Comparison

Airclone 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

Airclone

Features
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Airclone is a modern, easy-to-use file manager for the clouds you already use. It is built on rclone, the open-source engine that can move and sync files across 70+ storage services — Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, Amazon S3, Backblaze B2, SFTP, WebDAV and many more. Airclone gives it a clean, fast interface on your iPhone and iPad, so you can manage all of your storage from one app without ever touching a command line. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Browse every cloud like a folder. All of your remotes sit side by side, with familiar rows, previews and long-press actions. • Move and copy between clouds directly. Send a file from one cloud to another — the transfer runs as a background job you can watch or cancel, and you can pause the queue so nothing new starts. • Sync and back up folders. Mirror, copy, move or two-way sync, with a dry-run preview that shows exactly what will change before anything happens. • See your photos and videos. Image and video thumbnails load right in the app for any remote. • Stay in control. Nothing is overwritten silently — every collision asks first: skip, replace, or keep both. YOUR FILES STAY YOURS Airclone runs entirely on your device. There are no accounts to create, no tracking and no telemetry. Your files and your cloud credentials never pass through our servers, because we do not have any. BUILT ON RCLONE The rclone engine is built into the app, so there is nothing else to install and no command line to learn. Airclone is an independent companion to rclone and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by the rclone project. ABOUT FILES ON THIS DEVICE iOS does not let an app browse your whole device, so Airclone's local side is its own folder — the one the Files app shows under "On My iPhone" as Airclone. Anything you copy down from a cloud lands there, and anything you put there from Files is ready to upload. Mounting a cloud as a drive, and creating or extracting archives, are not available on iOS.

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

Airclone4 screens
Shortcut Launcher Widget3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Shortcut Launcher Widget at Free against Airclone's $1.49. Airclone's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks) and device support (4 vs 2). On ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Shortcut Launcher Widget is free to download; Airclone costs $1.49 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Airclone ships an update every 4 days, Shortcut Launcher Widget every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences Ā· 2 level
Airclone versus Shortcut Launcher Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAircloneShortcut Launcher Widget
Price$1.49Free — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better27.0
Further details — not scored
Size125 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGigaion, LLCMatthew Hornung

In-app purchases

None

Airclone

No in-app purchases

None

Shortcut Launcher Widget

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Airclone free?
Airclone costs $1.49, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shortcut Launcher Widget free?
Shortcut Launcher Widget is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Airclone or Shortcut Launcher Widget have ads?
Neither Airclone nor Shortcut Launcher Widget shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Airclone or Shortcut Launcher Widget?
Airclone ships an update every 4 days, and Shortcut Launcher Widget every 2 weeks. Most recently, Airclone was updated on October 21, 2026 and Shortcut Launcher Widget on October 13, 2026.

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