Live Shortcut vs Canary
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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Turn your shortcuts into Live Activities on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Live Shortcut puts the information from your automations where you can see it. Create a quick note in the app, or use Apple Shortcuts to display text from your own workflows. YOUR SHORTCUTS, AT A GLANCE Keep a reminder in sight, show a workflow result, or display a message when an automation runs. BUILT AROUND YOUR ROUTINE Choose what appears and when using your own Shortcuts automations. For example, display a garage-door reminder after your shortcut checks whether the door is open. MAKE IT YOURS Personalize your Live Activities with icons and color themes. Support for triggering another shortcut helps connect the next step in your workflow. MORE WITH PREMIUM Unlock additional customization, custom and built-in icons, multiple Live Activities, and control over which activities to end using identifiers. Create your first Live Activity and put your shortcuts in sight. Requires iOS 16.4 or later. Dynamic Island requires a compatible iPhone. Live Activity duration and visibility are managed by iOS. Some features require Premium. Privacy: https://andrewbfang.com/privacyPolicy.html Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Canary
This app listens to your meetings and provides a live, scrolling summary. It transcribes conversations in real-time, allowing you to catch up instantly without manual note-taking. Action items and decisions are automatically identified and compiled into a recap.
- Real-time transcription and summarization
- Live scrolling summary
- Automatic action item detection
- Multiple time windows (Now, 2 min, 5 min, Full)
- Adjustable detail levels
- Meeting history and search
- Privacy-focused audio handling
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Canary turns any meeting into a live, scrolling summary. No note-taking, no scrubbing a recording afterward. Put your phone on the table and Canary listens, transcribing and summarizing in real time. Glance down any moment to see what's being discussed right now, what happened in the last 2 or 5 minutes, or a running summary of the whole meeting, each at the level of detail you want. REAL-TIME, NOT AFTER-THE-FACT Most meeting tools hand you a transcript when it's over. Canary summarizes while you're still in the room, so you stay present instead of scribbling notes, and catch up instantly if your attention drifts. FOUR TIME WINDOWS, THREE DETAIL LEVELS Now - the last 30 seconds, for "wait, what did they just say?" 2 min / 5 min - recent context without the noise Full - the running summary of the entire meeting Toggle Short, Medium, or Detailed on any of them. ACTION ITEMS AND DECISIONS, AUTOMATICALLY Canary flags concrete action items and key decisions as they're made, then bundles them into a clean recap when the meeting ends. YOUR MEETINGS, REVISITED Every meeting is saved with its summary, action items, and full transcript so you can search back later. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Audio is streamed in short chunks for transcription and never written to disk. Once a chunk becomes text, the audio is gone. Canary Pro unlocks unlimited meetings and longer recordings. Free to try. Terms of Use (EULA): https://askcanary.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://askcanary.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Canary at none against Live Shortcut's shown. On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Live Shortcut sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per year and Canary sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Live Shortcut | Canary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andrew Fang | Marcus Graves |
Customer experience
Live Shortcut
Canary
In-app purchases
Live Shortcut
- Premium (Yearly)$0.991 Year
- Premium$0.99
- Premium Lifetime$6.99
Canary
- Canary Pro Monthly$14.991 Month
- Canary Pro Yearly$149.991 Year









