Menu Box vs Conduit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Menu Box
Create visually appealing menus for your device's shortcuts. Customize menu items with emojis, app icons, or custom images to build personalized automations. Dynamically generate menus on the fly for advanced shortcut customization.
- Create beautiful menus for Shortcuts
- Customize with emojis, SF Symbols, or custom images
- Attach custom data to menu items
- Fully controllable via Shortcuts
- Dynamically create menus on the fly
- Enhance Action Button functionality
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Menu Box allows you to create beautiful menus in Shortcuts, further customising your advanced Automations. Menus can be created using emojis, SF Symbols App Icons or your own custom images to create truly individual menus with near limitless options. Custom data attached to each menu items allows you to create even more advanced Shortcuts. Menu Box is fully controllable via Shortcuts, including creating Menus dynamically on the fly. Menu Box is perfect for creating advanced Shortcuts to allow you to further customise how your menus look, and becomes especially useful when combined with the Action Button. --- Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Conduit
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Conduit is a lightweight URL routing utility for people who build workflows across apps. Send data into Conduit with a custom conduit:// URL, capture the incoming parameters, then reuse those values in outbound routes to other apps. It is designed for app launchers, Shortcuts users, automation workflows, and anyone who works with custom URL schemes. Create routes with reusable parameter mappings, preview the generated outbound URL, and open the target app when you are ready. Add route names to incoming links to trigger saved routes automatically, and use callbacks to track successful or failed handoffs where supported. Features: • Capture incoming conduit:// URLs and inspect their parameters • Build outbound routes for custom URL schemes • Map incoming values into route parameters with templates • Preview generated URLs before opening target apps • Auto-trigger saved routes with route names • Store recent payloads for testing and reuse • Import and export route definitions as JSON • Support callback URLs for route results Conduit does not require an account and is designed to stay focused: receive data, transform it, and pass it on. Privacy policy: https://knowledge.shakingthehabitual.com/en/article/202-tree-to-csv-privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Conduit at none against Menu Box's 4. Conduit also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). On price, ads, 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. Menu Box sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. Conduit asks for nothing beyond the download.
Menu Box ships an update fortnightly, Conduit every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Menu Box | Conduit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (14 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Snailed It Development Ltd | Stuart Marshall |
In-app purchases
Menu Box
- Premium$4.991 Year
- Tip Jar - Small$0.99
- Tip Jar - Medium$2.99
- Tip Jar - Large$4.99
Conduit
No in-app purchases









