Comparison

Charty for Shortcuts vs MarkPad

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

MarkPad

Features
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MarkPad is a Markdown editor for writing fast and previewing beautifully, right away. From quick notes to meeting minutes, technical docs, and brainstorming, it pairs distraction-free simplicity with a clean, polished preview so you can focus on writing. Paste a Markdown answer from an AI assistant and the code blocks and tables stay intact, looking great even on your phone. ■ Built for writing ・Switch between edit and preview with one tap ・Editing toolbar above the keyboard (headings, bold, italic, strikethrough, lists, checklists, quotes, code, links, indent) ・Tap a heading to cycle its level; lists and checkboxes continue automatically on the next line ・Live character and word count ■ A preview that shines ・Syntax-highlighted code blocks with a copy button (many languages) ・Tables, checklists (tap to toggle), and blockquotes ・Callouts (note, tip, important, warning, caution) ・Collapsible sections, block math, and Mermaid diagrams (tap to zoom and scroll) ・== highlighting and inline code ■ Make it yours ・Choose a preview theme (Default, GitHub, or Docs) ・Built-in Markdown syntax guide, so supported formatting is always at a glance ■ Reliable and smooth ・Manage multiple notes; search by text or tag ・Share as text or .md files (AirDrop, Mail, and other apps) ・Available in 19 languages ・Works great offline ・No intrusive ads Make writing feel better. Start with Markdown in MarkPad.

Screenshots

Charty for Shortcuts4 screens
MarkPad4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Charty for Shortcuts at Free against MarkPad's $2.99. MarkPad's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and chart position (#186 vs unranked). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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; MarkPad costs $2.99 up front. Charty for Shortcuts sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. MarkPad asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Charty for Shortcuts versus MarkPad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCharty for ShortcutsMarkPad
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.7 (337 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews78.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings337 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank—#186 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRapptor Desenvolvimento de Softwares LTDAkenta yamamoto

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

MarkPad

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Charty for Shortcuts free?
Charty for Shortcuts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MarkPad free?
MarkPad costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Charty for Shortcuts or MarkPad have ads?
Neither Charty for Shortcuts nor MarkPad shows ads.

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