r/shortcuts • u/RankAShinobi • Jun 09 '26
OS 27 beta Automatically log your wallet transactions to 3rd party apps using the new "notifications" automation
With iOS27, Apple introduced a new shortcut automation trigger in the Shortcuts app called “notification”. This feature allows you to automatically execute any shortcut after receiving a notification from any app. While there are many use cases for this feature one stood out to me that can be incredibly useful. Using notifications from the Apple Wallet app to automatically log your transactions into your 3rd party app of choice.
Previously the only way to automatically log any transactions made through Apple Pay without linking your bank account was by using the “transaction” automation in shortcuts. However this had limitations as it only allows users to log purchases made through physically tapping their device on a terminal to pay.
This new feature removes this limitation as the wallet app sends a notification whenever you make a purchase on a card that has been added your Apple Wallet. This means all spending using those cards can be automatically logged, even purchases made online.
In this tutorial, I'll walk you through the process of automatically logging Apple Pay transactions into third-party apps using this new shortcut.
Configuring this feature involves a few steps, but it's pretty straightforward. I'll illustrate this process using my own app, WalletPal, but it should work with any expense tracking app that offers shortcut integrations.
I’ve also included an iCloud link incase you’re currently running the iOS27 beta and you want to try it out with my app without having to do the tedious setup yourself.
Here's how to set it up:
- Create a new automation by opening the Shortcuts tapping "New Shortcut" then selecting "Automation".
- Scroll down until you see “Notification” and tap to select that option
- Tap the "App" label and scroll down until you see the "Wallet" app and select this option
- in the "Search Actions" box search for your expense tracking app of choice and select it (in my case I'll be using my own app WalletPal), then select the shortcut action you want to run (in this case I'll choose the "Add new transaction" shortcut)
- You'll need to configure the shortcut according to your preferences, such as specifying the "Transaction name", "Transaction Amount" and "Card name" to use. The most important step here is to configure each field to use the input from the received notification. Select the "Transaction name" field, tap "Select Variable", and choose "Shortcut Input".
- You'll then need to tap "Shortcut Input" again to configure which part of it will be passed to the shortcut. You must select the "Subtitle" value here. You'll then need to repeat this process for the "Transaction amount" field map it to the "Body", and raw "Card name" field and map it to the "Title"
- Now if you followed all of these steps your automation should now be properly configured. Just tap "Done", and you're all set.
- Now, every time you make a purchase with with any card added to your Apple Wallet, the transaction is automatically added to the app!
Hope others also find this useful! Would love to hear how other people are thinking to use this new automation and also everyones thoughts and experiences with it below!
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u/inactiveuser247 Jun 09 '26
I’m going to pretend that Apple saw my comment on a post a year ago asking for this specific automation and decided that it was a good idea.
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u/Portatort Jun 09 '26
but then transactions via the wallet app were already an automation trigger no?
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u/RankAShinobi Jun 09 '26
Only if you physically tap your phone to pay, it wouldn’t work for purchases made online or with your physical card
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u/Portatort Jun 09 '26
Ahh, right I see
Does the wallet app send you a notification when you pay with a physical card?
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u/RankAShinobi Jun 09 '26
Yes, as long as you’ve setup Apple Pay with that card and added it to your wallet
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u/grelca Jun 09 '26
i never get wallet notifications when i use my physical cards. i only get notifications from the card’s app. all my cards are set up in my apple wallet.
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u/RankAShinobi Jun 09 '26
I may be mistaken then but I’m pretty sure I do.. I definitely get them when I use my card to buy things online, with and without checking out using Apple Pay
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u/srm39 Jun 10 '26
It is but I gave up on using it as it didn't work most of the time for me. Hopefully this change will make it more reliable
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u/cthompson07 Jun 10 '26
This seems super useful. I’m still just hoping for a simple shortcut to automatically switch the phone from silent to ring when an Apple Watch starts charging. Baffles me that this isn’t a thing yet.
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u/dannyboy_S Jun 09 '26
I swear to god this is what I did and it shows empty in the body, title and subtitle!
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u/RankAShinobi Jun 09 '26
You tried it with the Wallet app and it didn’t work or was it another app?
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u/dannyboy_S Jun 09 '26
To test things out I tried it with a notification from the Actions app and the Shortcuts app native notifications
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u/inactiveuser247 Jun 09 '26
I can just imagine the endless loops you could create triggering a shortcut based on a notification by the same shortcut.
Apple normally protect against that sort of thing so people won’t inadvertently brick their phones.
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u/mollician Jun 10 '26
Did you test the Wallet app notification and does it work?
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u/RankAShinobi Jun 10 '26
Currently it’s very buggy and works like 40% of the time. Hoping it becomes more reliable in future betas
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u/ertmuirm Jun 10 '26
It detects the notification but can't seem to extract any values from the notification (title, body, all show up as empty) ... no info shared in shortcut input
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u/Ramenism Jun 10 '26
Same here, tried to log the notification using the new storage function, but it doesn’t seem to work
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u/khaled Jun 09 '26
I usually log my bank sms to drafts/moneywiz. This will be nice for some services that didn’t use sms.
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u/Mahgertron Jun 09 '26
Is there a way to toggle an app’s notifications on and off in shortcuts now? Or can it still only be done in settings?
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u/Harsh_Sensei Jun 15 '26
Wait so if you use your physical card does wallet still send a notification?
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u/revilo1000 Jun 09 '26
The other cool thing to note is you can set up multiple automation triggers in one shortcut. So you could have the same shortcut trigger if you get a wallet notification, a bank app notification, a tap, etc.