Shuffly vs LinkPal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shuffly
This app offers ten different modes for picking, pairing, and assigning roles within groups. It helps manage teams, seating arrangements, and game turns, with features like weighted random selection and saved group histories. Designed for offline use with no account required.
- Finger Pick for random selection
- Lucky Pick with weighted winners
- Team Builder for balanced groups
- Shuffle Line for ordered lists
- Role Dealer for secret assignments
- Dice, Darts, Minigolf, Chess Clock modes
- Group history and stats
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Shuffly settles it. Who goes first, who's on whose team, who got the secret role, and who's winning once the game starts. Ten modes in one app. Works offline, no account. PICK SOMEONE • Finger Pick. Everyone holds a finger on the screen and the countdown picks one. No group, no names, nothing to set up, so it works with people you just met. • Lucky Pick. Pull one winner from your group, or several. Recent winners get weighted down so it stops landing on the same person. SPLIT THE ROOM • Pair Up. Random partners, without the same two ending up together every week. Odd number? Make a trio or let someone sit out. • Team Builder. Split a crowd into balanced teams in one tap, each team in its own colour. Drag a name to swap it onto another team. • Shuffle Line. Batting orders, presentation slots, turn rotations, shown as a list or a stadium seating chart. If one spot looks wrong, drag that name where it belongs. • Role Dealer. Deal secret roles from one phone passed around. Presets for Werewolf, Mafia and others scale to your group size, and you can save your own sets. PLAY AND SCORE • Dice. d4 through d20, plus a d% percentile die. Roll several at once, mixed sizes in the same tray. • Darts. X01, Cricket, No-score Cricket and Around the Clock, with checkout suggestions and bust rules handled for you. • Minigolf. One shared scorecard, a live leader crown, an optional stroke cap. • Chess Clock. Two to eight players, each with their own clock, tap zones big enough for a phone lying flat on the table. GROUPS THAT REMEMBER Save the class, the football gang and the board game crew as separate groups and switch in a tap. Toggle someone off and they sit out every mode until you switch them back on. Nobody gets deleted. Each group keeps its own history and stats. THE FAIRNESS ENGINE True randomness has no memory. That's why the same kid ends up first three weeks running. Shuffly remembers past results for each group and weights the next one, so picks, pairs and teams spread out over time. Want a hard rule rather than a nudge? Lucky Pick has a No-repeat toggle that rules the last winner out entirely. BUILT FOR THE ROOM One phone, passed around. No sign-in, no Wi-Fi, nobody installing anything before you can start. Light and dark themes, Dynamic Type and VoiceOver throughout. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Groups, names, results and scores stay on your device. Anonymous usage analytics are opt-in. The app asks once, and Settings lets you turn it off or delete what's been collected. Names, groups and results are never sent anywhere. PRICING Free to download, with 20 sessions you can spend on any mode. No timer, no expiry date. Dice and Finger Pick don't use one up. If the app earns its place, Shuffly Pro removes the session limit for a one-time purchase. No subscription, no ads, Family Sharing included, and modes we add later come with it. Made by a small independent studio in Norway. Questions or ideas: hello@shufflyapp.com
LinkPal
This utility tool extracts and organizes ed2k/magnet links from webpages via a Safari extension. It offers offline storage, automatic deduplication, and privacy features. Users can upgrade for unlimited storage and an ad-free experience.
- Extract ed2k/magnet links
- Safari extension integration
- Bulk link import
- Automatic deduplication
- Offline data storage
- Privacy protection
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LinkPal is a link extraction and management tool designed for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. With the built-in Safari extension, simply tap while browsing any webpage to automatically identify and extract ed2k and magnet links, then stash them all in the app's data center for centralized management. All data is stored locally on your device, requiring no internet connection, ensuring your privacy and security. One-Tap Extraction, Auto Recognition: The Safari extension automatically scans the current webpage (including dynamically loaded content), intelligently identifies ed2k and magnet links, performs automatic deduplication and format validation, filters out invalid links, and keeps only truly usable resources. The button provides instant feedback after copying, making the operation clear and intuitive. Centralized Management, Neat and Organized: The data center stashes all your links in one place with clear statistics at a glance. Grouping features allow you to freely create, rename, and delete groups to organize your links, and with one tap, automatically archive ungrouped links by type. Search and sorting let you quickly find target links by time, name, or size. Single select, multi-select, select all, and invert selection are supported, along with batch copy, delete, move to group, and favorite. AirDrop, Effortless Sharing: Select links and share them via AirDrop to nearby devices, or share an entire group directly. Recipients can open the file to preview and import, with duplicate and invalid links automatically skipped. Seamless Experience: Adaptive layout across iPhone, iPad, and Mac ensures a consistent experience on all three platforms. Privacy Protection: All data is stored offline and never uploaded to any server. Device Lock requires Face ID / Touch ID authentication to enter the app (iOS). Privacy Mask automatically hides content when switching to the background, preventing others from peeking at your screen. Clipboard Import: Links copied from any source can be imported directly from the clipboard, with extraction, validation, and deduplication logic consistent with the extension. Multi-Language Support: Simplified Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, Russian, and Thai. Smart Link Extractor offers free basic features, with optional membership to unlock advanced capabilities such as privacy lock and group limits. Enjoy a 7-day free trial, with monthly or yearly subscription options, or a one-time purchase for permanent unlock. Cancel anytime. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LinkPal at none against Shuffly's 2. LinkPal also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Shuffly sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. LinkPal asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Shuffly against 5.0 for LinkPal. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shuffly | LinkPal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bjørn Quentin Kvamme | 容 杨 |
Customer experience
Shuffly
LinkPal
In-app purchases
Shuffly
- 50 Sessions$2.99
- Shuffly Pro$6.99
LinkPal
No in-app purchases









