Check top paid apps

Gets 25 items from Apple’s RSS feed for top paid apps, asks you to pick from the options, and opens the corresponding app.

Scripting Actions

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Get Items from RSS Feed
Downloads the latest items from an RSS feed.
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Choose from List
Presents a menu of the items passed as input to the action and outputs the user’s selection. Prompt The instruction provided when the list is presented. Select Multiple When enabled, multiple items may be chosen from the list.
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Show Web Page
Shows the web URL passed into he action in a Safari View Controller, allowing you to view the web page without switching apps. Includes a toggle to enter Safari Reader mode if it’s available for the given web page.

Extra Details

Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Check%20top%20paid%20apps
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Check%20top%20paid%20apps
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Check top paid apps” end tell

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