Actions vs iFramix
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
iFramix
Transform an old iPad into a dynamic digital photo frame. Seamlessly sync and manage your photos from your iPhone to display them interactively. Breathe new life into your retired tablet.
- Turns old iPad into digital photo frame
- Interactive photo display
- Syncs with iPhone for photo management
- Easy photo updates
- Gives old devices a second life
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iFramix is an app that turns your old iPad into an interactive digital photo frame. By syncing with your iPhone, you can easily update and manage photos displayed on the iPad, giving a second life to your old device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Actions at 92% against iFramix's 8%. Actions also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.2) and ratings volume (469 vs 17). iFramix's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Actions holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Actions has 469 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of Actions's written reviews are positive against 8% of iFramix's.
Actions ships an update monthly, iFramix every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Actions | iFramix |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (469 ratings) — better | 2.2 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 91.7% of reviews — better | 8.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 469 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Sindre Sorhus | pengxiang zhou |
Customer experience
Actions
iFramix
User reviews
Actions
From 469 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Powerful and flexible shortcuts
- 👍 Intuitive and easy to use
- 🔓 No ads or in-app purchases
- 🤖 Impressive range of actions
- 🔥 Indispensable for Shortcuts users
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional bugs or performance issues
- ⚠️ Compatibility concerns with newer iOS versions
- 🕰️ Slow response times in some cases
iFramix
From 17 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💡 Good concept for repurposing old iPads
- 👍 Basic functions like screen saver, weather, album work
- 🚀 Picture upload working again (recent positive feedback)
Room to improve
- 🐛 Very buggy and primitive app
- 👎 Many promised features not materialized
- 👎 Poor user experience and usability
- 👎 Limited photo upload capacity and count
- 👎 Photos cropped incorrectly
Bugs and 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
iFramix
Reported bugs
22 issues- Cannot upload any pictures
- Thumbnail gets sent, expands, and crops incorrectly
- App crashes when uploading photos
- Pairing doesn't work
- Error notifications in Chinese
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- Gallery section shows a white screen after first upload
- Night mode not working
- Menu badly translated
- App reverts to main menu after 15 minutes
- App fails to load properly
- App won't upload pictures
- Green buttons in English language have another language
- Error message 'Please do not upload too large pictures'
- iPad resets back to home page after a few seconds
- App goes back to the main screen, doesn't loop pictures
- Connection issues with iChargeguard
- App takes forever to open photo library
- Cannot register an account (verification number issues)
- Time, power, and connection status icons always visible in photo frame mode
- App freezes after original setup
- App policy restricts older iPad owners
- Password creation issues initially
Requested features
52 requests- User-friendly interface
- Larger photo capacity and upload count
- Cycling through clock, pictures, weather automatically
- Pull content from RSS feed
- Crop/zoom features for pictures
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- Shuffle function for pictures
- Automatic shut-off at night
- Day of the week in weather overview
- Dark mode for weather
- Additional languages (e.g., Dutch, French)
- City and state for accurate US city location
- Option to rotate through widgets automatically
- Calendar event display
- Music function
- Zoom/crop features in album
- Degrees F in weather app
- Ability to update iCharguard firmware
- Automatic switching from photo album to screensaver at night
- Animated transition feature during slideshow
- Seconds flip in 80's flick clock
- Automatic brightness dimming in dark rooms
- Turn screen off when no motion detected
- Show forecasts every X photos
- Music function
- More functions for iPad 1
- Translate to more languages
- Enrich weather info (wind, humidity)
- Mimic Apple Watch modular faces
- Citation carousel
- RSS pages selection
- Send message or picture to frames
- Point-to-point video calls
- Clock between 24/12 hour mode
- Temperature between C and F
- City lookup including state
- Way to blank screen at night
- Audio or camera capabilities
- Speed up picture reading
- Translate Chinese buttons
- Charge level in monitoring app
- Activate bound devices from monitoring app
- Activate iPad setup accessibility option
- Easier setup for iChargeguards
- Clarify choice between iFramix and iFramix HD
- Full screen mode for older iPads
- Time transition within photos
- Weather and time in the same widget
- Carousel time setting beyond 60s
- Access to calendars
- See whole picture with black bars instead of cropped
- Support for English metrics
- Support for 12-hour clock
In-app purchases
Actions
No in-app purchases
iFramix
No in-app purchases









