Comparison

Summuray vs Shortify

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

Head to head
About

Summuray

Extract key information from texts and PDFs by selecting desired passages. Manually edit, add images, and merge documents to create concise summaries. Organize and share your findings efficiently.

Highlights
  • Automatic text summarization
  • Manual text editing and input
  • Handwriting recognition
  • Image insertion
  • PDF merging
  • Document organization
  • Cloud synchronization
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Become the summuray of summaries! Get the most important things from your texts with Summuray. The desired text parts of your PDF are moved to a summary by simply selecting the words. Summuray allows you to easily summarize, manually edit text, insert images, and more. This saves you work and time by allowing you to focus on the essential. Perfect for learning, sharing, or just to have important information available immediately. - Summarize texts automatically: Use your Apple Pencil (iPad only) or your finger to mark the desired text passage. Summuray recognizes the marked section and adds it to your summary. - Manual text input: Summuray allows you to write a completely new text or to manually edit and add to your summary. - Handwriting recognition: Summuray recognizes your handwriting. This allows important marginal notes to become part of your summary. - Customize your text: Summuray allows you to customize your text using various tools. Tools: - Text Size - Text color - Font size & typeface (bold, italic) - Underline - Insert images: With Summuray you can add images and graphics to your summary. Simply select the desired image in the PDF or insert one from your photo library. - Merge PDFs: Summuray merges different documents into one. - Sharing: Share your information - share your summaries in PDF with just one click. - Efficient document management: Organize your documents in a folder structure and add endless subfolders. - Take your documents anywhere: Summuray uses iCloud to keep your documents and summaries up to date. So you always have the most important information with you - on your iPad, iPhone and Mac.

About

Shortify

This app condenses lengthy content like YouTube videos, articles, and documents into concise summaries. It integrates with your existing apps, saving you valuable time by quickly extracting the core information from any source.

Highlights
  • Summarize YouTube videos
  • Condense articles and blogs
  • Process PDFs and documents
  • Integrates with all apps
  • Shareable summaries
  • Track time saved
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~ Look, we'll keep this short: Shortify™ summarizes anything, including Youtube, articles, PDFs, blogs, documents, and more. It works in all your favorite apps. ~ Why? Because it saves you a bunch of time, and your time is super valuable. ~ Examples? • 15 min Youtube videos from friends ("you gotta watch this!") • Clearing out your backlog of 500 tabs ("I’ll read this one day") • Blog posts/thinkpieces that have a bit too much history • Sites/apps that are too cluttered (skips the ads/plugins) • Getting the gist of an article before committing to reading it ~ How? Open your favorite app or site, tap the Share button, and tap Shortify. ~ What else? You can get an even shorter summary. You can share your Shorts. You can see your stats, like time saved. ~ Pricing? You get 100 Shorts for free, then you pay for what you use. With 1000 Shorts at a reading speed of 238 wpm (Brysbaert 2019), you’ll get about 72 hours of your life back for the cost of 2 coffees. ~ Privacy? We don't collect any personal data. We don't use third-party trackers, ads, or any of those invasive things. There's no account signup, so there's nothing to delete. ~ I got other questions? johnny@shortifyapp.com

Screenshots

Summuray4 screens
Shortify4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Shortify at 4.4 against Summuray's 3.0. Shortify also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (34 vs 2). Summuray's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, 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

Both are free to download. Shortify sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Summuray asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Shortify holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shortify has 34 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Summuray's written reviews are positive against 67% of Shortify's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Summuray ships an update every 4 months, Shortify weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Summuray versus Shortify: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSummurayShortify
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)4.4 (34 ratings) — better
Positive reviews64.7% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings234 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristoph SchuiererThe Openly Operated Company

Customer experience

Summuray

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive64.7%
Neutral5.9%
Negative29.4%

Shortify

All ratings34 ratings
Positive88.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.8%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

Summuray

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Shortify

One-time6
  • 100 Free Shorts - Signup BonusFree
  • 10 Shorts$0.99
  • Handcrafted Lux Icon - Mint$4.99
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  • 100 Shorts$4.99
  • 1000 Shorts$9.99
  • 10000 Shorts$49.99

Questions

Is Summuray free?
Summuray is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shortify free?
Shortify is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Summuray or Shortify?
Shortify is rated higher. Summuray averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Shortify averages 4.4 from 34 ratings.
Do Summuray or Shortify have ads?
Neither Summuray nor Shortify shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Summuray or Shortify?
Summuray ships an update every 4 months, and Shortify weekly. Most recently, Summuray was updated on October 24, 2026 and Shortify on October 24, 2026.

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