Live Shortcut vs c.Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Live Shortcut
Easily integrate your existing automations with Live Activities. Display reminders and important information on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island to ensure you never miss a thing.
- Integrate automations with Live Activities
- Display reminders on Lock Screen
- Utilize Dynamic Island for notifications
- Easy setup for existing shortcuts
- Customizable display options
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Hook your Shortcut automations into Live Activities easily via LiveShortcut! Leave reminders for yourself on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island, a place where you're sure to not miss.
c.Notes
A CalDAV client for synchronizing notes across devices using the iCalendar VJournal format. Keep your notes on the same servers as your calendar events and contacts.
- CalDAV synchronization
- Cross-platform compatibility
- iCalendar VJournal format
- Notes, calendar, and contact integration
- Server-side note storage
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c.Notes is a CalDAV client that lets you synchronise your notes across all devices, regardless of platform, using the iCalendar VJournal format on CalDAV servers as backend. Keep your notes on the same servers and in the same format as your calendar events, todo items and contacts.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Live Shortcut at Free against c.Notes's $4.99. Live Shortcut also leads on review sentiment (70% vs 50%) and ratings volume (9 vs 2). c.Notes's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On 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
Live Shortcut is free to download; c.Notes costs $4.99 up front. Live Shortcut sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. c.Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.
c.Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 70% of Live Shortcut's written reviews are positive against 50% of c.Notes's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Live Shortcut ships an update every 5 months, c.Notes monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Live Shortcut | c.Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 3.8 (9 ratings) | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andrew Fang | subnetz.computing |
Customer experience
Live Shortcut
c.Notes
In-app purchases
Live Shortcut
- Premium$0.99
c.Notes
No in-app purchases
