Comparison

LudyActions vs Pearcrowd

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

Pearcrowd

Features
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POST WHAT HAPPENED Write a post about something at your location and it shows up for people nearby. Everyone nearby, or the alterego, gets one vote. Add updates to it later, or set how long it stays up. Alterego is available where Apple Intelligence is enabled. SHARE YOUR NOTES A note or a to-do list opens for anyone with the passcode, in a browser at braveyo.com/notepad.html. Alterego drafting is available where Apple Intelligence is enabled. REPUTATION Siding with the majority earns points. Points raise your voting weight and show as a badge on your posts.

Screenshots

LudyActions4 screens
Pearcrowd4 screens

Verdict

The call

LudyActions and Pearcrowd are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LudyActions ships an update every 9 days, Pearcrowd fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 4, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
LudyActions versus Pearcrowd: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLudyActionsPearcrowd
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLudy Ankas, LLCBraveyo LLC

In-app purchases

None

LudyActions

No in-app purchases

None

Pearcrowd

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LudyActions free?
LudyActions is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pearcrowd free?
Pearcrowd is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do LudyActions or Pearcrowd have ads?
Neither LudyActions nor Pearcrowd shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LudyActions or Pearcrowd?
LudyActions ships an update every 9 days, and Pearcrowd fortnightly. Most recently, LudyActions was updated on October 4, 2026 and Pearcrowd on October 4, 2026.

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