Comparison

LudyActions vs Shortcut Launcher Widget

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

Shortcut Launcher Widget

Features
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Shortcut Launcher Widget turns your Home Screen into a highly customizable launchpad for the Shortcuts you already have. There are no other apps on the App Store that offer this kind of layout precision and customization. Powered by the new iOS 27 APIs, tapping a tile runs your shortcut completely in place without any screen flicker or app bouncing. Because you have total control over the layout, you can break past the usual limits. Want to easily fit 3, 4, or even 5 shortcuts on a small widget? You can dial in the perfect grid. Pick up to 64 shortcuts and they become a beautiful grid of named tiles. This app is all about letting you build the exact widget you want. • Four widget sizes, including the new Extra Large full-page widget • 10 built-in color themes, or build your own custom look • Five density presets from edge-to-edge to roomy, or dial in exact margins, spacing, and corner radius yourself • Explicit column control: auto-fit, or pin 1, 2, 3, or more • Three backgrounds: a solid theme color, the system's own material, or your own wallpaper blended in behind the widget • Save multiple board presets and switch between them instantly No accounts. No network access. No analytics. No ads. Nothing to buy. It's a Home Screen tool, not a service.

Screenshots

LudyActions4 screens
Shortcut Launcher Widget3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: LudyActions at 17.0 against Shortcut Launcher Widget's 27.0. 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

LudyActions ships an update every 9 days, Shortcut Launcher Widget every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
LudyActions versus Shortcut Launcher Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLudyActionsShortcut Launcher Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better27.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLudy Ankas, LLCMatthew Hornung

In-app purchases

None

LudyActions

No in-app purchases

None

Shortcut Launcher Widget

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LudyActions free?
LudyActions is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shortcut Launcher Widget free?
Shortcut Launcher Widget is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do LudyActions or Shortcut Launcher Widget have ads?
Neither LudyActions nor Shortcut Launcher Widget shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LudyActions or Shortcut Launcher Widget?
LudyActions ships an update every 9 days, and Shortcut Launcher Widget every 2 weeks. Most recently, LudyActions was updated on November 5, 2026 and Shortcut Launcher Widget on November 10, 2026.

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