Akaion vs Relay Shortcut Trigger
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Akaion
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Akaion is an AI-native workspace designed to help individuals and teams organize knowledge, collaborate faster, and turn ideas into action. Create notes, organize their time from calendar to meeting and events, manage projects, build internal knowledge bases, and use AI-powered assistance to search, summarize, and structure information effortlessly. Whether you are building a startup, managing a team, or organizing your personal workflow, Akaion gives you a modern workspace focused on productivity, simplicity, and privacy. Inglese: Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://akaion.com/en/privacy
Relay Shortcut Trigger
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Relay turns a spare iPhone or iPad into a hands-free Shortcuts trigger. Run any Shortcut on a repeating interval or at specific times of day, or fire it from another device on your Wi-Fi with a simple, token-protected local web request. No subscription. No account. No cloud. Everything runs on your device and your local network. WHY RELAY Some automations only work when a device actively opens an app or runs a Shortcut ā showing a camera dashboard every few minutes, rotating a status display, kicking off a sync, opening a kiosk app on a timer. iOS only allows an app to launch Shortcuts while it is in the foreground, so Relay is built to be exactly that: a reliable foreground scheduler you leave running on a dedicated device. SCHEDULER ⢠Unlimited rules, each with its own Shortcut, interval (from 1 minute) or list of exact times ⢠Optional active window per rule (e.g. only 8:00ā17:00), overnight windows supported ⢠Wall-clock scheduling: if a fire time passes while the schedule was paused, Relay catches up the moment it becomes active again ⢠Live countdown to the next trigger, per rule and overall LOCAL NETWORK TRIGGER ⢠Built-in HTTP endpoint on your Wi-Fi: GET /run?shortcut=Name ā from a laptop, home server, Raspberry Pi, or any browser ⢠Token-protected (query token or Bearer header), with one-tap token generation ⢠Bonjour advertising (_relay._tcp) so other devices find the phone even when its IP changes ⢠/health and /next endpoints for monitoring and scripting, plus a built-in status web page ⢠Foreground-only and LAN-only by design ā nothing is ever exposed to the internet KIOSK ESSENTIALS ⢠Keep-awake (never lets the screen sleep) while active ⢠Stall detection: if another app kept focus and the loop stopped, Relay shows a one-tap resume banner and can notify you ⢠Battery level and charging state on screen, with Guided Access guidance for true kiosk setups ⢠Live event log of every trigger, request, and state change EXTRAS ⢠Home-screen widget with the next trigger and last run ⢠Live Activity countdown in the Dynamic Island while the schedule runs ⢠Diagnostics page: foreground state, listener state, address, recent triggers ⢠Step-by-step onboarding that builds your first automation loop with you Relay is 100% free ā every feature, forever. It runs the Shortcuts you created, and it never collects any data.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Relay Shortcut Trigger at none against Akaion's 2. Akaion's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Akaion sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Relay Shortcut Trigger asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Akaion | Relay Shortcut Trigger |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | ā | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No ā better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 ā better | 17.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matteo Ballabio | All Things AI, Inc |
In-app purchases
Akaion
- Akaion Pro Monthly$8.991 Month
- Akaion Pro Annual$89.991 Year
Relay Shortcut Trigger
No in-app purchases
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