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Apple Shortcuts vs Keyboard Cowboy: catalog facts
Apple Shortcuts	Keyboard Cowboy
Free Free, bundled with macOS and iOS.	Free The software is free under its open-source licence. Hosting, hardware and external…
macOS, iOS	macOS
Built into every modern Mac, iPhone, and iPad at no extra cost Drag-and-drop editor is approachable without any scripting	Workflows can be bound to key sequences and scoped to particular applications, so the same chord does different…
Limited to the Apple ecosystem with no Windows or Android version Less powerful for complex conditional logic than dedicated macro tools	It is macOS-only, and some of the window and input control needs broad accessibility permissions.
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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