Pushcut: Shortcuts Automation

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Apple a Parancsok alkalmazással új lehetőséget nyitott meg az elszánt felhasználók felé, de még az új frissítésekkel sem tudta megteremteni az igazi automatizálási lehetőségeket. A Pushcut alkalmazás minden hiányosságot pótol! Véleményem szerint az ereje az “Automation server”-ben és a “Background action”-ben van. Egy iOS eszközt felhasználva (pl.: egy nem használt régebbi iPhone) létrehozhatsz egy szervert, ami fogadja az utasításaid, és interakció nélkül futtatja a Parancsaid. Ha van iBeacon-öd, létrehozhatsz akár kis területhez kötött automatikus akciókat. Pl.: Belépsz az ajtón, köszön a hangfal; ha használtad az elektromos rollered, hajnalban bekapcsol a töltés és reggel teljesen feltöltött akkumulátor fogad. Akár végre ébredhetsz arra, hogy a HomePod zenét játszik le az Apple Music könyvtárból! Mindezeket nem nehéz létrehozni, egyszerű kezelőfelület és részletes kézikönyv áll rendelkezésre.

Pay wall for all the features you are actually going to need to use, free ones are literally useless

Tested it on my phone and it worked great, I was able to trigger shortcuts using the URL. However, when I moved the server to a dedicated device, device specific shortcuts didn’t run properly. For example, I have a shortcut that disconnects all airplay speakers from my device and set playback to my device. This runs great when server is on my phone, but when the server is on another device it runs that shortcut on the server device. That device isn’t playing anything though so the music is still playing through the speakers from my phone.

This app fills the need for working notifications from shortcuts, but like most apps these days uses a subscription service model. If this was a one-time $20 purchase I'd gladly pay but I'm not going to sign up for ANOTHER subscription. App is limited to only three notifications in the free tier which is pretty greedy on the developers end. If I can find another app that fills this need I'll be switching right away.

THIS APP IS JUST AMAZING I USE IT ALL THE TIME AND JUST WOW ITS AMAZING

This is the only reliable way I have found for invoking Apple Shortcuts from Alexa/Lambda. I have Automation Server running on an old iPhone 6s that wasn’t being used. Running for several weeks now with no issues. I use the api url to execute the shortcut from an Alexa Skil Lambda function. Pushcut allows the shortcuts to run without human interaction, which was one of the problems with Apple’s native “Automation”. Super easy to setup and use. Well done!

Offers a trial then subscription but no terms or price. Won’t pull the trigger until I know the details

Attended to use api calls for push notifications on important appointments and it just wasn’t reliable enough. The Power Automate ran as expected but the sound alerts didn’t regularly work. I had to switch to an SMS service for now.

This app has the ability to solve major issues with Siri Shortcuts and automations which is why I was willing to pay almost $40 for a lifetime license. However the main feature that most people would want/need requires an additional monthly/annual subscription on top of the lifetime license. Scheduling a one-time server execution/action for a specific date and time should not be behind an additional pay wall for people who already purchased lifetime licenses. Nearly every other “pro” feature of the lifetime license in this app is able to be accomplished by other workarounds or natively in iOS. The one problem it could actually solve, is deceptively locked behind an expensive monthly IAP. 🙄