ShortFlow vs Locknload
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ShortFlow
Access your favorite apps, websites, and custom shortcuts directly from your iPhone's Lock Screen. Create personalized widget buttons with a vast icon library for quick launching. Supports Always-On display and offers advanced customization options.
- Launch apps from Lock Screen
- Open URLs from Lock Screen
- Access Shortcuts app actions
- Customizable widget buttons
- Over 4,000 icons available
- Supports Always-On display
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Open any apps, shortcuts, URLs from the Lock Screen. Place custom widget buttons on your Lock Screen, with your choice of over 4,000 icons. Each can be configured to launch your favorite app, website, or any shortcut from the Shortcuts app. Other Features: • Display custom title on a widget • Built-in presets for quick configuration • Supports iPhone 14 Pro's Always-On display • Easily change widgets through the app Pro Features: • Transparent widget backgrounds • Create up to 20 different widgets • Place an inline widget above time
Locknload
Customize your phone's lock screen with custom launchers. Create shortcuts to any app or website using your own names and icons. Launch directly from your lock screen with a single tap.
- Custom app launchers
- Web URL shortcuts
- Customizable icons and names
- Launch from lock screen
- Supports custom app schemes
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Locknload is a simple & powerful tool to customize your lock screen. Create any launcher with your own URL, name and icon (symbol), and launch into any app that can be opened through a URL. The URLs can be either web URLs or custom app scheme URLs.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ShortFlow at 68% against Locknload's 50%. ShortFlow also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. ShortFlow sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Locknload sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ShortFlow holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 196 and 73 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of ShortFlow's written reviews are positive against 50% of Locknload's.
ShortFlow ships an update every 8 days, Locknload weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ShortFlow | Locknload |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (196 ratings) — better | 4.5 (73 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 67.7% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 196 — better | 73 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Kenneth Kao | Actowise LLC |
Customer experience
ShortFlow
Locknload
Bugs and requests
ShortFlow
Reported bugs
8 issues- App and ShirFlow both launch when shortcut is pressed
- Shortcuts do not appear in widget list
- App does not work on iOS17
- Face ID required even for lock screen shortcuts
- Black screen followed by shortcuts app and then target app
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- Icons disappear after iPhone restart, requiring unlock and widget run
- Buttons within widgets are not functional
- Pro version states up to 8 widgets, but only 4 are supported
Requested features
6 requests- Add Tidal as a preset
- More than 8 shortcut slots
- Add Spotify support
- Add Naverpay support
- Remove icon background
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- Longer widget size with 4 configurations
Locknload
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ShortFlow
- ShortFlow Pro$2.99
Locknload
- Pro Lifetime$3.99
- Pro Lifetime Reference$9.99
Questions
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