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iOS automation, became Apple Shortcuts

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iOS automation, became Apple Shortcuts. Workflow has been discontinued; the active alternatives listed here are maintained products you can switch to.

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Who it's for

iOS users who wanted to automate repetitive tasks on their phone — power users and tinkerers rather than professional developers, since it required no coding.

What you get

A visual, drag-and-drop editor for chaining together 'actions' (e.g., resize an image, get text from a webpage, create a calendar event) into a custom multi-step workflow. It could pull in data from other apps, and included a gallery of pre-built workflows to use or customize. Finished workflows could be launched from the iOS share sheet, saved as a home screen icon, or run from a Today widget.

How it works

Users dragged actions into an ordered sequence, with each action's output feeding into the next; the assembled workflow was then saved and triggered on demand from the share sheet, a home screen icon, or a widget.

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Ranked alternatives

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01

Open source Zapier alternative.

MIT Web
02

Simple consumer applets between services.

Proprietary WebiOSAndroid
03

Visual scenario builder (ex-Integromat).

Proprietary Web
04
n8n

Fair-code workflow automation with code steps.

Sustainable Use License Web
05

Flow-based programming for events and IoT.

Apache-2.0 WindowsmacOSLinux
06

Code-level integrations and event workflows.

Proprietary Web
07

Scripts to workflows and internal apps.

AGPL-3.0 Web
08

The largest app-to-app automation catalog.

Proprietary Web

FAQ

Yes. IFTTT, Make and Node-RED have a free tier or are fully free. Free-tier limits in the comparison table are verified and dated.

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