r/shortcuts is a subreddit with 565k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses shortcut, struggling, annoying, shortcuts, and automation, and they frequently recommend/review note app, youtube downloader, and finance app.
This subreddit is devoted to Shortcuts. Shortcuts is an Apple app for automation on iOS, iPadOS, and macOS.
Popular Themes in r/shortcuts
#1
Solution Requests
: "I’m trying to create a shortcut/automation that can see when I’m on call and sends me a notification to check my emails when I’m on call"
21 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "I give up, reaching out to the community"
3 posts
#3
Advice Requests
: "Anyone help with why this is now broken?"
1 post
#4
Ideas
: "Looking for ideas on building an incremental tracker with Shortcuts + Data Jar"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/shortcuts
#1
Shortcut
40 posts
#2
Struggling
31 posts
#3
Annoying
20 posts
#4
Shortcuts
: "Running Shortcuts directly from your Keyboard. I need more ideas for Tools bars designed for specific apps like Messages, Mail, Reminders, Evernote, Notes, and More. Having App Specific Toolbar Actions that allow you to run Shortcuts, insert text, format text, and whole lot more!"
20 posts
#5
Automation
: "Made an Automation to stop myself from doomscrolling"
10 posts
#6
Frustrating
9 posts
#7
Reminder
7 posts
#8
App
4 posts
#9
Text
4 posts
#10
Calendar
3 posts
Products Discussed in r/shortcuts
Note App
4 reviews
#1
Drafts
4.0★ from 3 reviews
#2
Bear
4.0★ from 1 review
Youtube Downloader
3 reviews
#1
RoutineHub Shortcut
4.0★ from 1 review
#2
yt-dlp
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
Transloader
5.0★ from 1 review
Finance App
1 review
#1
Debit & Credit
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/shortcuts
#1
Help
: "Choosing from list of locations to start directions to"
90 posts
#2
Shortcut Sharing
: "Pregnancy Dashboard"
28 posts
#3
Request
: "I’m trying to create a shortcut/automation that can see when I’m on call and sends me a notification to check my emails when I’m on call"
19 posts
#4
Discussion
: "Running Shortcuts directly from your Keyboard. I need more ideas for Tools bars designed for specific apps like Messages, Mail, Reminders, Evernote, Notes, and More. Having App Specific Toolbar Actions that allow you to run shortcuts, insert text, format text, and whole lot more!"
11 posts
#5
OS 27 beta
: "I’d love to see the stats for how many people immediately change this setting"
9 posts
#6
Appstore (App)
: "I kept forgetting my notes, so I made a Shortcut that lets me write them straight from my Lock Screen"
8 posts
#7
Tip/Guide
: "Notification parsing now works! (Fixed on latest iOS dev beta)"
3 posts
#8
Shortcut Sharing (Mac)
: "Keyboard shortcuts"
1 post
Member Growth in r/shortcuts
Yearly
+87k members(18.3%)
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Last updated: August 13, 2026