Shortly is an easy-to-use utility that lets you create short URLs (Bitlinks) with your iPhone or iPad using the Bitly service. You can copy these links to the clipboard for use in other iPhone applications. Once you've created your Bitlink and pressed the button to put it on the clipboard, you can launch another application, click anywhere you can enter text and select Paste — it's that simple!
Additionally you can track the click statistics for Bitlinks you create in the app, or Bitlinks you've shortened on the Bitly website with helpful charts and metadata. There is also a Bitlink lookup tool, so you can enter in a Bitlink you've found and see who created it, including the number of global clicks it has received this week.
The app requires a Bitly account to enable the URL shortening and tracking features. If you don't have an account, signing up is easy and free. Just click on the Account tab in the app and click the button to get a new account.
Auto Shorten feature: If you go into the Settings screen and turn this on, the Shortly app will look on the clipboard when it launches, and if it finds a valid URL there, it will automatically shorten it and place the Bitlihnk on the clipboard at the same time.
Other reviewers are right - crashes on the first try
SuperflyTNT151
Decided to give the developer benefit of the doubt. My bad. Install and startup went smoothly. Shortened my first URL and the app quit abruptly. Until the developer decides to address this, stay away.
Worthless to me
Scooby Carolan
So it's my fault for not reading the HUGE description, but even with your API key this CANNOT track links you've submitted over the web. I bought it hoping I could use it with pre-established urls for my website. So if you use your computer & iPhone and want to see both here don't bother.
Abandoned app?
Quelquesoi
Appears the devs have abandon this app.... Would be nice if we could delete the tracking data... It just takes longer and longer and longer to load... Eventually even that will be unusable
Terrible
Alpolhill
Does not do what the description says. Cannot login with API number. Won't track links I've made. Wish I hadn't spent the dollar.
• Fully updated to support iOS 26
• Minor dark mode tweaks
Version 2.8
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Information
Seller
Chris Dressler
Size
4.2 MB
Category
Utilities
Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.6 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 18.6 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 18.6 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 15.6 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.