Shortify vs Summarize This
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shortify
This app condenses lengthy content like YouTube videos, articles, and documents into concise summaries. It integrates with your existing apps, saving you valuable time by quickly extracting the core information from any source.
- Summarize YouTube videos
- Condense articles and blogs
- Process PDFs and documents
- Integrates with all apps
- Shareable summaries
- Track time saved
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~ Look, we'll keep this short: Shortify™ summarizes anything, including Youtube, articles, PDFs, blogs, documents, and more. It works in all your favorite apps. ~ Why? Because it saves you a bunch of time, and your time is super valuable. ~ Examples? • 15 min Youtube videos from friends ("you gotta watch this!") • Clearing out your backlog of 500 tabs ("I’ll read this one day") • Blog posts/thinkpieces that have a bit too much history • Sites/apps that are too cluttered (skips the ads/plugins) • Getting the gist of an article before committing to reading it ~ How? Open your favorite app or site, tap the Share button, and tap Shortify. ~ What else? You can get an even shorter summary. You can share your Shorts. You can see your stats, like time saved. ~ Pricing? You get 100 Shorts for free, then you pay for what you use. With 1000 Shorts at a reading speed of 238 wpm (Brysbaert 2019), you’ll get about 72 hours of your life back for the cost of 2 coffees. ~ Privacy? We don't collect any personal data. We don't use third-party trackers, ads, or any of those invasive things. There's no account signup, so there's nothing to delete. ~ I got other questions? johnny@shortifyapp.com
Summarize This
Condense lengthy text, web links, and videos into concise summaries. Utilize a shortcut extension for quick access and summarization of any content. Offers free trials for its premium features.
- Summarize text
- Summarize links
- Summarize videos
- Shortcut Extension
- Free trials
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Summarize anything such as text, links, videos and long form content with Summarize This. You can also use our Shortcut Extension to quickly go to the app and Summarize whatever you need. Try Summarize This for free with our Free Trials. ELULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Shortify at 34 against Summarize This's 3. Shortify also leads on update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, rating, 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. Shortify sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Summarize This sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Shortify against 4.3 for Summarize This. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shortify has 34 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Shortify ships an update weekly, Summarize This fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on July 8, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shortify | Summarize This |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (34 ratings) — better | 4.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 34 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Openly Operated Company | Mohamed Maail |
Customer experience
Shortify
Summarize This
In-app purchases
Shortify
- 100 Free Shorts - Signup BonusFree
- 10 Shorts$0.99
- Handcrafted Lux Icon - Mint$4.99
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- 100 Shorts$4.99
- 1000 Shorts$9.99
- 10000 Shorts$49.99
Summarize This
- Summarize This: Pro Weekly3 Days trial$1.997 Days
- Summarize This: Pro Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Summarize This: Pro Yearly14 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Summarize This: Life Time$7.99
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