Comparison

FavPicks vs Shortboard

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

Head to head
About

FavPicks

This app consolidates links and images from various social media and content platforms into a single, organized timeline. It helps you curate your digital discoveries, track your tastes over time, and export your saved content.

Highlights
  • Save links and images from multiple platforms
  • Organize content into a personal timeline
  • Track your taste over time
  • Sync saves to system Calendar (Pro)
  • Export saves to Word documents
  • Daily and archive reminders
Features
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We all scroll too much. We can't stop. Once I realized that, I made FavPick. --- It solves a very specific problem: You find something good while scrolling — but where do you save it? Favorites folder full? Notes app too messy? FavPick brings links from many platforms — Rednote, Bilibili, Weibo, Zhihu, Douyin, YouTube, Instagram, Twitter/X, Reddit, LinkedIn, TikTok, and Threads .etc — into a single timeline. You can save images, too. --- But collecting too much is the same as collecting nothing. So there's a limit: up to 5 saves per day (adjustable from 1 to 5 in Settings). 5 is enough to make you think — out of the hundred things you scrolled past today, which ones do you actually like? Which ones deserve a second look tomorrow? --- After you archive, your timeline fills up with your own picks. Three months, six months, a year from now — scroll back, and that's your taste charted over time. Not a tool. A catalog of everything you liked this year. --- After archiving, you can choose to sync your saves to the system Calendar. Each save becomes a calendar event — 15 minutes, visible but never in the way. (Pro feature) --- Export to Word documents. Archived saves — images and text together — packed into a single .doc file that opens directly in Word. You can also import from an exported file to move your records to a new device. --- Daily reminder: set a time, and the App will nudge you to save. Archive reminder: if you haven't archived by evening, it will remind you again. --- — About Premium — Core capture, parsing, organizing, and browsing are free. iCloud sync and other advanced features require a subscription, with monthly and one-time purchase options available. Price and billing cycle are clearly shown before purchase, and you can cancel anytime in system Settings. Subscription details: - Plans: monthly / yearly / lifetime - Pricing: see in-app for details Privacy Policy: https://peaceful-volleyball-4b4.notion.site/FavorPick-Privacy-Policy-3d9717ecb4ce802a8c9cc377b736fbd6 Terms of Use: https://peaceful-volleyball-4b4.notion.site/FavorPick-Terms-of-Use-3d9717ecb4ce80a8988af4aeb6f549c6

About

Shortboard

Create custom shortcut buttons on your Home and Lock Screens. Launch apps, shortcuts, or App Shortcuts directly from a widget with a single tap. Personalize the look with various styles, icons, and colors.

Highlights
  • Customizable shortcut widgets
  • Home and Lock Screen support
  • App and Shortcut launching
  • Icon and color customization
  • Multiple widget sizes
  • Transparent widget option
  • Shortcuts app integration
Features
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Tap a tile, and it just runs. Shortboard turns your Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets into boards of shortcut buttons. Every tile runs a shortcut, an app or an App Shortcut right in place, and the Shortcuts app never comes forward. Pick a style, choose your shortcuts in Edit Widget, and give each one an icon that makes sense. The things you do every day, one tap each. BOARDS FOR EVERY SIZE • Each board is made for one widget size: Small (up to 20 slots), Medium (40), Large (50) or Extra Large (64). • Add slots and the tiles get smaller. The rows arrange themselves. • Shortcuts, apps and App Shortcuts sit side by side on the same board. • Touch and hold the widget, tap Edit Widget, pick a board and choose your shortcuts. They fill the slots in order. MAKE IT YOURS • Six styles: Cloud, Pastel, Neon, Mono, Candy and Ink. Start from a look in Discover, or from a blank board. • Light, dark, or matching your system. • Go transparent and your wallpaper shows through, or pick a colored background. • Shortboard · Liquid Glass puts any board on a frosted glass widget. • Give any slot its own icon, glyph color and tile color. Fine-tune the font, tile shape, icon size and spacing. • Preview transparent boards on your own wallpaper before they go on your Home Screen. ICONS THAT MAKE SENSE • Shortcuts reach a widget without icons. Give each one a symbol, an emoji, a photo or an app's icon, matched by its name. • Name a shortcut after an app in your library, and it wears that app's icon automatically. • Keep a library of your apps with their real icons, plus dark icons for dark boards. • Bring your apps in fast: import the apps on your iPhone from iOS's app usage log, share an app's App Store page to Shortboard, search the App Store, pick from popular apps, or bring over your apps from WidgetLoft. LOCK SCREEN • A wide board fits up to eight shortcuts, in one or two rows. • A round button holds one shortcut or four. • Lock Screen boards are free and unlimited. SHORTCUTS AUTOMATION • Shortboard adds its own actions to the Shortcuts app: Create Board, Update Board, Find Boards, Delete Board, Set Shortcut Icon and Remove Shortcut Icon. • Run them from an automation, and your boards and widgets update on their own. EASY FROM THE FIRST TAP • An animated welcome and short tours on the real screens show you around. • Step-by-step guides for everything Shortboard can do, in Settings → How it works. • Available in nearly 40 languages. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no tracking, no ads. • Your boards, icons and settings stay on your device. • Only app names and App Store IDs go to Apple, to fetch icons. • Purchases and Pro screen visits go to our purchase service under a random ID. • The app usage log is read on your iPhone and never uploaded. FREE AND PRO • Free: 2 Home Screen boards with up to 8 slots each. Lock Screen boards and the app library are free and unlimited. • Shortboard Pro unlocks unlimited Home Screen boards and every slot each size allows, up to 64 shortcuts on one board. • Pro is a one-time purchase, not a subscription. Pay once, keep it forever. Questions or ideas? Write to infokoksoft@gmail.com Website: https://mucahitk.com/shortboard Terms of Use: https://mucahitk.com/shortboard/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://mucahitk.com/shortboard/privacy-policy

Screenshots

FavPicks4 screens
Shortboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Shortboard at 5.0 against FavPicks's 3.9. Shortboard also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 days). FavPicks's advantage is iOS requirement (18.6 vs 27.0). On price, ratings volume, 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. FavPicks sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Shortboard sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Shortboard holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 7 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FavPicks ships an update every 2 days, Shortboard daily. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
FavPicks versus Shortboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFavPicksShortboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (7 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings77
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.6 — better27.0
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer陆 星宇Mucahit KOKDEMIR

In-app purchases

2 purchases

FavPicks

Subscriptions1
  • monthly subscription$2.991 Month
One-time1
  • lifetime$39.99
2 purchases

Shortboard

One-time2
  • Shortboard Pro (Lifetime)$4.99
  • Shortboard Pro (Lifetime)$9.99

Questions

Is FavPicks free?
FavPicks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shortboard free?
Shortboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, FavPicks or Shortboard?
Shortboard is rated higher. FavPicks averages 3.9 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Shortboard averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do FavPicks or Shortboard have ads?
Neither FavPicks nor Shortboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FavPicks or Shortboard?
FavPicks ships an update every 2 days, and Shortboard daily. Most recently, FavPicks was updated on October 29, 2026 and Shortboard on October 31, 2026.

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