People don't mention enough how seriously underrated #Apple Shortcuts is on #iOS devices including #iPhone and #iPad. It's so freaking cool and powerful, the things you could do with it for automations and on-demand actions.
You could seriously put/use it everywhere - on your homescreen as a widget, on the dedicated widget screen, in your control centre, and heck even as a 'context menu' option in your share sheet menu (which doesn't suck, unlike on #Android).
Oh, that's not even all - you could even trigger it via the plethora of #a11y options that you get on iOS/#iPadOS like Assistive Touch's gestures and even Back Taps. For instance, I tap the back of my iPhone twice to trigger a shortcut that launches #ShopeePay for quick QR payments, and triple tap to open #KDE Connect to transfer files/photos between my iPhone and my #Linux PC or Android phone.
I also have plenty of automations set up pertaining to Focus states - to set up a completely different environment on my phone, depending on if I'm working, off-work, sleeping, driving, etc. You could even set up different lock screens/home screens for each Focus state - of which, again, you could automate using Shortcuts.
This dude's video of using an iPad Mini, and the Shortcuts he'd set up to automate different 'environments' he's using his iPad for (i.e. at home, or in the car) is an interesting example - he'd set up a 'Driving Mode' Focus state with a dedicated homescreen and even split-screen app setup (i.e. Map & Music next to each other) that is automatically triggered as soon as his iPad is connected to his car stereo automatically via Bluetooth. His 'Driving Mode' Focus even adjusts the brightness levels and text size of the entire iPad UI for a better driving experience, and reverts automatically after he leaves his car.
Seriously, if you have an iPhone or an iPad, and you're not using Shortcuts for anything... you might as well use an Android phone/tablet.
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