Relay Shortcut Trigger

Run Shortcuts on a schedule

Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

New in 2.0: Relay on Apple Watch, Stand mode for iPhone Duo, an animated tour and a countdown ring that celebrates every closed loop. No subscription, no cloud. Relay turns a spare iPhone or iPad into a hands-free Shortcuts trigger. Run any Shortcut on a repeating interval or at specific times of day, or fire it from another device on your Wi-Fi with a simple, token-protected local web request. No subscription. No account. No cloud. Everything runs on your device and your local network. WHY RELAY Some automations only work when a device actively opens an app or runs a Shortcut — showing a camera dashboard every few minutes, rotating a status display, kicking off a sync, opening a kiosk app on a timer. iOS only allows an app to launch Shortcuts while it is in the foreground, so Relay is built to be exactly that: a reliable foreground scheduler you leave running on a dedicated device. SCHEDULER • Unlimited rules, each with its own Shortcut, interval (from 1 minute) or list of exact times • Optional active window per rule (e.g. only 8:00–17:00), overnight windows supported • Wall-clock scheduling: if a fire time passes while the schedule was paused, Relay catches up the moment it becomes active again • Live countdown to the next trigger, per rule and overall LOCAL NETWORK TRIGGER • Built-in HTTP endpoint on your Wi-Fi: GET /run?shortcut=Name — from a laptop, home server, Raspberry Pi, or any browser • Token-protected (query token or Bearer header), with one-tap token generation • Bonjour advertising (_relay._tcp) so other devices find the phone even when its IP changes • /health and /next endpoints for monitoring and scripting, plus a built-in status web page • Foreground-only and LAN-only by design — nothing is ever exposed to the internet KIOSK ESSENTIALS • Keep-awake (never lets the screen sleep) while active • Stall detection: if another app kept focus and the loop stopped, Relay shows a one-tap resume banner and can notify you • Battery level and charging state on screen, with Guided Access guidance for true kiosk setups • Live event log of every trigger, request, and state change EXTRAS • Home-screen widget with the next trigger and last run • Live Activity countdown in the Dynamic Island while the schedule runs • Diagnostics page: foreground state, listener state, address, recent triggers • Step-by-step onboarding that builds your first automation loop with you Relay is 100% free — every feature, forever. It runs the Shortcuts you created, and it never collects any data.

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2.0 — the hands-free loop, everywhere • Apple Watch: the countdown on your wrist, Run Now for any rule, pause and resume • iPhone Duo: Stand mode — prop it half-open and the countdown stands up while Run Now, pause and your rules lie flat. Opened like a book: status on one page, rules on the other. Closed: the loop keeps running on the outer display • A new Home: a countdown ring that fills toward the next trigger, pulses on every run and bursts when a shortcut hands the screen back • A new animated tour you can replay any time, plus first-use tips • Lock-screen widgets with the live countdown; the Home widget opens Relay • Pause and resume from Home, the Watch, or a relay:// link • Send feedback from Settings — every message is read by a person • iPad: a sidebar and a two-column Home

Version 2.0

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    Information

    Seller
    All Things AI, Inc
    Size
    5.4 MB
    Category
    Productivity
    Compatibility
    Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
    • iPhone
      Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
    • iPad
      Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
    • Apple Vision
      Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
    • Apple Watch
      Requires watchOS 10.0 or later.
    Languages
    English
    Age Rating
    4+
    Copyright
    © 2026 All Things AI, Inc
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