Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts Reviews

I downloaded ToolboxPro so that I could disable my morning alarm in case I was already awake and listening to music. I set up this flow (literal text input shown between caret quotes) Get clipboard -> Set variable to Clipboard; Is audio playing?; Wait to return; Get clipboard -> Set variable to Clipboard -> Copy to clipboard -> If clipboard is <"true"> { Exit shortcut with Clipboard } otherwise { /* play my alarm */ }; I had to make sure to use the double quotes when testing the clipboard value, which was not clear from the instructions and nearly caused me to leave a one star review until I was able to guess the correct format. The "is audio playing?" action takes a very long time to return (nearly a minute!). It also wipes out whatever may have been on my clipboard previously, which forced me to jump through hoops to preserve the clipboard state as shown above. I suspect there is also a race condition in the event that I use the clipboard while the action is executing (which, again, is not a short amount of time). It would be much better to return a boolean or at least write to one of Toolbox Pros global variables. Three stars because it technically works and meets my needs, but very surprising and disappointing in the details. Finally, ZERO STARS to Apple for mangling the linefeeds and other whitespace in this review, making technical feedback extremely challenging.

I love how creative ToolboxPro is in providing useful functionality to the Shortcuts app. The actions it adds are really impressive and look like Apple implemented actions with how slick they are. I use Shortcuts on a daily basis and Toolbox Pro actions are in a lot of those actions.

I’m also really impressed with how transparent the developer is on Twitter. They’re open to input and share upcoming features with their community. I give ToolboxPro 5 stars because of how impressive it is plus how impressive the developer is. Looking forward to seeing where ToolboxPro goes especially as Shortcuts evolves over time and (hopefully) allows devs to access even more functionality in iOS and iPadOS!! Thank you!!

If you’re serious about shortcuts and you understand most of the logic within it ToolboxPro is a MUST HAVE. my only current request i can think of which i don’t think is possible is the ability to detect if other apps are open in the background. this would be useful for me as a door dash driver to have maps automatically open back up after a timer if i’m in a location and another app i use for dashing is open. Thats all for now regardless ToolboxPro is priceless!

I downloaded Toolbox Pro months ago because of a MacStories recommendation but I hadn’t used it much. Today it showed its value. I needed to grab 20 photos from my phone, shrink them, change their format, zip them and upload them to Dropbox. A Shortcut I made in about a minute did the job and was only possible to do that quickly because of capabilities provided by Toolbox Pro. THe new functions it adds are powerful, intuitive and invaluable.

I found it worth the price of in just two weeks for fully unlocked access! I had been emailed images of text documents that I needed to quickly edit. Instead of laboriously transcribing the text via keyboard, I used the example Scan Text shortcut in Toolbox Pro to convert the images of text into text files, saving me a huge amount of manual typing.

If you are serious about using or creating your own shortcuts, I highly recommend ToolboxPro.

The developer of ToolboxPro, Alex, is on it. Constantly adding features and the support can’t be beat.

If you like to automate and use Siri Shortcuts, you’ll probably encounter a point where you’ll ask why didn’t Apple include this feature? It’s very likely that feature is in Toolbox Pro.

Highly recommend!

ToolboxPro looks like it could be useful, but All I'm seeing are a few features. You can't even convert currency or make a calendar OF ALL THINGS. Very little is available for free that the basic user would be able to get with a single browser lookup or even the shortcuts app itself!

I'm getting more and more disappointed with apps these days, they ask you for money for very little features, use scriptable, it's free, and a lot more flexibility because you can program your own scripts/shortcuts

Unfortunately the NFC scanning functionality doesn’t quite work. If I create a shortcut automation triggered by an NFC tag that is then followed by a Toolbox Pro NFC Read, then the read will not properly work. Bummer! Additionally the “scan result” variable doesn’t really work properly either, and instead you have to actually use the clipboard. Finally, reading with the text format prefixes the data with “en” for some reason (I guess it’s prefixing the language? Which means it’s probably not interpreting the NFC data properly?)

The Shortcuts system in iOS is pretty amazing, right up until you need something that isn’t built in. Toolbox Pro is stepping up to fill in som’s of the missing features.

Really cool, very useful.

Really looking forward to future enhancements and features. A must have tool for anyone really wanting to automate in iOS.

Don't even bother downloading if you think you are going to get some free "useable" shortcuts. I went through the entire list and every shortcut I was interested in was a paid "Premium" shortcut. I realize developers should be paid for apps that they put in a lot of time to create, but I don't think they should advertise them as free apps with in app purchases if almost every function requires a purchase. Just change the "Get" download option to the price of ToolboxPro , like honest developers.

Update 2/3/20:
Developer's Response tells me that almost 1/4 are free (13 free out of 100 total = 13 percent free).

If you’re just slightly into building Shortcuts, download this immediately. There are many free tools and you can see the premium tools offered.

If you feel powerful and accomplished when you build Shortcuts, download ToolboxPro and immediately pay the one time unlock fee for all the existing and upcoming tools.

I just got ToolboxPro and can’t wait to dive in. But if there isn’t a feature to share Multiple shortcuts at once and for the other person to easily download them in one tap. I’m begging you guys to please add it!

I seriously can’t make a shortcut now a days without using at least one action from ToolboxPro! And the developer keeps adding more and more so frequently, it’s well worth the price! Support this guy, we need more actions!

The music actions don't work. I brought up the issue on reddit, the dev is AWARE that his PAID actions aren't working and still has not updated ToolboxPro to make them work. It's been 2 months! If I pay for something, I expect to be able to use it at the time of payment. At this rate, it looks like the ONE feature I wanted and the reason I bought the Pro tools version, will never be usable.

If you are interested in adding enhanced features to your shortcuts then don’t hesitate to buy the full premium version of this incredibly will polished app, that adds real unique features to the ShortCuts suit of actions. ToolboxPro is worth every cent.

I want there to be a menu where you can add folders on the first page or a shortcut and shortcuts can go in the folders and make it like assistive touch

I've been using Toolbox Pro since it launched and its awesome. It adds so much more power and flexibility to your shortcuts. I use their awesome rich menus, extra calendar event controls, and I'm having a lot of fun with the emoji icon creator.

I was a little worried at first when the price was 6 dollars, but it turned out to have the things I wanted and more!

I love ToolboxPro! I use RoutineHub, so I can give people updates through the check for updates tool! I just wish 1 thing, PLEASE Make authentication with Face-ID and Fingerprint free! That is the 1 feature I rly want, but it costs 6.00. Please make it free!

This adds so many tools to Shortcuts that it is completely worth the one-time price to unlock all the actions. This is a game-changing app for those who like to automate with shortcuts.

ToolboxPro looks like it could be useful, but All I'm seeing are a few features. You can't even convert currency or make a calendar OF ALL THINGS. Very little is available for free that the basic user would be able to get with a single browser lookup or even the shortcuts app itself!

I'm getting more and more disappointed with apps these days, they ask you for money for very little features, use scriptable, it's free, and a lot more flexibility because you can program your own scripts/shortcuts

I seriously can’t make a shortcut now a days without using at least one action from ToolboxPro! And the developer keeps adding more and more so frequently, it’s well worth the price! Support this guy, we need more actions!

ToolboxPro is amazing for users that want to get into using Shortcuts in their daily routine as well as learning the basics of Shortcuts in general. I love it, you can’t go wrong with ToolboxPro.