Data Jar App Reviews

Amazing app and developer. If you like Apple Shortcuts or are learning how to develop them, this app is a MUST. When I learned JSON, this app became very easy and convenient to use. I recently used it for a project where I setup a flow of shortcuts to save App Store icons, store app info and base64 values as well as the image urls to create visually pleasing menus. This would've been so much work without Data Jar. I now have all this info easily accessible between my devices, in a visually-pleasing format. Thank you, Simon!

QoL Improvement. Nice app, glad it exists.

Best power user app since Workflow (“Shortcuts”). A truly innovative, useful app. Essential for anyone using Shortcuts.

Data Jar is an automation game changer.. Data Jar integrates with Shortcuts quite nicely, it is powerful, and dead simple to use. It has greatly expanded what I’ve been able to build. I’m actually shocked that Apple hasn’t acquired it yet. It’s just what the platform is missing.

Amazing app...versatile enough for beginners, but essential for iOS shortcuts power users!. Thanks for such an amazing app, I have been on since early in the beta, and the ability to get files and data in and out, essentially having global variables in iOS shortcuts which means that not all of my data has to go back and forth with the online database API that I use but can be stored locally and improves performance tremendously. Also, the JSON language formatting, being able to store audio, files, text, photos is great. And finally, the multi-select and select all options that debuted with the launch helped me clean up all my testing data really quickly. Amazing app, thank you so much!

An absolute must-have for any Shortcuts aficionado. In a bleak world before Data Jar, I had to rely on saving .json files to iCloud for data persistence. Data Jar has fundamentally changed my data storage strategy and has unlocked a whole new series of experiences in Shortcuts. The app is super easy to use and has a beautiful UI. Simon has done a really incredible job with this app and the macOS version of it is perfect. The fact that it's free is wild considering how powerful it can make your shortcuts.

Essential for Shortcuts. A wonderful gift to the community.

Simple and Powerful. This is awesome for just keeping data, like notes or anything, but the way that this interacts with shortcuts is amazing. I used to use apple notes and reminders to store my data for shortcuts. This is a million times better. And this app has a lot of actions in shortcuts, which is teaching me even more ways to be efficient. Love it!

Great Cross Platform App. Superb on iOS and thrilled to see it on Mac....

Missing key features! Literally!. Inside shortcuts, there are many additions that are very useful... except... They are missing some of the most needed key features... Like adding and removing keys/values As of now all you can do is add values to lists, and change/add values. Nothing more It's a smart app idea, but it's missing so much!

Great app, missing Boolean action. Love the app, fills in the gap of needed global values for Shortcuts. Has most related actions, except for one glaring miss. Since you allow Boolean type values, where is the Boolean action to set a value? Worth the tip jar, thanks!

Missing key features. - Very difficult to delete items from a list. And no good documentation or example shortcut showing how to do so most efficiently. - Window won’t size to the full vertical height of my 16” MacBook display.

Very solid and useful. Data Jar is a very useful app that I'm just starting to explore. Right now, it's rock-solid, does what it says, and gets updates frequently. The more I do in Data Jar, the more I think of other things that I can do!

Just what I need!. Great for simple storage of values to persist between Shortcut runs. A great, purpose-built tool! I'm so glad that this syncs between iphone and mac. So many workflows for me are possible because of this.

Amazing. Must have for your Shortcuts environment!

Easy to use permanent variables for shortcuts. Everything about this should be built into shortcuts, but since it isn't, this app is amazing. 10/10 recommend. Easy to create, retrieve, edit variables both programmatically and manually with excellent shortcut commands and interfaces.

Great Start. Wonderful and unique. Need more query functionality to be practically useful.

Missing Key Features. Great app and kudos to the developer for keeping it free. Just wish you could add individual values to existing dictionaries (which is possible for Lists).

So great!. One thing I’d love to see added would be widget support. Would be great for monitoring status of a stored values without needing to open anything.

Very handy. A unique and fantastic app. If you know what to do with this app, you’ll find it invaluable.

If you use Shortcuts, you need DataJar. Period.. This makes shortcuts 10x more powerful because you can call and set persistant database values. And it works perfectly. Just get it and leave a tip!

Nice but buggy. I love the app so far. But two issues I come across: 1. Crash - I would have the app open and going through the pages and the app would crash out of nowhere. 2. When copying text from the Notes app, it would be saved as an image instead of text. Then the app would crash when I try to open up the image.

Amazingly Useful. At first, I didn’t see the benefit and usefulness of Data Jar. However, once I started doing more with Shortcuts I quickly discovered it’s amazing potential. I use it to store Data for quick access, almost like a database. I also use it to start flags and timestamps so I can check the status of various things in my Shortcuts or when something last happened. It’s awesome for power users of Shortcuts.

Beginner. Learning a lot about using this app with shortcuts to automate my life with simple easy data entry. Reduces scrolling thru files or notes!

Should be built in it's that good. Amazing once you figure out how to use it! Opens up LOTS of advanced possibilities. Cheers guys!

Works Perfectly. Just spent a day trying to figure out how to use JSON and iCloud drive to save persistent data, only to figure out the default method doesn't work on Apple watch. This app makes me look really stupid. My only gripe is that it doesn't allow device specific variables, which is what I needed. The way I did it was too save the file based on the device name, creating a separate file per device.

Best app for shortcuts. This app is very useful with shortcuts It is free and It’s easy to use problems: When I try to access an index value it gives a error

Great with Shortcuts and Automations. Tested this on Mac, iPad, and iOS. Smooth on all three. Provides essential variable and data storage for the Shortcuts app. Essentially allows you to create a local / iCloud database. Easily query your data using menus. Also pairs well with his OTHER app called Scriptable, allowing Javascript-esque data manipulation. Personal experience tip here: learn the differences between working with Lists and with Dictionaries.

Fantastic complement to Shortcuts. Data Jar makes logging information using Shortcuts SO much easier! Before this app I had to append information to a Note or text file, which never really worked well. Now I can set up Shortcuts to keep lists and tallies with ease. My only complaint is that right now the Tip Jar in-app purchases aren’t working, so I can’t show the developer my appreciation!

I just got the app and it's asking for a review.. How am I supposed to know if I will use it, much less how to rate it! I'm giving a 3 for benefit of the doubt.

amazing app- one suggestion. this app is super useful and i have a suggestion for the developer- create folders for values. i have upwards of 50 values at this point, a lot of them are for shortcuts that use 5-10 stored variables. it would be nice to be able to put them in folders corresponding with the shortcut they belong to, just so it's easier to find things in the app. it gets very cluttered when you start using a lot of values. love the app tho! ive been able to do so much more with shortcuts since downloading. oh and left a little something in the tip jar :)

Wonderful and necessary. This app adds what should be core functionality to the shortcuts app. I’ve struggled for years to set up shortcuts that are based on some kind persistent state and now that I found data jar it’s finally possible. Thank you so much!

Thank you!. Thank you so much for writing this helpful app and providing it for free. It has helped my shortcuts immensely

Awesome application!!. Thank you for building this app and continuing to update it with new features. I use it a lot within my shortcuts on Mac and iOS. Keep up the good work and I will be sure to keep adding to the tip jar!

Great app!. This app definitely levels up my shorcuts!

🍯 So simple and so useful 🥳. For years, I’ve been sticking Shortcuts data in all sorts of places - Files, Reminders, etc. And, yeah, they worked, but not always well and they tended to make my Shortcuts more complicated than they needed to be. First thing I did with DataJar was write some new Shortcuts I’d been thinking about. It was so much easier. And, I really like being able to tweak my saved data easily in the DaraJar app. I’ve now written an old Shortcut to take advantage of DataJar. I’m happy. Tipped! :)

Amazing For Developing Shortcuts. I love this app and has enabled an easy way to store and access global variables in shortcuts. The only alternative to this is to write dictionaries to the files app and then reading said file. It’s quick, efficient, and very easy to use. I publish shortcuts on RoutineHub and these have made many of my shortcuts possible. Much much much love to the developers. You guys inspire a future dev

I can’t believe this is free!. This app is amazing, so so useful in conjunction with the shortcuts app to manage global variables.

Data Jar rules.. I am so stoked you got Data Jar happening on Mac OS. Thanks for all your hard work.

Fantastic tool. I'm so glad to have this on macOS, it's superbly handy. Thank you!

Great balance. No adds, no initial cost, no special account needed. Just a tip jar. I’ve used it for 15 minutes and already left a tip. This fills an important niche for anyone writing shortcuts!

Time management. I have been using this app for some time now. It’s a lot more lightweight than the alternatives, and it’s extremely straightforward. I’ve been using this app primarily to help me do time management, but I love the idea that I can do more if I so choose. My only gripe, which is just a personal ‘inconvenience’, if even that, is that there isn’t a standalone app for the Apple Watch. But really, the convenience of this app has spoiled me.

simple, elegant, functional app. Wonderfully easy companion app for Apple Shortcuts. This is recommended if you are looking to step up your automation game on any iOS device.

If you make shortcuts this app is a must have!. Been using the app for several weeks now. All I can say is this app is awesome. I’ve built several shortcuts that wouldn’t have been nearly as easy to make or as responsive to use without having Data Jar. My only slight feedback/request for a future version would be the ability to protect all the data or only certain data stores with Face ID. Otherwise the app is perfect. Make sure to tip the developer for such an awesome app!!

Wonderful idea & Implementation!!. I have had the app all of like 10 minutes, but it is very easy to see how effectively it addresses a need the shortcuts app created and defiantly benefits from. Worth checking out for free, and you know.. after if you agree the request for a tip seems pretty reasonable all! Simon, keep it up! I like where your head is at.😁

Great shortcuts app. Truly great app to store data for shortcuts, and use as a clipboard manager

Feature Request. This is a great app and I’ve used it for months now in Shortcuts. It really unlocked the potential for me to make a rename files shortcut. I wish there was a way for to create a Data Jar dictionary right from Shortcuts, if there isn’t already.

Love it!!. I use this app all the time!

It's Makes Handling Files, Text & Images Easy In Shortcuts.. I know longer have to store anything within a shortcut like text, images or files. That's Data Jar job, which is great because I don't have to go to 5 different shortcuts to change some information with things change. I just go to one place which is Data Jar and changes everywhere. I'm realling hoping this app goes to $20.00 subscription just because I want to make sure the app stick around and free isn't the remodel for this app. But, hey that's just my two cents for what it's worth.

Makes Already AWESOME Shortcuts Even More Freakin’ Awesome!!!!. DataJar is like being handed the KEYS to the candy store. See what I did there? Get this app and say goodbye to your free time. It is the world’s deepest rabbit hole. I never want to stop exploring.

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Absolute must. If you are a fan of Shortcuts then Data Jar is the perfect companion. Just get it.

Fantastic!!. Awesome app. Adds a permanent key value store for Shortcuts! Super great app!!

Exactly what I was looking for. I was looking for a way to hide my IFTTT key inside Shortcuts and bumped into this. Awesome stuff 👏🏽

This thing is perfect. Using this with Shortcuts is helping me keep track of so much stuff. It'd be cool to be able to make a dict or list and append to an existing list with a Shortcut, but I probably haven't gone that deep yet

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Just Perfect. Nothing extra, simple and powerful! Does exactly what it suppose to do and nothing more! All local sync with iCloud.

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