Comparison

LudyActions vs TickrCast

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

Head to head
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

About

TickrCast

Features
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TickrCast turns a smart LED matrix into the one screen you actually keep looking at. Live sports scores, esports, weather, flights, and a growing marketplace of plugins — glanceable, always on, on your wall. Use the app to set up your display over Bluetooth or Wi-Fi, arrange what it shows, and preview it live before it hits the panel. Reorder plugins, tune brightness and scroll speed, flip cards on and off, and manage every device from one place. • Fast Bluetooth/Wi-Fi setup and account claim • Live on-device preview of exactly what your panel will show • Plugin marketplace: sports, esports, weather, and more • Per-device control: brightness, scroll speed, timezone, plugin order • Sign in with Apple & Google For the obsessed.

Screenshots

LudyActions4 screens
TickrCast4 screens

Verdict

The call

LudyActions and TickrCast are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
LudyActions versus TickrCast: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLudyActionsTickrCast
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB59 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLudy Ankas, LLCLayered Ventures LLC

In-app purchases

None

LudyActions

No in-app purchases

None

TickrCast

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LudyActions free?
LudyActions is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TickrCast free?
TickrCast is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do LudyActions or TickrCast have ads?
Neither LudyActions nor TickrCast shows ads.

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