Comparison

Live Shortcut vs Quick Snip

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Integrate automations with Live Activities
  • Display reminders on Lock Screen
  • Utilize Dynamic Island for notifications
  • Easy setup for existing shortcuts
  • Customizable display options
Features
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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/

About

Quick Snip

Effortlessly capture, edit, and share custom screenshots. Quickly snip specific areas, add stickers, hide sensitive information, and apply stylish backgrounds. Integrates with iOS action buttons and Apple Pencil for seamless workflow.

Highlights
  • Fast freeform snipping
  • Create and use custom presets
  • Cut out transparent stickers
  • Hide sensitive information
  • Action button and Apple Pencil integration
  • Edit existing photos and screenshots
Features
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Take control of how you take screenshots on iOS. Fastest snipping (draw freely to snap crop), finer control over its size and style, swiftly cut out stickers to paste, hide parts of screenshot. Snip what's on your screen, mark it up and share it in seconds. Press the Action button or squeeze Apple Pencil Pro, and your screenshot opens straight in the Screenshot+ editor. Screenshot+ doesn't replace the screenshot built into iOS. Each has its own trigger, so you can use both: the iOS screenshot saves the whole screen to Photos as it is, while Screenshot+ opens straight into the editor to crop, cut out, style and share. SNIP FROM ANYWHERE Set up as many triggers as you like: โ€ข Action button (iPhone): one press snips whatever's on screen. โ€ข Apple Pencil Pro (iPad): squeeze the barrel to snip without putting the Pencil down. โ€ข Back Tap (iPhone): double or triple tap the back of your iPhone. โ€ข Keyboard and mouse (iPad): snip with a key combination or a spare mouse button. โ€ข AssistiveTouch: add a snip button to the floating menu. โ€ข Siri, or a voice command of your own, hands-free. Close the editor and you're back in the app you were using. FAST SNIPPING CUTOUTS Snip the screen, draw around what you want with Free Form, then touch and hold the selection and drag it into apps like Freeform. It has a transparent background, just like a sticker. SHARE STYLISED SCREENSHOTS Make your own presets to share elegant-looking screenshots every time. A preset can crop out the status bar automatically and put a gradient, color or blur background around your selection, with an optional border, so every screenshot you share has a distinct look. โ€ข Choose from six gradients or mix your own. โ€ข Set the screenshot size each preset shares by default. โ€ข See every change in a live preview. Each preset becomes a tab in the editor. Put your favourite first and the editor opens on it. SHARE, COPY, SAVE OR DRAG Share is one tap away in the editor. You can also copy your snip, save it to Photos or drag it into another app. Cutouts keep their transparent background. USE THE EDITOR ON ANY PHOTO Tap Share on a system screenshot or any other photo, in Photos, Files or Safari, and choose Screenshot+ to use the same selection tools. The editor opens right on top of the app you're in. RECENTS Your latest snips appear on the Home tab. Reopen one to carry on editing, with undo history intact. QUICK, GUIDED SETUP Setup takes a few minutes, once: allow notifications, add two free shortcuts and set your trigger. The Home tab walks you through each step, and the Guide tab has setup videos for the triggers. Screenshot+ relies on notifications to work, but it won't send you notifications. SCREENSHOT+ PRO Every tool is free to use. Free exports carry a small "Powered by Screenshot+" watermark. Screenshot+ Pro removes it from everything you copy, save, share or drag out. Screenshot+ Pro is a monthly auto-renewing subscription with a 3-day free trial for new subscribers. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.neuralquark.com/screenshot-snipper-privacy-policy/ Pencil squeeze requires Apple Pencil Pro. The Action button is on iPhone 15 Pro and later.

Screenshots

Live Shortcut4 screens
Quick Snip4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Quick Snip at none against Live Shortcut's shown. Quick Snip also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 70%) and update cadence (daily vs every 2 months). Live Shortcut's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 27.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Live Shortcut sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per year and Quick Snip sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Live Shortcut ships an update every 2 months, Quick Snip daily. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences ยท 4 level
Live Shortcut versus Quick Snip: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLive ShortcutQuick Snip
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews70.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews โ€” better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsDaily โ€” better
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad โ€” better
Requires iOS16.4 โ€” better27.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size7 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndrew FangNeuralQuark

Customer experience

Live Shortcut

Written reviews10 reviews
Positive70.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative20.0%

Quick Snip

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Live Shortcut

Subscriptions1
  • Premium (Yearly)$0.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$6.99
1 purchases

Quick Snip

Subscriptions1
  • Pro Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month

Questions

Is Live Shortcut free?
Live Shortcut is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Quick Snip free?
Quick Snip is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Live Shortcut or Quick Snip have ads?
Live Shortcut shows ads; Quick Snip does not.
Which is updated more often, Live Shortcut or Quick Snip?
Live Shortcut ships an update every 2 months, and Quick Snip daily. Most recently, Live Shortcut was updated on November 4, 2026 and Quick Snip on November 12, 2026.

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