Comparison

Swoop Gallery vs LudyActions

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

Head to head
About

Swoop Gallery

Features
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Say goodbye to cluttered photo libraries and hello to Swoop, the ultimate tool designed to help you effortlessly manage your digital memories. With Swoop, you can quickly sort through your photos and screenshots, swiping away the ones you don't need and revisiting memories of the ones you keep. Its digital decluttering made simple, fast, and fun. Why Swoop? - Swipe to Organize: Easily decide which photos stay and which go by swiping. It's intuitive and satisfying! - Review with Ease: Made a mistake? No problem. Scroll through the bin to review before you say goodbye forever. - Bulk Delete: Once you're sure, clean your library in a tap. No more manual, time-consuming deletions.

About

LudyActions

Enhance your iPhone and iPad automation with over 200 powerful actions for Apple Shortcuts. This free app offers extensive tools for text, math, date, media, and more, all processed on-device for privacy.

Highlights
  • 226+ powerful actions for Apple Shortcuts
  • Text processing and manipulation
  • Math and number operations
  • Advanced date and time formatting
  • JSON parsing and manipulation
  • Extensive media tools (image, PDF, video)
  • Persistent storage and iCloud sync
Features
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LudyActions supercharges Apple Shortcuts with 226 powerful actions to automate anything on your iPhone and iPad. And it's completely FREE! ** NEW IN v1.3: Media Power Update - 25 new media actions! ** COMPLETELY FREE - All 226 actions included at no cost - No subscription required - ever - No in-app purchases needed - Privacy-first: all processing on-device BROWSE ALL ACTIONS - New Actions tab with complete catalog - Search and filter by category - Detailed descriptions and examples - Copy action names to find in Shortcuts TEXT PROCESSING (45 actions) - Case conversion: uppercase, lowercase, title case - Trim, split, join, replace text - Count words, characters, lines - Extract emails, URLs, numbers - Base64 and URL encoding/decoding - MD5, SHA256 hash generation MATH AND NUMBERS (33 actions) - Arithmetic and rounding - Min, max, average, sum - Random number generation - Trigonometry functions - Number formatting DATE AND TIME (31 actions) - Format dates with custom patterns - Add/subtract days, months, years - Calculate days between dates - Get date components - Relative time formatting JSON PROCESSING (14 actions) - Parse and validate JSON - Get values by key path - Create and modify structures LIST OPERATIONS (15 actions) - Sort, reverse, shuffle - Get first/last/random item - Filter and find items MEDIA TOOLS (54 actions) - Image resize, crop, rotate, flip, overlay - Image filters, watermark, format conversion - PDF text extraction, merge, split, page count - Video trimming, thumbnails, metadata - Audio metadata extraction - OCR text recognition PERSISTENT STORAGE (7 actions) - Store values across shortcut runs - iCloud sync across devices - Perfect for counters and preferences HTTP AND NETWORKING (6 actions) - GET, POST, PUT, DELETE requests - URL building and encoding CLOUDKIT SYNC (7 actions) - Save/fetch data to iCloud - Query cloud records NOTION INTEGRATION (5 actions) - Search and update pages - Add database rows Download LudyActions and unlock the full potential of Apple Shortcuts - completely FREE! Privacy Policy: https://ludy.app/privacy

Screenshots

Swoop Gallery4 screens
LudyActions4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Swoop Gallery at 13.4 against LudyActions's 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Swoop Gallery ships an update weekly, LudyActions every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Swoop Gallery versus LudyActions: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSwoop GalleryLudyActions
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.2 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMathieu PostLudy Ankas, LLC

In-app purchases

None

Swoop Gallery

No in-app purchases

None

LudyActions

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Swoop Gallery free?
Swoop Gallery is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LudyActions free?
LudyActions is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Swoop Gallery or LudyActions have ads?
Neither Swoop Gallery nor LudyActions shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Swoop Gallery or LudyActions?
Swoop Gallery ships an update weekly, and LudyActions every 9 days. Most recently, Swoop Gallery was updated on October 27, 2026 and LudyActions on October 31, 2026.

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