Comparison

CalcuList vs Actions

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

Head to head
About

CalcuList

Easily create lists and assign numeric values to items. This app automatically calculates totals, averages, or quantities as you add or edit entries, offering a simple alternative to spreadsheets for tracking expenses, goals, and more.

Highlights
  • Create and manage numbered lists
  • Automatic calculation of totals and averages
  • Track progress with completion markers
  • Use negative numbers for balance tracking
  • Customizable number formatting
  • Duplicate lists and items
  • Sort lists and items
Features
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1. Create lists 2. Add numbers 3. Let CalcuList take care of the rest! CalcuList is an easy way to add together numbers in a list and store the results for future use. Simply add items to a list, assign a numeric value to each and CalcuList will automatically display the total or average list value. Quickly edit, duplicate, complete and delete items - CalcuList will continuously update the running total/average value for you. Try using CalcuList to keep track of: - Costs (e.g. budgets, gift lists, DIY projects, holiday expenses) - Goals (e.g. checklists, workout schedules, habit tracking) - Averages (e.g. exercise sessions, energy usage, bill splits) - Pros and Cons (e.g. positive and negative values to represent weighting) - Counts (e.g. TV watch lists, business mileage, party guest lists) - Time (e.g. cooking times, travel times, gig setlists) - Everything else (e.g. distance, area, mass, data capacity, temperature, speed) CalcuList was built with speed and simplicity in mind, adopting a clean, easy-to-use interface that provides an alternative to using cumbersome spreadsheet software for simple list creation. Features: - Quickly add together numbers in a list - Keep track of progress by marking items as complete - Use negative numbers to track balance - Optionally add quantities to items for easy multiplication calculations - Choose to display ‘Total’, ‘Average’ or 'Quantity' list values - Custom format numbers with decimal places, prefixes, suffixes and more - Easily duplicate lists and items - Sort lists and items alphabetically, numerically, by date or manually - Customise lists with a choice of over 100 icons and 10 colour themes - Beautiful, clean design - Dark mode fully supported - Choose from 40 home screen app icons - Use in both portrait and landscape orientations - No ads, no logins, just use freely without restrictions

About

Actions

This app provides a vast collection of additional actions to enhance the functionality of the Shortcuts app on iOS. It offers a wide range of tools for manipulating data, interacting with device features, and automating complex tasks.

Highlights
  • Add to List
  • Apply Capture Date
  • Blur Images
  • Calculate with Soulver
  • Convert Date to Unix Time
  • Format Number as Ordinal
  • Get Device Details (Extended)
  • Get SF Symbol Image
Features
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Supercharge your shortcuts with lots of useful actions. It provides additional actions for the Shortcuts app. IMPORTANT: Because of an iOS bug, to make the actions show up in the Shortcuts app, you need to first launch the app and then restart your device. 重要提示:由于 iOS 错误,要使操作显示在“快捷方式”应用程序中,您需要先启动该应用程序,然后重新启动设备。 WICHTIG: Aufgrund eines iOS-Fehlers müssen Sie, damit die Aktionen in der Shortcuts-App angezeigt werden, zuerst die App starten und dann Ihr Gerät neu starten. IMPORTANT : en raison d'un bug iOS, pour que les actions s'affichent dans l'application Raccourcis, vous devez d'abord lancer l'application, puis redémarrer votre appareil. The actions are not able to run on Apple Watch or HomePod. Restart your device if the actions don't show up in the Shortcuts app. ■ Actions - Add to List - Apply Capture Date - Ask for Text with Timeout - Authenticate - Blur Images - Boolean - Calculate with Soulver - Choose from List (Extended) - Clamp Number - Color - Combine Lists - Combine Videos - Convert Coordinates to Location - Convert Date to Unix Time - Convert Location to Geo URI - Convert Unix Time to Date - Create Color Image - Create Menu Item - Create URL - Download File - Edit URL - Encrypt File - Encrypt Text - Filter List - Find Music Playlist - Format Currency - Format Date Difference - Format Duration - Format Number as Ordinal - Format Number — Compact - Format Person Name - Format Text List - Generate CSV - Generate Haptic Feedback - Generate Random Data - Generate Random Text - Generate UUID - Get All System Colors - Get Audio Playback Destination - Get Average Color - Get Average Color of Image - Get Battery State - Get Bluetooth Device - Get Bluetooth Devices - Get Boolean from Input - Get Compass Heading - Get Device Details (Extended) - Get Device Motion Activity - Get Device Motion Data - Get Device Orientation - Get Dominant Colors of Image - Get Elevation - Get Emojis - Get File Path - Get High-Resolution Timestamp - Get Image Capture Date / Set Image Capture Date - Get Image Location / Set Image Location - Get Index of List Item - Get Map Image of Location - Get Paragraphs from Text - Get Query Item Value from URL - Get Query Items from URL - Get Query Items from URL as Dictionary - Get Random Boolean - Get Random Color - Get Random Date and Time - Get Random Emoticon - Get Random Floating-Point Number - Get Random Number from Seed - Get Related Words - Get Sentences from Text - Get SF Symbol Image - Get System Color - Get Title of URL - Get Uniform Type Identifier / Set Uniform Type Identifier - Get User Details - Get Values Using JSONPath - Global Variable - Hex Encode - Hide Shortcuts App - Invert Images - Is Accessibility Feature On - Is Audio Playing - Is Bluetooth On - Is Call Active - Is Cellular Data On - Is Cellular Low Data Mode On - Is Conforming to Uniform Type Identifier - Is Connected to VPN - Is Dark Mode On - Is Day - Is Device Locked - Is Device Moving - Is Device Orientation - Is Host Reachable - Is Location Services Enabled - Is Low Power Mode On - Is Online - Is Shaking Device - Is Silent Mode On - Is Time - Is Time In Range - Is Web Server Reachable - Join Wi-Fi - Merge Dictionaries - Open URLs in Safari - Overwrite File - Parse CSV - Parse JSON5 - Pick Color - Pretty Print Dictionaries - Remove Duplicate Lines - Remove Duplicates from List - Remove Emojis - Remove Empty Lines - Remove from List - Remove Non-Printable Characters - Reverse Lines - Reverse List - Round Number to Multiple - Scan Documents - Scan QR Codes in Image - Set Creation and Modification Date of File - Show Black Screen - Show Notification - Shuffle List - Sort List - Sort Months - Spell Out Number - Toggle Boolean - Transform Lists - Transform Text - Transform Text with JavaScript - Trim Whitespace - Truncate List - Truncate Number - Truncate Text - Wait Milliseconds - Write or Edit Text

Screenshots

CalcuList4 screens
Actions2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Actions at monthly against CalcuList's every 8 months. Actions also leads on ratings volume (517 vs 12). CalcuList's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 92%) and iOS requirement (13.2 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for CalcuList against 4.8 for Actions. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Actions has 517 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of CalcuList's written reviews are positive against 92% of Actions's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CalcuList ships an update every 8 months, Actions monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
CalcuList versus Actions: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalcuListActions
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (12 ratings) — better4.8 (517 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better91.7% of reviews
Number of ratings12517 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS13.2 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDouble 5 LtdSindre Sorhus

Customer experience

CalcuList

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Actions

All ratings469 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral1.5%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews289 reviews
Positive91.7%
Neutral2.8%
Negative5.5%

Bugs and requests

CalcuList

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Actions

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Errors when using list manipulation actions
  • Incompatibility with HomePod mini
  • Shortcut actions not working on iPhone 15 Pro

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add support for device orientation detection
  • Integrate with more system-level APIs
  • Provide a way to create custom actions
  • Expand language support beyond English

In-app purchases

None

CalcuList

No in-app purchases

None

Actions

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CalcuList free?
CalcuList is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Actions free?
Actions is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CalcuList or Actions?
CalcuList is rated higher. CalcuList averages 4.8 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Actions averages 4.8 from 517 ratings.
Do CalcuList or Actions have ads?
Neither CalcuList nor Actions shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CalcuList or Actions?
CalcuList ships an update every 8 months, and Actions monthly. Most recently, CalcuList was updated on October 24, 2026 and Actions on October 25, 2026.

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