Menu Box vs GLTools
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/
GLTools
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GLTools is your game graphics reference and profile manager. Browse 59 settings explained with GLTools: anti-aliasing, resolution scale, shadows, textures, shaders, FPS, VRAM. GLTools saves named profiles per game with tier recommendations and pitfall warnings. GLTools includes 12 calculators and 24 ready-to-use presets. GLTools shares 60 performance tips across 10 game genres.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GLTools at none against Menu Box's 4. GLTools also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.5). Menu Box's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price and device support 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. GLTools asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Menu Box | GLTools |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (14 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Snailed It Development Ltd | BUZZER PAPER |
In-app purchases
Menu Box
- Premium$4.991 Year
- Tip Jar - Small$0.99
- Tip Jar - Medium$2.99
- Tip Jar - Large$4.99
GLTools
No in-app purchases









