Comparison

Ango Tasks vs ShortcutStudio

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

Head to head
About

Ango Tasks

This app uses AI to instantly convert notes, emails, photos, and voice into organized tasks. It offers natural language input for due dates, calendar syncing, and real-time list sharing for efficient personal and collaborative task management.

Highlights
  • AI task extraction from notes, emails, photos, and voice
  • Natural language input for due dates and recurring tasks
  • Two-way Google Calendar and Apple Reminders sync
  • Real-time list sharing and collaboration
  • Organize tasks with lists, folders, and tags
  • Focus Mode for deep work
Features
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Your day, organized. Tasks arrive everywhere: in a meeting note, a photo of a whiteboard, a voice memo, or a message you meant to come back to. Ango Tasks turns them into a list you can actually work through. CAPTURE ANYTHING Paste text, snap a photo, or record your voice. Smart Extract finds the tasks and helps turn them into a clean checklist. Review what it found before adding anything. JUST ASK Chat with Ask AI to add, find, or reschedule tasks. Ask it to help plan your day around the work already on your calendar. Prefer to type? Use natural language for dates and repeating tasks. MADE FOR IPHONE DUO Open your phone for a workspace with room for your lists and tasks together. Tap a task to see its details beside the list. Fold it for a focused view you can carry with you. The layout adapts as you rotate or partly open the display. KEEP EVERYTHING IN ITS PLACE • Organize lists into folders • See what's due in Today, Overdue, and Priority • Switch between day, week, and month calendar views • Add subtasks, notes, attachments, voice notes, and reminders • Find tasks quickly with search and tags • Use Focus mode when it's time to get started THE RIGHT REMINDER, IN THE RIGHT PLACE Attach a saved place to a list and get a nudge when you arrive, with what's still left to do. Location reminders require location permission. WORKS WITH YOUR ROUTINE Sync with Google Calendar, import from Apple Reminders, share lists with family or your team, and keep tasks close with home screen widgets, Siri, and Shortcuts. Your tasks also sync with Ango Tasks on the web and your other signed-in devices. CONNECT YOUR AI ASSISTANT Ango Premium lets you connect supported assistants, including Claude and ChatGPT, to work with your tasks. Review and disconnect your connections in Settings. START FREE Use up to six lists and 20 AI requests per day. Ango Premium increases this to 500 lists and 200 AI requests per day, with monthly and yearly subscription options. Subscriptions are charged to your Apple Account and renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel your subscription in Account Settings. Terms of Use: https://www.angotasks.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.angotasks.com/privacy Questions or ideas? admin@angomedia.com reaches the person who built the app.

About

ShortcutStudio

Easily build and refine Apple Shortcuts using AI. Describe your automation needs in plain English, and the app generates working shortcuts. Explore community creations and export directly to your device.

Highlights
  • Create shortcuts from AI prompts
  • Refine shortcut logic with AI
  • Browse community shortcuts
  • Export to Apple Shortcuts app
  • Manage shortcut drafts
  • Discover new automations
Features
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ShortcutStudio is the fastest way to create, refine, and install Apple Shortcuts and Automations on iPhone, iPad, and macOS. Describe what you want to automate in plain English, and ShortcutStudio helps turn your idea into a working shortcut. You can keep refining the result with AI, or explore community-made shortcuts in the marketplace, and export directly into the Apple Shortcuts app when you're ready to run it. Features: • Create shortcuts from a simple prompt • Refine shortcut logic with AI • Browse featured and community shortcuts • Search, sort, and discover new automations • Export and open shortcuts in the Apple Shortcuts app • Save, duplicate, reorder, and manage drafts Whether you are building personal automations, productivity tools, or reusable workflows, ShortcutStudio makes shortcut creation more approachable and much faster. Some features may require an internet connection. Optional paid subscriptions may be offered for expanded usage and premium capabilities: Free: • 15 messages/day • 10 downloads/day • 5 marketplace downloads/day • 350 character input limit • Auto thinking mode Plus ($4.99/mo, $49.99/year, or $99.99 lifetime) • Force Actions • Private downloads • 50 messages/day • 50 downloads/day • 5 web searches/day • Unlimited marketplace downloads • Choose thinking mode • 1,000 character input Pro ($9.99/mo, $99.99/year, or $199.99 lifetime) • Force Actions • Private downloads • 200 messages/day • 150 downloads/day • 15 web searches/day • Unlimited marketplace downloads • Import shortcuts • Choose thinking mode • 2,500 character input Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ ShortcutStudio is independent and not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Apple Inc.

Screenshots

Ango Tasks4 screens
ShortcutStudio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ShortcutStudio at every 4 days against Ango Tasks's every 5 weeks. Ango Tasks's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 4.1) and review sentiment (83% vs 71%). On price, ratings volume, 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. Ango Tasks sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and ShortcutStudio sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ango Tasks holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 23 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Ango Tasks's written reviews are positive against 71% of ShortcutStudio's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ango Tasks ships an update every 5 weeks, ShortcutStudio every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Ango Tasks versus ShortcutStudio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAngo TasksShortcutStudio
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (9 ratings) — better4.1 (23 ratings)
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews — better71.4% of reviews
Number of ratings923 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnjana Narayana RaoSEAN JASON SAULSBURY

Customer experience

Ango Tasks

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

ShortcutStudio

All ratings17 ratings
Positive76.5%
Neutral11.8%
Negative11.8%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral14.3%
Negative14.3%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Ango Tasks

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$29.991 Year
10 purchases

ShortcutStudio

Subscriptions4
  • ShortcutStudio Plus (Monthly)$4.991 Month
  • ShortcutStudio Pro (monthly)$9.991 Month
  • ShortcutStudio Plus (yearly)$49.991 Year
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  • ShortcutStudio Pro (yearly)$99.991 Year
One-time6
  • ShortcutStudio BYOK Free$4.99
  • ShortcutStudio BYOK (Plus)$9.99
  • ShortcutStudio BYOK (Pro)$19.99
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  • ShortcutStudio Plus (Lifetime)$99.99
  • ShortcutStudio Plus -> Pro Upgrade$99.99
  • ShortcutStudio Pro (Lifetime)$199.99

Questions

Is Ango Tasks free?
Ango Tasks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ShortcutStudio free?
ShortcutStudio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Ango Tasks or ShortcutStudio?
Ango Tasks is rated higher. Ango Tasks averages 4.3 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while ShortcutStudio averages 4.1 from 23 ratings.
Do Ango Tasks or ShortcutStudio have ads?
Neither Ango Tasks nor ShortcutStudio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ango Tasks or ShortcutStudio?
Ango Tasks ships an update every 5 weeks, and ShortcutStudio every 4 days. Most recently, Ango Tasks was updated on October 25, 2026 and ShortcutStudio on October 24, 2026.

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