsStateStorage?
Charty for Shortcuts ships an update every 3 weeks, and ShortcutsStateStorage every 5 months. Most recently, Charty for Shortcuts was updated on October 24, 2026 and ShortcutsStateStorage on December 12, 2025.

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