Toolbox Pro For Shortcuts Negative Reviews

Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024

Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts app received 22 complaints, negative comments and reviews by users. Have you ever had a bad experience using Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts? Can you share your negative thoughts about toolbox pro for shortcuts?

Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts for Negative User Reviews

✓ PaywallAnything actually useful is a “premium feature” I get Devs need money but the app is useless without those core functions..Monkey Force-BooVersion: 2021.4

✓ Really awesome idea, but NFC tools don’t quite workUnfortunately 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?).PlazmotechVersion: 2021.4

✓ "Is audio playing" is bizarreI downloaded this app 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 <saved clipboard> to Clipboard; Is audio playing?; Wait to return; Get clipboard -> Set variable <is audio playing> to Clipboard -> Copy <saved clipboard> 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..April ArcusVersion: 2021.4

✓ Global Variables are less helpful than expected.The way the Check if Global Variable Exists box is formatted is awkward and doesn’t perform the task I was trying to accomplish. I was trying to create an If that would have a specific output only if the Global Variable had a certain value. When you create the variable, it only allows you to input text. However, when you add the Check if Global Variable Exists box and select that input for the If, then select “Is” for the relationship between the variable and the value, it only allows you to enter a number for the value. I would suggest a box that simply retrieves the Global Variable value with an input slot that, when selected, will display all of your preexisting Global Variables to choose from. This would make the Global Variables much more useful..Requires GarageBandVersion: 2021.4

✓ System detailI purchased the premium copy hoping that I would be able to use advanced system details information specifically iPhone serial number and NFC tag UID. I couldn’t get either so it does not do what I need..AishaBakkarVersion: 2024.0.1

✓ No trial periodHow am I supposed to know if the premium tools will work for me if I can’t try them before I commit to buying them? Happy to spend the money if they do, but I’m not spending it blind..Random DoooodVersion: 2021.4

✓ Dead?No updates in 2 years. Is this dead? Many posts from developer on Reddit sayin he will add this or that feature but it didn’t happen. Not sure if it is still worth paying for this app. I would use the Actions app instead..PA FolotVersion: 2021.4

✓ Disappointingly unreliable.Toolbox pro provides many incredible options in Shortcuts, but it is very unreliable. The latest problem is haptic feedback: I created a shortcut to test different options with a 2 second wait in between each haptic action from Toolbox Pro. None of them play any haptic feedback. When the shortcut contains only one haptic action, it works fine..Jd2020Version: 2021.4

✓ No supportSo ai downloaded this app hoping that it will enable me to add albums to my music library. Sadly I get 401 error. I’ve paid for the app so got all features yet this error occurs. I have noted there is a thread on reddit about it and there was no response for the last 2 years so I guess this app is abandoned. I will look at he other features but will likely refund this app..FungiFungiFungiVersion: 2021.4

✓ Doesn’t workGot this just for the love and add song shortcut but it doesn’t work.Jon RoweVersion: 2021.4

✓ A must have utility for all shortcuts👍🏻👍🏻If you use shortcuts then this is for you 110% the app for you so just go & get it don't even think about it.🤯.IglooukVersion: 2020.2

✓ Had to get a refundCancelled and got a refund from Apple. The app makes you pay to upgrade before being able to test the what3words shortcuts, which DO NOT WORK! You just get an error message saying that the API is invalid..Flynn94Version: 2024.0.1

✓ Not supported by the dev anymoreLast version was released a year ago. Should have known... When I bought this about a month ago, the license didn't sync properly between my devices. My shortcuts using this app basically don't work as they return an error claiming I don't have the pro version. Tried reaching out to support, but they don't respond....NicolasmertensVersion: 2021.4

✓ No way to upgradeMy shortcuts stopped working because I don't have premium, but there is no way to upgrade to premium in the app..Josiah SpragueVersion: 2023.1.1

✓ DONT👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎.DaMushyPotatoVersion: 2020.6

✓ DO NO BUY! Many actions no longer workBought this extension explicitly for the playlist actions to help me manage my music. All of them error out and alert "User Token Invalid" Other actions have weird behavior when trying to use with Siri, especially the list based actions..SlybootsBaseVersion: 2021.4

✓ Don't Expect ANY Music shortcuts to workThe 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 the app 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..BreakingMe10Version: 2020.5

✓ App ruinedI’m not paying 9$ to get actually useful tools.SkįndippaVersion: 2020.6

✓ Needs to be free for 4 or more of so hours after downloadingSo we all know that shortcuts is iffy sometimes. and what you think will work may not actually work! so this app needs to let you use everything for free for the next couple of hours after installation, so you can see if your idea works and if it does you know it would be a good investment to pay the premium! but how it is now you can’t even try it for free so what end up happening is someone would buy the app pay the premium charge because they think there idea will work in shortcuts but then, it doesn’t. and there angry because to them they feel like they wasted money or time trying to get a refund. so there really should be a free few hours after first use of the app so people can actually tell if it’s what they need..Bll,knjhghjhghVersion: 2021.4

✓ Rip-offDon'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 the app, 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)..Nname6Version: 2020.4

✓ Interesting, but little available...This app 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.MisterSirCodeVersion: 2020.5

✓ On the buggy side.I wouldn’t depend on the actions in this app for Shortcuts I rely on. It needs more time before I can confidently use it. Remove key from dictionary destroyed it when strings had line breaks. The sort edit list is unpredictable. If you can avoid using this app, avoid it. Make your shortcuts independent..ColorovfireVersion: 2019.6

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