If you type the same phrases dozens of times a day — your email address, a standard sign-off, your company's boilerplate response — you're losing minutes every hour to repetitive typing. A text replacement shortcut for iPhone lets you type two or three characters and expand them to full paragraphs instantly. It's the fastest possible typing acceleration that requires zero training.
Define a short trigger (like 'myeml' for your email address or 'ty1' for a thank-you message) and the full text it should expand to. The shortcut adds this replacement to your iPhone's keyboard settings automatically. From that point, typing the trigger anywhere — in Messages, Mail, Notes, or any app — immediately expands to the full phrase. You build a library of expansions without touching keyboard settings manually.
Go to getturin.com and describe the replacements you want (e.g., 'Add a text replacement so myeml expands to my full email address').
Turin builds a shortcut that adds the replacement to your keyboard settings automatically.
Tap 'Install' to run the shortcut and activate your new text expansions.
Text replacements function everywhere your iPhone keyboard appears — no app switching required.
Eliminating ten repetitive phrases per day saves 10-20 minutes of typing weekly.
Describe changes to Turin and your replacement library updates in seconds.
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Just describe it in plain English and tap install. No coding, no App Store, no subscription.
Build this shortcut freeWorks on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Installs in one tap.
Yes. You can build and install this shortcut using Turin's free tier. No subscription, no App Store download required — just describe what you want and tap install.
This shortcut works on any iPhone, iPad, or Mac running iOS 16 / iPadOS 16 / macOS Ventura or later. Install it directly from Safari in one tap.
No. Once installed the shortcut runs entirely on-device using Apple's built-in Shortcuts app. An internet connection is only needed during the initial build and install step.
Absolutely. You can describe any changes to Turin and get a new version in seconds, or open the shortcut in the Apple Shortcuts app and edit the actions directly.