12 WhiteBoards vs Shortcut Remote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
12 WhiteBoards
This application provides a digital canvas with 12 distinct drawing boards for sketching and note-taking. Users can customize pen size and color, add shapes, and export high-resolution images with transparent backgrounds.
- 12 drawing boards
- Customizable pen size and color
- Add shapes like hearts and stars
- High-resolution image export
- Transparent background export
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This app can be drawing on the whiteboard of 12 boards. Drawing lines can be written smoothly and you can export the high resolution images. - 12 pieces of drawing boards. - Change the size and color of the pen. - Write mark of heart, star etc. - Choose the size of the image to be output. - Output images with transparent background color.
Shortcut Remote
Customize wireless shortcut remote button functions on your mobile device. Enhance your creative workflow with pre-set software configurations for popular tools.
- Customize remote button functions
- Wireless connectivity
- Mobile device integration
- Pre-set software configurations
- Enhance creative workflow
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XPPen tools help users customize wireless shortcut remote button functions on mobile devices (providing some commonly used software presets), better assisting your creativity.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: 12 WhiteBoards at 82% against Shortcut Remote's 13%. 12 WhiteBoards also leads on rating (4.4 vs 1.5) and ratings volume (129 vs 19). Shortcut Remote's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 16 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
12 WhiteBoards holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 12 WhiteBoards has 129 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of 12 WhiteBoards's written reviews are positive against 13% of Shortcut Remote's.
12 WhiteBoards ships an update every 16 months, Shortcut Remote every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 12 WhiteBoards | Shortcut Remote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (129 ratings) — better | 1.5 (19 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 81.7% of reviews — better | 12.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 129 — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | hideko ogawa | 深圳汉王友基科技有限公司 |
Customer experience
12 WhiteBoards
Shortcut Remote
Bugs and requests
12 WhiteBoards
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Shortcut Remote
Reported bugs
15 issues- Shortcut remote not connecting
- App crashes
- App connects but does nothing
- Cannot save shortcuts
- App doesn't work on iPad
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- Not saving changes
- Keys don't change
- App not working
- Buttons not mapping
- App fails to modify keys
- App does not open
- Connection issues
- Software keyboard US layout issue
- UI only supports portrait mode
- Shortcut remote not saving assigned key binding
Requested features
7 requests- Fix shortcut remote connection issue
- Allow remote connection only to iPad
- Provide detailed connection and usage guides for iPad
- Add support for Ibispaint
- Add K11 switching function
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- Support JIS keyboard layout
- Support landscape UI
In-app purchases
12 WhiteBoards
No in-app purchases
Shortcut Remote
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is 12 WhiteBoards free?
Is Shortcut Remote free?
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Do 12 WhiteBoards or Shortcut Remote have ads?
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