Comparison

LLM API Request vs LifeShelf

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

Head to head
About

LLM API Request

Send requests to various AI models directly from Apple Shortcuts using your own API keys. Supports local models, file attachments, and conversation history. Export conversations and track token usage.

Highlights
  • Use own API keys
  • Supports OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Grok, Perplexity
  • Local model support
  • Attach files to requests
  • Conversation history
  • Export conversations as Markdown
  • Token usage tracking
Features
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LLM API Request lets you send requests to leading AI models straight from Apple Shortcuts, using your own API keys. No subscriptions. No accounts. SUPPORTED PROVIDERS • OpenAI • Anthropic • Google Gemini • xAI Grok • Perplexity KEY FEATURES • Bring your own API key — pay only for what you use (including generating images), at provider rates • Use local models like Gemma 4, and the Apple Intelligence model; Local models can even use web search! • Attach images, PDFs, and text files to your requests • Continue conversations across Shortcut runs with conversation history • Export any conversation as Markdown — great for apps like Obsidian • Track token usage across all models with a built-in dashboard • Export your token usage history • Use Projects to summarize documents and include them in the model's context. Donate the project info to Siri so that it can use that to answer your questions! • Test connections to ensure your key is working and browse available models per provider • Request structured JSON output for automation pipelines SECURITY FIRST Your API keys are stored exclusively in Apple Keychain, protected by Face ID or Touch ID. We run no servers and collect no data — everything stays on your device.

About

LifeShelf

This app consolidates all your saved content, from links and photos to notes and files, into a single, searchable timeline. It intelligently finds items by meaning, even text within images, and offers features like checklists and reminders. Designed for privacy, your data stays on your device unless you opt for iCloud sync.

Highlights
  • Unified timeline for all saved content
  • Intelligent search by meaning and keywords
  • Extracts text from photos and screenshots
  • Checklists with section titles
  • Reminders for tasks
  • Private by design, no account needed
  • Optional iCloud sync
Features
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Everything you save ends up somewhere different. A link in Safari, a screenshot buried in Photos, an address in a text message, a voice memo you never played again. LifeShelf gives all of it one place. Notes, checklists, links, photos, files, voice notes and saved places land on a single timeline, newest first and grouped by day. There are no folders and no tags — nothing to file when you save, and nothing to remember about where you put it. FINDS IT BY MEANING Search reaches into your notes, file names, your own descriptions, and text read out of your photos. It matches by meaning as well as by keyword, using a model that runs on your device — so you can still find something when the words you remember are not the words you saved. BUILT FOR APPLE INTELLIGENCE On supported devices, Apple's on-device models write the short description that makes a note findable later. As they get better, so does your shelf. SAVE FROM ANYWHERE Share into LifeShelf from any app that can share — a link, a photo, a PDF, an address from Maps, a line of text someone sent you. It lands on the shelf without LifeShelf ever coming to the foreground. ALSO IN IT • Checklists with section titles, so a long list can be grouped • Do This Later — one reminder, on a day and time you choose • Last Time — know when you last did something, with its full history • Recent, what is coming up, and what you saved on this day in past years • Text in photos and screenshots read on device and made searchable • PDFs open inline; calendar invites can be added to your calendar • Light and dark, on iPhone, iPad and Mac PRIVATE BY DESIGN There is no account. No sign-up, no email, no password — download it and start saving. Your shelf is a database and files on your own device, not a copy of something on a server, and it works with no connection at all. Nothing is tracked and nothing is profiled. iCloud sync is optional and off until you switch it on. When you do, it syncs through your own iCloud account, not ours. You can export the whole shelf as a single file whenever you like. PRICING Your first 50 items are free, with every feature included — no trial period, no card required. After that a single one-time purchase removes the limit for good. It is not a subscription, it covers your iPhone, iPad and Mac together, and it works with Family Sharing.

Screenshots

LLM API Request4 screens
LifeShelf4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LLM API Request at none against LifeShelf's 1. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. LifeShelf sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. LLM API Request asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for LLM API Request against 5.0 for LifeShelf. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
LLM API Request versus LifeShelf: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLLM API RequestLifeShelf
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB227 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperMarc-Henri Bleu-LaineFnu Shabana Sulthana Begum

Customer experience

LLM API Request

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

LifeShelf

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

LLM API Request

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

LifeShelf

One-time1
  • Unlimited LifeShelf$9.99

Questions

Is LLM API Request free?
LLM API Request is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LifeShelf free?
LifeShelf is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, LLM API Request or LifeShelf?
LLM API Request and LifeShelf are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do LLM API Request or LifeShelf have ads?
Neither LLM API Request nor LifeShelf shows ads.

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