Contacts Shuffle vs Render
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Contacts Shuffle
This utility app helps you manage your extensive contact list by randomly selecting an entry. You can then choose to delete, modify, or directly contact the selected person.
- Random contact selection
- Contact deletion
- Contact modification
- Direct contact initiation
- Works with existing address book
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Is your Contacts address book so large that you don't know who to bring up? Then this app is for you. You press a button and a contact is randomly retrieved from your address book. You can then decide what you want to do with it. Either delete it, modify it, or contact that person.
Render
This utility app renders HTML and Markdown content beautifully. It integrates with Apple Shortcuts to view, convert, and share formatted text. Features include dark mode, adjustable fonts, and a history view.
- View HTML content natively
- Render Markdown with full formatting
- Convert Markdown to HTML
- Dark mode support
- Adjustable font sizes
- Share content via Share Extension
- View history
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Render is a powerful utility app designed to display HTML and Markdown content with beautiful, native rendering. SHORTCUTS INTEGRATION Render integrates seamlessly with Apple Shortcuts, providing actions to: • View HTML - Display any HTML content in a native viewer • View Markdown - Render Markdown with full formatting support • Convert Markdown to HTML - Transform Markdown to HTML for other uses FEATURES • Dark mode support that respects your system settings • Adjustable font sizes for comfortable reading • Copy rendered content or export as HTML/PDF • Share content directly from other apps via the Share Extension • View history to quickly access previously viewed content PERFECT FOR • Viewing formatted reports from automations • Previewing HTML email templates • Reading Markdown documentation • Displaying styled content from Shortcuts workflows Render is the missing piece for anyone building powerful Shortcuts automations that need to display formatted content.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Contacts Shuffle at fortnightly against Render's every 3 months. Contacts Shuffle also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Render's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Contacts Shuffle holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.
Contacts Shuffle ships an update fortnightly, Render every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Contacts Shuffle | Render |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wayland Chin | Nate Ober |
Customer experience
Contacts Shuffle
Render
In-app purchases
Contacts Shuffle
No in-app purchases
Render
No in-app purchases
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