Though there are plenty more shortcuts available for download, here are some of the best we’ve come across:
What is the iOS Shortcuts App?
First things first, what is the iOS Shortcuts app?
How to Download Shortcuts
When you first download Shortcuts on your phone and begin exploring it, you’ll realize that the app comes with a bunch of handy workflows already installed. But there are a TON of custom iPhone shortcuts floating around online.
- Select the “Download” button (or something similar) for the shortcut you’d like to add to your phone. All shortcut downloads on reputable sites will have some sort of clickable link that allows you to easily add the workflow to your device from your browser.
- When prompted, select either “Get Shortcut” or “Add Untrusted Shortcut” if you trust the website you’re attempting to download the workflow from.
- Depending on the way your iOS device is configured, you may receive a “Can’t Be Opened” error message when you try to activate a custom shortcut. To get around this security measure, head to your phone’s settings, choose Shortcuts, and select the option labeled “Allow Untrusted Shortcuts.”
1. Listen to Your Favorite Apple Music Playlist
If you’re an Apple Music user, then the Play Playlist shortcut is your best friend. One quick tap and all of your favorite playlists start playing whenever you want, from wherever you want.
2. Tip Your Server the Perfect Amount Using a Custom Percentage
Eating out at your favorite restaurant is one of the good things in life. The chance to taste delicious food that you didn’t have to prepare and enjoy the company of others, that’s pretty priceless! If you’re not careful, though, a night out can quickly go sour when it’s time to pay the bill and choose how much tip to leave.
3. Determine the Exact Location of Your Favorite Photos
Have you ever been browsing the web or scrolling through Instagram and seen a picture so captivating, it literally took your breath away? Maybe it’s an awe-inspiring sunset bathed in orange hues, a peaceful lake surrounded by trees, the calming waves of Lake Michigan, or a downtown architectural wonder.
4. Quickly Pinpoint Exact Travel Times to Any Address
For many of us on the go, our schedules can be pretty busy. We have work meetings to attend, the children’s school schedule to keep in mind, and favorite network TV shows that won’t wait for us to sit down and get comfortable before starting.
5. Stay Up-To-Date With Current Events From Around the Globe
Thirty years ago, there weren’t that many ways to get the latest news. You could watch TV, read the paper, talk to a friend with the inside scoop… that was pretty much it.
6. Clip Online Text Directly to Apple Notes
Want to save important information that gets posted online right into your Notes app? This is as easy as it gets!
- First, copy the URL to your device’s clipboard and run the shortcut.
- Then sit back as the workflow does all the work for you, pasting the text to your Notes.
- The shortcut will even scan the original text for information like the article’s title, author, date of publication, and more.
7. Setup Location-Based Reminders
Have you ever needed to remember something important, but you’re not exactly sure when you need to remember it? Of course, you have.
8. Search Amazon For the Products You Need and View Price History for the Best Deals
We’ve all done it…