znote vs AI Actions for Shortcuts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
znote
A markdown text editor designed for easy note management. It features dark mode, tagging, and advanced text formatting. Securely store and share your notes across all your devices.
- Markdown text editing
- Dark mode support
- #Tags for organization
- Advanced text formatting
- Secure note storage
- Cross-device synchronization
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Markdown & Text Note Manager. Enjoy great ease of use thanks to Dark mode, #Tags and advanced text formatting. Keep your secrets and share your notes on all your devices.
AI Actions for Shortcuts
Enhance your iOS Shortcuts with advanced AI capabilities. This app integrates with your existing OpenAI API key to provide powerful new actions for your automations. Note that it does not support Apple Watch or HomePod.
- AI-powered actions for Shortcuts
- Integrates with OpenAI API key
- Adds new automation capabilities
- Supports iPhone and iPad
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Supercharge your shortcuts with useful AI-powered actions. It provides additional actions for the Shortcuts app. Note: The app requires you to specify your own OpenAI API key. 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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: AI Actions for Shortcuts at 4.6 against znote's 4.0. AI Actions for Shortcuts also leads on ratings volume (27 vs 1) and review sentiment (77% vs 67%). znote's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 4 weeks) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
AI Actions for Shortcuts holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AI Actions for Shortcuts has 27 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of znote's written reviews are positive against 77% of AI Actions for Shortcuts's.
znote ships an update every 9 days, AI Actions for Shortcuts every 4 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | znote | AI Actions for Shortcuts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 4.6 (27 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 77.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 27 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 27.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Anthony Lagrede Consulting | Sindre Sorhus |
Customer experience
znote
AI Actions for Shortcuts
In-app purchases
znote
No in-app purchases
AI Actions for Shortcuts
No in-app purchases
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