Favorites Widget Pro vs Shortcuts (Quick Open)
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Favorites Widget Pro
Instantly call or text your most important contacts directly from your lock and home screens. Organize contacts into groups for quick access and even send group messages. Integrates with popular messaging apps and ride-sharing services.
- Call & Text from Notification Center
- Contact Groups
- Unlimited Contacts & Groups
- Multiple Messaging App Support
- Ride-Sharing Integration
- Customizable Styles
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Call and text your favorite contacts directly from the Lock and Home Screens! Featured by Lifehacker! With Favorites Widget, it's one tap from the lock and home screen to call and text your favorite contacts. Support calling, message, WhatsApp, Slack, Telegram, Facebook Messenger, email, and FaceTime. You can also organize contacts in groups (e.g. Family, Friends, Work) and access them directly from the widget or send group messages. Quickly order Uber or Lyft to your favorite places from the widget. Slack support: Quickly open your channels and Slack contacts from the widget. Features: ● Call & Text from the Notification Center ● Groups ● Unlimited contacts and groups ● Endless styles ● Call & Message ● WhatsApp ● Telegram ● Slack ● Facebook Messenger ● Email ● FaceTime & FaceTime Audio ● Uber and Lyft integration ● Full support for iOS 16
Shortcuts (Quick Open)
Access your most used applications instantly from various convenient locations. Launch apps directly from your lock screen, a dedicated widget, or through a long-press on their icons. Supports a wide range of system and third-party applications for rapid access.
- Launch apps from lock screen
- Today View widget shortcuts
- Haptic touch app icon shortcuts
- System app shortcuts
- Third-party app shortcuts
- Quick call to contacts
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Quickly open your favorite apps using Shortcuts! Open apps directly from the lock screen, the Today View widget, or via Haptic touch on the app icon Currently featuring shortcuts to: (System) -App Store -Calendar -iBooks -Mail -Maps -Music -Notes -Phone (choose a contact to quick call) -Photos -Podcasts -Safari (3rd Party) -Amazon -Amazon Music -Audible -Box -Dropbox -Evernote -Facebook -Facebook Messenger -Fitbit -Google -Google Calendar -Google Chrome -Google Drive -Google Gmail -Google Hangouts -Google Maps -Google Photos -HBO GO -Instagram -KakaoTalk -Kindle -Line -LinkedIn -Lyft -Netflix -Outlook -Pinterest -Pokemon Go -Reddit -Skype -Slack -Snapchat -SoundCloud -Spotify -Square Cash -Telegram -TikTok -Tinder -Twitter -Uber -Venmo -Waze -WeChat -WhatsApp -Yahoo Finance -Yahoo Weather -Yelp -Youtube -YouTube Music -Zoom
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Favorites Widget Pro at 73% against Shortcuts (Quick Open)'s 16%. Favorites Widget Pro also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.9) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 4 months). Shortcuts (Quick Open)'s advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). 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
Both are free to download. Favorites Widget Pro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Shortcuts (Quick Open) sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Favorites Widget Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3.8K and 1.9K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Favorites Widget Pro's written reviews are positive against 16% of Shortcuts (Quick Open)'s.
Favorites Widget Pro ships an update every 4 days, Shortcuts (Quick Open) every 4 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Favorites Widget Pro | Shortcuts (Quick Open) |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (3.8K ratings) — better | 3.9 (1.9K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 73.0% of reviews — better | 15.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.8K — better | 1.9K |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Guy Gubi | Andrew Fang |
Customer experience
Favorites Widget Pro
Shortcuts (Quick Open)
User reviews
Favorites Widget Pro
From 3.8K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy access to contacts
- 👍 Convenient widget
- 🚀 Quick dialing
- 👍 Useful features
- 👍 Customizable
Room to improve
- 🐛 Compatibility issues with iOS 14/15
- 🐛 Unreliable functionality
- 💰 Paywall for full features
- 🔍 Limited customization options
- 🐛 Inconsistent behavior
Shortcuts (Quick Open)
From 1.9K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Works great
- 💡 Useful app
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes frequently
- 🔒 Requires payment for basic features
- 👎 Confusing and not intuitive
- 💸 Waste of money
- 🤔 Doesn't work as expected
Bugs and requests
Favorites Widget Pro
Reported bugs
4 issues- 3D Touch not working
- Widget not loading properly
- Inability to restore premium purchase
- Contacts not displaying correctly
Requested features
7 requests- Larger contact icons
- Multiple widgets/pages
- More communication options (e.g., Instagram)
- Ability to choose contact number
- Transparent widget background
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- Alphabetical contact order
- Larger text/icons for accessibility
Shortcuts (Quick Open)
Reported bugs
3 issues- Incompatible with latest iOS version
- Google Maps shortcut keeps crashing
- Can't add shortcuts to home screen
Requested features
4 requests- Add ability to create custom app shortcuts
- Improve instructions and tutorials
- Integrate with more third-party apps
- Allow adding widgets to home screen
In-app purchases
Favorites Widget Pro
- Premium Features$1.99
Shortcuts (Quick Open)
- Upgrade$0.99
Questions
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