Trigger Alternatives

Trigger is described as 'Helps you simplify your life by automating the tasks you do daily. Activate profiles, launch applications, and more. Tailored for NFC tags, Trigger is also useful for automating actions based off bluetooth, location, and network profiles' and is an app in the office & productivity category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Trigger for a variety of platforms, including Android, Android Tablet, iPhone, F-Droid and Android TV apps. The best Trigger alternative is Tasker. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Easer or Automate. Other great apps like Trigger are MacroDroid, Automation, TapTap and AutomateIt.

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  1. Tasker icon
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    Advanced automation app for Android that lets you trigger actions like alarms and app launches based on configurable events like phone calls or time of day. Tasker also lets you create apps using these automation features.

    52 Tasker alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
    • Tasker is the most popular Android & Android Tablet alternative to Trigger.

    • Tasker is the most popular commercial alternative to Trigger.

    • Tasker is Paid and ProprietaryTrigger is Freemium and Proprietary
  2. Easer icon
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    Easer is an event-driven Android automation app. It knows various events, and you, the user, could tell it what to do on what event (and even combine multiple events!). Routine actions no longer need to be taken manually.

    17 Easer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
    • Easer is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Trigger.

    • Easer is Free and Open SourceTrigger is Freemium and Proprietary
  3. Automate icon
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    Automate various tasks on your Android smartphone or tablet. Create your automations with flowscharts, automatically change settings or perform actions based on triggered event.

    35 Automate alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  4. MacroDroid icon
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    MacroDroid is a task automation and configuration app that focuses heavily on usability with a simple UI and logical step by step process.

    28 MacroDroid alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Android Auto
    • Android-x86
    • Android Wear
    • Android TV
    • BlueStacks
    • LDPlayer
    • Lineage OS
     
  5. Automation icon
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    Create rules that are made of triggers and actions. A prominent example would be something like "Mute phone at work".

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  6. TapTap icon
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    TapTap is a port of the double tap on back of device feature from Android 12 to any Android 7.0+ device

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  7. AutomateIt icon
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    Automate Your Android! With AutomateIt, you can define a set of your desired behaviors in response to events on your Android device.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  8. entr icon
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    Run arbitrary commands when files change.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
    • entr is the most popular Linux alternative to Trigger.

    • entr is Free and Open SourceTrigger is Freemium and Proprietary
  9. ControlPlane icon
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    ControlPlane, a fork of MarcoPolo , brings context-sensitive awareness to OS X. With ControlPlane you can intelligently reconfigure your Mac or perform any number of actions based on input from a wide array of evidence sources including but...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
    • ControlPlane is the most popular Mac alternative to Trigger.

    • ControlPlane is Free and Open SourceTrigger is Freemium and Proprietary
  10. Autonomous icon
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    Autonomous allow you to create Rules to perform automatic tasks with your Android device.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  11. LibreTasks icon
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    An automated event/action manager that allows users to automate system functionality based on incoming application intents.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  12. Locale X icon
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    Judge Robert Restaino jailed 46 people when a mobile phone rang in his courtroom and no one admitted responsibility. So we invented Locale®!

    14 Locale X alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
     
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