Short URL Maker vs URL Shortener App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Short URL Maker
This tool converts long web addresses into shorter, more manageable links. It also offers a Safari extension for quick shortening directly within your browser. Supports multiple popular shortening services.
- Convert long URLs to short URLs
- Safari Shortener Extension
- Supports multiple shortening services
- Simple and powerful tool
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Short URL Maker is a simple yet powerful tool that used to convert the long URLs into a short URLs. Also,you can enable the Safari Shortener Extension. Supported Services: - bit.ly - v.gd - is.gd - goo.gl - own.li - sh.st - dwz.cn
URL Shortener App
This app offers a simple and fast way to shorten long web links into shorter, more manageable URLs. It allows for easy sharing of these shortened links across various social media and communication platforms without requiring an account.
- User-friendly URL shortening
- Lite and fast performance
- One-tap URL copy
- No account required
- Instant sharing to other apps
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URL Shortener App provides quick and easy link/URL shortening service in a clean and beautiful UI. Shortens your links and returns a URL which have been shortened by one of it supported services. URLs will also make the links look elegant and clean. Sometimes it's the shorter things that we prefer. With this app you can easily pass links/URL's from other apps into this app, shorten in, and quickly share them through other apps such as facebook, twitter, email etc. Features-- 1. Easy to use and user Friendly Url Shortener 2. Lite and Fastest App 3. URL Copy Feature, Completely free 4 Easily shorten URLs without any need of an account 5 Instantly share shortened URLs to your friends via your favorite apps from within this app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Short URL Maker at 50% against URL Shortener App's 0%. Short URL Maker also leads on rating (4.0 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (12 vs 1). URL Shortener App's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, ads, monetization model 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 URL Maker sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. URL Shortener App asks for nothing beyond the download.
Short URL Maker holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Short URL Maker has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Short URL Maker's written reviews are positive against 0% of URL Shortener App's.
Short URL Maker ships an update every 2 months, URL Shortener App every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Short URL Maker | URL Shortener App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (12 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 健生 任 | Yogesh Rathod |
Customer experience
Short URL Maker
URL Shortener App
In-app purchases
Short URL Maker
- A cup of coffee$1.99
- Remove Ads$2.99
URL Shortener App
No in-app purchases
