Widget Shortcuts vs Live Shortcut
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Widget Shortcuts
Create custom widgets to quickly launch apps, make calls, send messages, or open websites. Personalize your widgets with app icons or your own images. Syncs across devices via iCloud.
- Launch any app via widget
- Create custom shortcuts
- Use app icons or custom images
- iCloud sync across devices
- Built-in templates
- Launch URL schemes
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Launch any app, call mom, send a mail to Bob, FaceTime Laura in a snap, open your favorite web site... and much, much more. The possibilities are endless. Your imagination is the limit. Enjoy! Features: - Launch and run any Shortcut made in the Shortcuts app through a Widget. - Launch links from popular URL-schemes like placing a calls, sending messages/mail and much more. - Run any link or URL-scheme. There are literay thousands for many popular apps. - Find icon artwork for any app in the App Store. - Pick images from your Photos to decorate your Widget. - Pick images from Files. - Completely integrated with iCloud so your Widget Shortcuts will always be update and in sync on all your devices. - Built-in templates for Phonecalls, Mail, Messages, FaceTime and Web. - The free version allows you to create 3 custom widgets. - The full version lets you create as many widgets as you like. - Everything written in SwiftUI for that fresh new feeling. If you found any bugs or have suggestions feel free to contact me at jogga@bitfield.se. Thx in advance for supporting independent developers like myself. PS! The free version let's you create 3 custom Widget Shortcuts. Subscribe to create as many as you like. Thx in advance. Read the Terms of service at https://www.bitfield.se/termsofservice.html
Live Shortcut
Easily integrate your existing automations with Live Activities. Display reminders and important information on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island to ensure you never miss a thing.
- Integrate automations with Live Activities
- Display reminders on Lock Screen
- Utilize Dynamic Island for notifications
- Easy setup for existing shortcuts
- Customizable display options
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Hook your Shortcut automations into Live Activities easily via LiveShortcut! Leave reminders for yourself on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island, a place where you're sure to not miss.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Live Shortcut at 67% against Widget Shortcuts's 0%. Live Shortcut also leads on rating (3.8 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (8 vs 2). Widget Shortcuts's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (daily vs every 3 months). On price, 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. Widget Shortcuts sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month and Live Shortcut sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Live Shortcut holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Widget Shortcuts's written reviews are positive against 67% of Live Shortcut's.
Widget Shortcuts ships an update daily, Live Shortcut every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Widget Shortcuts | Live Shortcut |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 3.8 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bitfield AB | Andrew Fang |
Customer experience
Widget Shortcuts
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In-app purchases
Widget Shortcuts
- Full Widget Shortcuts Monthly$1.491 Month
- Full Widget Shortcuts Annual$9.991 Year
Live Shortcut
- Premium$0.99
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