Short Menu vs WidgetLink
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Short Menu
Easily shorten URLs, generate branded links, and create QR codes on your iPhone or iPad. Track link performance with advanced analytics and integrate with existing URL shorteners. Customize your links with your own domain for a professional touch.
- Shorten URLs on the go
- Branded short links
- Generate QR codes
- Advanced link analytics
- Integrate with existing shorteners
- Custom domain support
- Home screen widgets
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Short Menu is the most simple and effective way to shorten links on your iPhone and iPad. Create short links on the go, track what matters with ease and use them across your devices. Optimized for iOS: Create short links with just a few taps in the Short Menu app or any other app using the Short Menu extension in your share sheet. Advanced Analytics: Monitor click counts over time, compare results across different periods with ease using intuitive charts, and dive deeper into audience background with advanced geo tracking, referrer data, and device detection (1). Stunning QR Codes: Generate QR codes with one tap for every short link you create with shrtm.nu or your custom domain. Seamless Integrations: Log into your current URL shortener such as bit.ly, tinycc.com, tiny.cc, Rebrandly, t.cn, tinurl.com, is.gd, and v.gd directly (1). Custom Domains: Connect your custom domain and brand every short link you create. Affiliate Links: Automatically append your affiliate tokens to links, with support for major platforms like eBay, Amazon, and Apple (1). Home Screen Widgets: Monitor key link statistics right from your Home screen for maximum efficiency. Short Menu simplifies your link management while keeping you connected and productive, no matter where you are. -- (1) In-App Purchase Required Terms and Conditions: https://shortmenu.com/terms
WidgetLink
Create custom home screen widgets to launch any URL or app URL scheme with a single tap. Personalize the appearance of your links with various customization options. Open links directly in your preferred third-party browser.
- Add any URL to home screen widgets
- Launch app URL schemes
- Open links in third-party browsers
- Customize link display (colors, shapes, icons)
- Quickly access and launch links
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WidgetLink lets you add any URL to your home screen widgets to be able to quickly access and launch them. - Supports any URL including apps' URL schemes. This enables you to launch any app using widgets or perform any action with them. - Supports opening links in third-party browsers. - Customization for how your links are displayed including colors, shapes, link icons and more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Short Menu at 4.6 against WidgetLink's 3.6. Short Menu also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 22 months) and review sentiment (69% vs 53%). WidgetLink's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 18) and ads (none vs shown). On price and device support 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. Short Menu sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. WidgetLink asks for nothing beyond the download.
Short Menu holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Short Menu has 284 ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Short Menu's written reviews are positive against 53% of WidgetLink's.
Short Menu ships an update every 5 days, WidgetLink every 22 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Short Menu | WidgetLink |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (284 ratings) — better | 3.6 (18 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 68.5% of reviews — better | 52.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 284 — better | 18 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 22 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Appiculous UG (haftungsbeschraenkt) | Vatthikorn Apiratitham |
Customer experience
Short Menu
WidgetLink
Bugs and requests
Short Menu
Reported bugs
11 issues- App no longer actively tracks link clicks/views
- Default shortening service not working
- App not working on iPad
- Quick short from share sheet stuck on 'shortening'
- Nothing works when tapping
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- Links don't permanently go offline after deletion
- Invalid response from server
- Shorten URL button grayed out and unresponsive
- Stopped working within 24 hours
- Special characters issue (fixed in older update)
- Google login issue (fixed in older update)
Requested features
9 requests- Update the app
- Implement new features
- Add dark mode
- Add translucent dark mode for widget
- Generate QR codes
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- Add stats
- Restore previous purchases
- Allow changing to a working shortening service
- Add Chrome shortcut
WidgetLink
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Short Menu
- Short Menu Lite (Monthly)$5.991 Month
- Short Menu Lite (Monthly)$6.991 Month
- Short Menu Pro (Monthly)2 variants$24.991 Month
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- Short Menu Lite (Annual)$39.991 Year
- Short Menu Growth (Monthly)2 variants$49.991 Month
- Short Menu Lite (Annual)$49.991 Year
- Short Menu Pro (Annual)2 variants$159.991 Year
- Short Menu Growth (Annual)2 variants$399.991 Year
- All URL Services$0.99
- Native URL Shorteners$0.99
- Account Login$1.99
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- Custom Services$1.99
- Affiliate Accounts$1.99
- Pro Features$4.99
WidgetLink
No in-app purchases
