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Shortly app for iPhone and iPad


4.4 ( 2064 ratings )
Utilities Social Networking Productivity
Developer: Chris Dressler
0.99 USD
Current version: 2.4, last update: 1 year ago
First release : 28 Nov 2009
App size: 4.11 Mb

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 youve 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 — its that simple!

Additionally you can track the click statistics for Bitlinks you create in the app, or Bitlinks youve shortened on the Bitly website with helpful charts and metadata. There is also a Bitlink lookup tool, so you can enter in a Bitlink youve 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 dont 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.

There are 3D Touch actions on the app icon, so just force press the icon from your home screen to quickly jump to features within the app.

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.

We have spent a lot of time making Shortly simple and easy to use. If you should ever have problems or questions or feature suggestions, please e-mail us at [email protected].

Latest reviews of Shortly app for iPhone and iPad

Have yet to use it, why did I buy this?
As stated, anaylitics for URLs shortened on the bit.ly web site are not available on this app. They are working on it and then I will find it more useful.
Crashes EVERY TIME
Crashes every time I press Enter. Waste of 99c. Dont bother.
CRASH ALERT
Wasted the app fee! Crashed when I tried to shorten an URL. Now when I try to reopen the app it says processing and crashes again!!
Developer Key
What is this DV key ?...this app doesnt work with a bit.ly account I already have with a password not DV key. Almost seems like a scam ??? New app. Read thru app descriptoon, but regardless not user friendly.
Simple and needs a fix quick
The app is good. Its simple, it works and does what its supposed to. The ONLY challenge I see is that once you enter your API for bit.ly it still cant track the links youve already created on the bit.ly website. Once this is fixed, this will be a 5 star app. Ive tried other similar apps but the fact that none of them can track current links created on the bit.ly website make them all a bit inconvenient. No pun intended. I like this app better than Crunch URL and Ill love it once they make the fix mentioned. The cool thing about this app is that once you create a link on your iPhone, that link does show up on the bit.ly website on your computer. They are half way there! :)
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