Comparison

AddyManager vs Shlinkly

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

Head to head
About

AddyManager

Manage your email aliases securely and privately on your iOS device. Access your account data offline, utilize biometric authentication, and perform advanced searches. This open-source app offers comprehensive control over your aliases, recipients, and domains.

Highlights
  • Manage Addy.io account
  • Offline data access
  • Biometric authentication
  • Advanced search
  • Add, delete, and restore aliases
  • Update alias details
  • Manage recipients and domains
Features
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AddyManager is an open-source, fast, and secure iOS app for Addy.io HIGHLIGHTS 1. Sign in with official Addy.io account 2. Sign in with your own self hosted instance 3. Access your account data while offline 4. Biometric authentication to secure your data 5. Advanced search functionality ALIAS FEATURES 1. Add, delete, and restore deleted alias 2. Update alias description and default recipients 3. Activate and deactivate alias on the fly 4. Easily generate "Send from email" 5. Forget alias (disassociates alias from account) OTHER FEATURES Add, delete, and update recipients, additional usernames, and domains with ease. SECURITY App uses secure storage, iOS's Keychain, to safely and securely store your access token. Your access token is NOT sent to us or any third party server. However, access token is required to interact with your Addy.io account and is used to fetch aliases, recipients, domains...etc. PRIVACY AddyManager is free and open source software licensed under MIT. Free as in free of charge, ads, analytics, and trackers. What's yours is yours. Your account data, aliases, recipients, domains, search history...etc. do NOT leave your device and are DELETED upon log out. Again, what's yours is yours. CONTACT US Contact us directly at addymanager@khalidwar.com for bug report and feature requests. DISCLAIMER AddyManager is independently created by Khalid Warsame (khalidwar.com) as a tool to help you manage your Addy.io account and is not associated with the official Addy.io project or team. TERMS & CONSITIONS: https://github.com/KhalidWar/anonaddy/blob/master/terms_and_conditions.md PRIVACY POLICY: https://github.com/KhalidWar/anonaddy/blob/master/privacy_policy.md

About

Shlinkly

Features
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Shlinkly is a fast, native client for Shlink — the self-hosted URL shortener — built for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Connect your own Shlink server and manage every short link, campaign, and click from one app that feels right at home on Apple platforms. Whether you're tracking marketing campaigns or just tidying up long URLs, Shlinkly gives you the full picture without leaving the Apple ecosystem. Shlinkly is an unofficial, open-source client for the self-hosted Shlink URL shortener. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Shlink project. Shlinkly requires a self-hosted Shlink server. WHAT YOU CAN DO - See all your short links in one place — search, tags, and sorting - Create links in seconds: custom slugs, tags, UTM forwarding, expiry dates, and visit limits - Track every click — real-time visits, people vs. bots, countries, and traffic sources, per link - Shorten straight from the share sheet in any app - On Mac, generate a short link from your clipboard right in the menu bar YOUR KEYS, YOUR CHOICE Your API keys never leave your control. Keep them on-device only, or sync them across your devices with iCloud Keychain — end-to-end encrypted by Apple. We never see them, and Shlinkly collects no data of its own. BUILT FOR APPLE Native on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, with the touches you'd expect — share extension, menu-bar quick actions, and a layout that adapts to each device. REQUIRES A SHLINK SERVER Shlinkly is a client for your own self-hosted Shlink instance (shlink.io). You'll need a running Shlink server and an API key to get started.

Screenshots

AddyManager4 screens
Shlinkly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Shlinkly at none against AddyManager's 2. AddyManager's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, update cadence, 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. AddyManager sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Shlinkly asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
AddyManager versus Shlinkly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAddyManagerShlinkly
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (54 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews48.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings54 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKW Software LLCAnton Hodge

In-app purchases

2 purchases

AddyManager

Subscriptions2
  • AddyManager Plus$2.991 Month
  • AddyManager Plus$29.991 Year
None

Shlinkly

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AddyManager free?
AddyManager is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shlinkly free?
Shlinkly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do AddyManager or Shlinkly have ads?
Neither AddyManager nor Shlinkly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AddyManager or Shlinkly?
AddyManager ships an update monthly, and Shlinkly monthly. Most recently, AddyManager was updated on October 22, 2026 and Shlinkly on October 18, 2026.

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