Shortly vs iHyper

Shortly is an easy-to-use utility that lets you create short URLs (Bitlinks) with your iPhone or iPad using the Bitly service. You can copy these links to the clipboard for use in other iPhone applications. Once you've created your Bitlink and pressed the button to put it on the clipboard, you can launch another application, click anywhere you can enter text and select Paste — it's that simple! Additionally you can track the click statistics for Bitlinks you create in the app, or Bitlinks you've shortened on the Bitly website with helpful charts and metadata. There is also a Bitlink lookup tool, so you can enter in a Bitlink you've found and see who created it, including the number of global clicks it has received this week. The app requires a Bitly account to enable the URL shortening and tracking features. If you don't have an account, signing up is easy and free. Just click on the Account tab in the app and click the button to get a new account. Auto Shorten feature: If you go into the Settings screen and turn this on, the Shortly app will look on the clipboard when it launches, and if it finds a valid URL there, it will automatically shorten it and place the Bitlihnk on the clipboard at the same time.

iHyper is used to generate a Markdown or HTML Hyperlink for use in Email, Messages, Drafts 4 or other applications. iHyper can be run by selecting the iHyper Icon, Today Widget or by the use of a URL Scheme (ihyper://). When iHyper is run it will attempt to use the clipboard contents as it's input URL. If iHyper does not find a valid URL on the clipboard it will ask you to supply a URL for processing. Most standard browser URL shortcuts should work. For example MacSparky.com works just as well as the more formal http://www.MacSparky.com does. iHyper will validate the URL contained on the clipboard by attempting to connect to it. If a connection is successful, iHyper will capture the requested page's title and then create and display a link in Markdown format. The displayed link is ready for use in either Markdown or HTML form. You can share iHyper built Markdown URL Links directly with the Messages, Email, or Drafts 4 apps or you can transfer the links into other applications via the clipboard.