Comparison

Scheme Log vs Automation Control

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

Head to head
About

Scheme Log

This app provides a dedicated space to store and manage deep links for testing. Easily save, launch, copy, and share your links with a single click. It also automatically keeps a history of all schemes used.

Highlights
  • Save deep links
  • Launch links with one click
  • Copy and share links
  • Automatic history saving
  • Clipboard integration
Features
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Do you often use deep links for testing? Don't you have a proper place to store the deep link? Then use this app. Simply save the deep link and run it with a single click. The ability to copy and share to the clipboard allows you to share links to others. The history of the scheme used is also automatically saved.

About

Automation Control

Enhance your existing automation workflows with advanced management and conditional execution. This tool allows you to enable, disable, or pause automations based on specific criteria like time, location, or focus modes. It provides a centralized dashboard for organizing and monitoring your automated tasks.

Highlights
  • Conditional execution of automations
  • Enable/disable/pause automations
  • Sort and filter automations
  • Backup and restore configurations
  • Log view for completed automations
  • Set conditions (Date, Time, Location, Focus Modes, Weather)
  • Search and pin automations
Features
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If you use the Shortcuts automations like I do, surely you can find it difficult to manage them. Automation Control works with the Shortcuts app to provide a better way to manage your Shortcuts automations. This app, in a nutshell, is a glorified IF statement that determines if your automations should run or not. By simply adding Automation Control's Get Status of Item action to your Shortcuts Automations or by using the Automation Control Template shortcut, you now have better control over enabling, disabling, pausing, or setting conditions for your automations unlike ever before. This does not replace your Shortcuts automations tab; you still need to do some setup there for this app to manage them. Originally a shortcut a few years ago, and now an app, and with it, here are some things that you can do... - Name your automations along with adding an icon and a description - Sort your automations in order of A-Z, Z-A, Status, or Manually - Quickly toggle on/off your items with a simple double tap and view its status right on the item row - Multiple indicator views to choose your favorite way of viewing the on and off status of your items - 12-hour and 24-hour timing support - Backup and Restore - Log View to see a log of when your automations completed successfully - Send or Receive a text variable between Shortcuts and this app - Filter/Group automations based on status - Search bar to search for specific automations - Pin automations - Set timers on your automations - Multiple layouts - Set conditions such as Date & Time, Location, Focus Modes, Weather, and more... - More and more to come... How to use: - Create an Automation Control item by tapping the + button in the top right. - Name, describe, and select an icon and, of course, enable it. - Leave it as a Controller item by simply saving the new item or tap the Controls button and set various conditions. - Download the Automation Control Template shortcut, rename it to the same name as the control item you’ve just created, and set up your actions. - Set up your automation via the Automation tab in the Shortcuts app and add a Run Shortcut action from the list of actions and select the shortcut you’ve just modified. Full details found at https://ibanks.craft.me/6kbyyNVhWXjawv

Screenshots

Scheme Log3 screens
Automation Control4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Scheme Log at none against Automation Control's 3. Scheme Log also leads on iOS requirement (15.4 vs 17.0). Automation Control's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (11 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Automation Control sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Scheme Log asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Scheme Log holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Automation Control has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scheme Log ships an update fortnightly, Automation Control weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and June 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Scheme Log versus Automation Control: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScheme LogAutomation Control
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.8 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews—80.0% of reviews
Number of ratings111 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJeong-soo ParkJerrod Banks

Customer experience

Scheme Log

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Automation Control

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative10.0%

In-app purchases

None

Scheme Log

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Automation Control

One-time3
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Medium Tip$2.99
  • Large Tip$4.99

Questions

Is Scheme Log free?
Scheme Log is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Automation Control free?
Automation Control is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Scheme Log or Automation Control?
Scheme Log is rated higher. Scheme Log averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Automation Control averages 4.8 from 11 ratings.
Do Scheme Log or Automation Control have ads?
Scheme Log shows ads; Automation Control does not.
Which is updated more often, Scheme Log or Automation Control?
Scheme Log ships an update fortnightly, and Automation Control weekly. Most recently, Scheme Log was updated on September 10, 2026 and Automation Control on June 10, 2026.

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