Comparison

AI Actions for Shortcuts vs Formula Canvas

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

AI Actions for Shortcuts

Enhance your iOS Shortcuts with advanced AI capabilities. This app integrates with your existing OpenAI API key to provide powerful new actions for your automations. Note that it does not support Apple Watch or HomePod.

Highlights
  • AI-powered actions for Shortcuts
  • Integrates with OpenAI API key
  • Adds new automation capabilities
  • Supports iPhone and iPad
Features
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Supercharge your shortcuts with useful AI-powered actions. It provides additional actions for the Shortcuts app. Note: The app requires you to specify your own OpenAI API key. The actions are not able to run on Apple Watch or HomePod. Restart your device if the actions don't show up in the Shortcuts app.

About

Formula Canvas

Features
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Formula Canvas is a native math workspace for writing formulas, building study notes, and preparing clean LaTeX without fighting plain text syntax. Create expressions visually with a structured math keyboard. Add fractions, radicals, superscripts, subscripts, sums, products, integrals, scalable brackets, matrices, equation systems, accents, Greek letters, arrows, relations, set symbols, and common functions. Tap to place the cursor, move through formula structures with direction controls, and undo or redo edits as you work. The live LaTeX preview keeps your source visible while you edit. Copy LaTeX instantly, or unlock advanced export and sharing with Formula Canvas Pro. Formula Canvas also includes a document workspace for longer notes. Combine text blocks, formula blocks, and handwriting blocks in the same document, then keep everything organized in a local document list. Use the drawing canvas for quick geometry sketches, annotations, diagrams, and handwritten ideas. Apple Pencil is supported through PencilKit, and built-in shape stamps help you insert lines, arrows, rectangles, and ellipses quickly. Built fully native with Swift and Core Graphics, Formula Canvas is designed for responsive formula editing on iPhone and iPad. Key features: - Visual WYSIWYG math formula editing - Structured keyboard for symbols, functions, calculus, matrices, and formulas - Fractions, roots, scripts, limits, integrals, matrices, delimiters, and accents - Tap-based cursor placement and structural navigation controls - Live LaTeX preview with copy support - Multi-block documents with text, formulas, and handwriting - PencilKit drawing with Apple Pencil support - Shape stamps for lines, arrows, rectangles, and ellipses - Local document storage on your device - Optional one-time Pro upgrade, no subscription Formula Canvas Pro unlocks unlimited formula documents, advanced LaTeX export and sharing, and handwriting and drawing tools.

Screenshots

AI Actions for Shortcuts2 screens
Formula Canvas4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AI Actions for Shortcuts at none against Formula Canvas's 1. Formula Canvas's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 27.0). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Formula Canvas sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. AI Actions for Shortcuts asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
AI Actions for Shortcuts versus Formula Canvas: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAI Actions for ShortcutsFormula Canvas
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (27 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews77.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings27 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS27.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSindre Sorhus杏娣 吴

In-app purchases

None

AI Actions for Shortcuts

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Formula Canvas

One-time1
  • Formula Canvas Pro$4.99

Questions

Is AI Actions for Shortcuts free?
AI Actions for Shortcuts is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Formula Canvas free?
Formula Canvas is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do AI Actions for Shortcuts or Formula Canvas have ads?
Neither AI Actions for Shortcuts nor Formula Canvas shows ads.

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