Startup Key Combos vs Developer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Startup Key Combos
This app provides essential key combinations for macOS startup issues and recovery modes. It helps users access different boot options, including fallback recovery for M-series Macs. Additionally, it includes shortcuts for common system actions like sleep, logout, restart, and shutdown.
- macOS startup key combinations
- macOS recovery mode access
- M-series fallback recovery
- Sleep, logout, restart, shutdown shortcuts
- Grouped by M-Series and Intel Macs
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Have you ever suffered a problem where your Mac would not start up properly? What key combination can you use to boot into macOS recovery? Were you aware that M-series Macs are equipped with a second “fallback” macOS recovery that can be utilized if the standard recovery fails? iStartup will tell you which key combinations to use. Also included are shortcuts for sleep, log out, restart, and shutdown. Shortcuts are grouped by M-Series and Intel.
Developer
Access a comprehensive collection of cheat sheets for various development technologies and languages. Quickly find syntax, commands, and references for web development, programming, databases, and more.
- Extensive cheat sheet library
- Web development references
- Programming language guides
- Database syntax
- Developer tools shortcuts
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Collect some cheat sheet for developer. Cheat Sheet List: ASP CSS HTML JavaScript Microformats mod_rewrite MySQL PHP Python Regular-Expressions Ruby On Rails SQL Server Subversion HTML5 Canvas Cheat Sheet RGB Colour Codes Html Character Entities Ruby On Rails Web Applications Vim Graphical Cheat Sheet Prototype JavaScript Library jQuery JavaScript Library Git Cheat Sheet Firebird ActionScript 3 Drupal Cheat Sheet Mercurial Usage Mercurial QuickStart ASP.NET 2.0 life cycle Wordpress Cheat Sheet Smarty Cheat Sheet PHP Advanced Cheat Sheet PHP Basic Cheat Sheet GAE For Python Django Cheat Sheet Xcode 4 Keyboard Shortcuts Fedora 15 Cheat Sheet Flex 3 Blueprint CSS C Reference Core CSharp and .NET Quick Reference C++ Reference Design Patterns Erlang CheatSheet HTTP Response Code PostgreSQL Shell Cheat Sheet Ubuntu Reference Ruby HTML5 Cheat Sheet
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Developer at 4.4 against Startup Key Combos's 3.7. Developer also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 7 months) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). Startup Key Combos's advantage is review sentiment (75% vs 58%). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Developer holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 9 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Startup Key Combos's written reviews are positive against 58% of Developer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Startup Key Combos ships an update every 7 months, Developer monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and August 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Startup Key Combos | Developer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (7 ratings) | 4.4 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 57.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 149 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bayhoff Software | 国强 钱 |
Customer experience
Startup Key Combos
Developer
In-app purchases
Startup Key Combos
No in-app purchases
Developer
No in-app purchases
