Alternatives to Automate
An Android app that automates tasks on a phone or tablet using visual flowcharts. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
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Automate
An Android app that automates tasks on a phone or tablet using visual flowcharts.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Automate.
Tasker
The most capable automation app for Android.
Tasker is a paid, closed-source Android app with hundreds of triggers, real variables and control flow, but it uses rule lists instead of visual flowcharts and is harder to learn.
MacroDroid
Android automation with a visual trigger and action builder.
MacroDroid uses a guided trigger and action builder with community templates, and its free tier caps how many macros you can keep.
Apple Shortcuts
Apple's built-in drag-and-drop automation app for Mac, iPhone, and iPad.
Apple Shortcuts is a free drag-and-drop automation app built into Mac, iPhone and iPad, replacing Automate for users outside Android.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Join
An app for sending links, files and notifications between an Android phone and other devices.
IFTTT
A hosted automation service that links apps and smart home devices through trigger and action Applets.
Pushcut
An iOS app that shows actionable notifications and widgets triggered by webhooks, Shortcuts and HomeKit.
Home Assistant
A home automation server that talks to smart devices on your own network instead of through their clouds.
Google Home
Google's app for connecting, controlling and automating smart home devices, with a web version and Gemini voice assistant.
