Shot Lister User Reviews

Name: Shot Lister
Rating: 4.6 (195 reviews)

Shot Lister

Reel Apps Inc.

📊 Productivity

📷 Photo & Video

Customer Experience

Positive experience72.2% of reviews

Neutral8.8% of reviews

Negative experience19.1% of reviews

~ Based on 194 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Summarized from real user reviews of Shot Lister. Based on 195 reviews and a 4.6/5 average, it highlights the 5 positives and 5 negatives reviewers mention most about this Photo & Video app.

Positive things

🚀Powerful organizational tool
👍Intuitive and easy to use
🚀Streamlines production workflow
🚀Helpful for pre-production and on-set
👍Great customer service and support

Negative things

🐛Crashes and stability issues
💰Expensive subscription model
🔒Concerns about data security and privacy
🔒Unreliable sync and sharing features
🤔Missing key features for professionals

Is Shot Lister Safe?

Shot Lister appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Shot Lister is 90/100.

This assessment is based on 195 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.6/5.

Safety Analysis

89.7% of ratings point to a safe experience

1.5% of ratings suggest some concerns

8.7% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 195 App Store ratings for Shot Lister.

Is Shot Lister Legit?

Shot Lister appears legitimate, with a few gaps. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Shot Lister is 78/100.

Based on 78 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

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Usefulness Ruined by Subscriptions and Accounts

I, and I bet the majority of filmmakers out there, would gladly pay a one-time purchase price for this, and even pay a yearly/every other year upgrade price for new, useful features but this dev, like to many others making professional software, has decided that to resort to rent-seeking like Adobe, Avid, and now Apple Themselves.

And at the end of the day, even if I were okay with all that, what am I greeted with when I first open the app? Another account, another privacy policy, another Terms-of-Service. More chances to get exposed in a data breach or get sold to advertisers when the company gets bought out or decides it’s not making enough money.

You know what the advantages of pen and paper shot lists are? They don’t charge me monthly to own nothing.

screenwriter_jay

5 months ago

Response from developer

We understand your frustration with the subscription model and would love to offer the options you suggest. Unfortunately it has not proved sustainable - app development and maintenance require a fairly reliable source of income - as a small company of dedicated filmmakers we rely on the subscriptions to maintain the app. To help independent filmmakers we do offer free versions of both the Mac and iOS. These are pretty robust and capable of handling smaller productions and if full access to all our features is required, a one month subscription along with the two weeks free trial can provide 6 weeks of prep and production. To ease your mind on data security, we do meet the stringent security requirements of the large studios and do not share or sell our users' information. Like you we don't enjoy be overwhelmed by advertising and we'd love to see you give us a try.

Could be so good, but so clunky in setting up each project

There’s a lot of great things about Shot Lister. It lets you plan out a shooting day and spits out a pretty cool day-tracking live mode that’s pretty handy on a shoot. This app has the potential to be so fantastic.

But the headaches with using it are endless. There’s no way to import spreadsheets or csv files, (even though it’s basically a spreadsheet itself.) There’s no way to do bulk actions. Moving multiple shots around in your shooting day is sooooo tedious. And there’s NO UNDO BUTTON!?

Overall it’s an A- for the idea and a big D- for User experience

Sp0rkle

8 months ago

Buggy

Good! But lots of little bugs to work out

MIKE DIVAaa

9 months ago

A must have for any DP!

Have been using Shot Lister for years, probably since hearing about it on Film Riot way back, and have been through all it's ups and downs in that time. Early on when syncing was a turbulent and risky business I had to 'save as' every time I made any changes and keep double backups of all project files as well as rendering PDFs to archive. On multiple occasions I lost the project to an error and had to ask Zach and his people to help me out (in a state of panic I might add) so I could recover the work. Despite the issues it once had, I never once considered walking away from the program. It is by far the best shot listing program there is or has ever been and the support from the team behind it is unmatched. In the recent rebuild of the program, the team completely eradicated the reliability issues and addressed so many of the problems us users had pointed out. I think that's one of many reasons I stuck with it, as it's not just another venture by some big tech company. It's a genuine effort to provide important tools for filmmakers and I feel that the makers are extremely motivated to work with the community to collectively build something truly excellent.

I have used Shot Lister on features, full scale TV shows, large commercials, shorts, music videos, documentaries - the list goes on. Even trying it out as a scheduling platform for my own personal life which is working really well for me! It can be a struggle sometimes to convince crew members, such as AD's and production as well as other departments, to jump on board with it - but the moment they accept it as a workflow they totally fall in love with it.

I couldn't have done all the insanely complex and on the go / last minute shot listing I've done without this phenomenal app. I owe it a lot of gratitude and to the people behind it.

If there's one thing you can do to improve your filmmaking, it would be to implement Shot Lister in your workflow right now. It would be silly not to, in my opinion.

Andri Haraldsson

a year ago

Allow Final Draft to merge.

This app is amazing and does make things a lot faster when filming. Merging the script with Scriptation app is good, however I don’t want to have to pay for another app when I already pay for another. Can you please add final draft merge like Scriptation?

Rated_Z93

a year ago

Response from developer

Hi and thanks for the support! If you are a Shot Lister Pro subscriber you can import a Final Draft script you just aren't able to import later versions into the same project. This process is quite complicated and is the kernel of Scriptation's coding and is what they do so well. We understand it's expensive to have two Pro subscriptions but we are able to take advantage of a new system by Apple where if you already subscribe to one of our Apps, like Shot Lister, then the second subscription is 20% off. The App Store will recognise you have a Shot Lister subscription so long as you log into the App Store with the same Apple ID you used to purchase it.

Allow Final Draft to merge.

Rated_Z93

a year ago

Calm down

Don’t ask me for a review 3 minutes after installing the software

falsepromise

a year ago

Outstanding App

Very helpful and affordable.

Dave from PR

a year ago

:(

I have had the app for 5 minute and review :(

Why waste time :(

SuperDummFrankly

a year ago

Almost There…

Unfortunately the app has limits and it’s as if the developers have NEVER been on a film set or broken down a major motion picture. It’s needs more integration, and customization because it lacks in the ability for the app to be used by the professional. Editing from different drafts is impossible. Selecting multiple strips -impossible. Integrating fully with Scriptation — impossible. Being a DP there is a lot to consider in any cinema app and most are a waste of money. This may work up to a limit but there needs to be far more work out into it to be able to be a powerful tool for any filmmaker. My advice to the developers is give a free pro demo to working feature film and tv DPs and directors and get their feedback. Fix the app bc it seems this is not ready for prime time…yet.

alejandrolalinde_dp

a year ago

Response from developer

Thanks for your feedback Alejandro and for adding your feature requests to shotlister.canny.io That's our go to list as we plan and build new features which we endevour do with each release. Your feedback will help keep us moving in the right direction. And our tutorial on our website for the Scriptation integration is super helpful in laying out the steps for importing script revisions and other sharing of data between our two apps.

Almost There…

Unfortunately the app has limits and it’s as if the developers have NEVER been on a film set or broken down a major motion picture. It’s needs more integration, and customization because it lacks in the ability for the app to be used by the professional. Being a DP there is a lot to consider in any cinema app and most are a waste of money. This may work up to a limit but there needs to be far more work out into it to be able to be a powerful tool for any filmmaker. My advice to the developers is give a free pro demo to working feature film and tv DPs and directors and get their feedback. They know what they need

alejandrolalinde_dp

a year ago

WOW

I absolutely HATE that you can only make ONE episode without shot lister pro that is absolutely STUPID. You should at LEAST be able to make one full SEASON with as many episodes as you want WITHOUT SHOT LISTER PRO. You should also be able to have as many projects as you want WITHOUT SHOT LISTER PRO! (Other than that it is a pretty good app with really great quality)

XCullinan2150

a year ago

A shot listing programs designed for filmmakers

I am a film and commercial director and there’s no program better than Shot Lister!
The auto and crew sync features are so helpful and it’s very easy to navigate through the software.
Sharon from the support team assisted me recently with some technical issues I was experiencing and had me back on track quickly and efficiently.

CKingDirector

a year ago

Can't access the orginal version of the app I paid for

Can't access the orginal version of the app I paid for, now being forced to subscribe at additional cost to use it.

Bumples

a year ago

Amazing App!!!

This is an absolute must for me on set.
Lifesaver! More importantly, timesaver!!

sen3paul

a year ago

With Scriptation, a must have app

As a longtime user of both Shot Lister (all my FunnyorDie shorts) and Scriptation (both features), I was thrilled when they announced app integration. Now, each one is synced up when there are script changes, reflecting the difference in page length in each app. And when I’m doing my shot list, one simple click will take me back to the script in Scriptation to make sure I haven’t forgotten anything. A perfect, flawless integration and absolutely vital for directors.

brainiac5

a year ago

Response from developer

Wow, thanks for your detailed review. We're proud of the work of both teams in making this happen and for Apple for introducing contingency pricing which allows us to offer a 20% discount on the one year subscriptions when users subscribe to both apps. The integration is also a huge step forward in app development and is definitely the future for filmmaking apps.

RAMON ORLANDO

serie

cventura10

a year ago

No monthly sub

Kind of bonkers that you have to shell out for annual. Just for a small script. Wish there was monthly

Velezjc

a year ago

Nearly unusable RESOLVED

I started using this app a few months back, I like the overall layout and features- however recently it’s been bugging out when I try to do nearly anything. I type a single line and it will exit the scene I’m working on and send me back to the main page. It does this constantly. I have updated the app to its newest version and still have this issue. I have also reached out to the support email and sent a screen recording of my issue and it’s been over a week with no response. Unfortunately on my phone this application is nearly unusable.

Samgib

a year ago

Response from developer

Hi Sam - sorry to hear you didn't get our email response. Check your spam but yes please send us the recording you have of the issue, ccing zach@shotlister.com so we can be sure to receive it and resolve your issue. Thx!