SCAD vs ShotDeck
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SCAD
This app provides access to university information, including academic programs, campus details, and events. Students can log in to access personalized schedules, grades, course registration, and campus resources.
- Academic program information
- Campus locations and events
- Virtual tours
- Personalized class schedule
- Course registration
- Interactive campus maps
- Blackboard access
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Tap into the SCAD experience and start exploring The University for Creative Careers. Log in with your MySCAD account to access even more exclusive tools and features. Discover the latest information about the university’s academic programs, campus locations, events, exhibitions, virtual tours, and more. -- EXCLUSIVE CONTENT FOR SCAD STUDENTS -- Students can log in to access amazingly convenient tools and features, including: - Your personalized class schedule and grades - Course registration - Dining and meal plan information - Interactive maps - The academic calendar - The faculty and department directory - Safety and security information - Real-time lookups for technology resources and availability - Blackboard
ShotDeck
Access the world's largest library of high-quality, searchable cinematic images. This tool aids directors, cinematographers, and visual artists in finding inspiration, conducting research, and referencing visual styles for film production. Explore detailed information for each image to enhance your creative process.
- Largest collection of cinematic images
- Meticulously keyworded and searchable
- Detailed image metadata (cast, crew, camera, lens)
- Time-saving image discovery
- Inspiration, research, and reference tool
- Collaborative professional tool
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Shotdeck is the largest collection of meticulously keyworded fully searchable high quality cinematic images in the world. Hello directors, cinematographers, designers, ad folks, film students and visual artists, you’ve just discovered your new secret weapon, the best collaborative professional tool for bringing your vision to life - from pitch, to prep to post. Each image has information on cast and crew, aspect ratio, framing, lighting, camera, lens, shooting location, and a dozen more. This time saving app will help you not just find the exact image you are looking for but allow you to discover ones that you never new existed. You'll wonder how you ever worked without Shotdeck. Inspiration - Research - Reference - Education - Discovery Start exploring Shotdeck totally free today and witness your vision come to life and your creativity reach new heights.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ShotDeck at 3.2 against SCAD's 2.4. ShotDeck also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (46 vs 13). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ShotDeck holds the better App Store score, 3.2 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 46 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of SCAD's written reviews are positive against 29% of ShotDeck's.
SCAD ships an update every 5 weeks, ShotDeck every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SCAD | ShotDeck |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (13 ratings) | 3.2 (46 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.2% of reviews | 28.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 46 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Savannah College of Art and Design | Filmmakers Research Lab, LLC |
Customer experience
SCAD
ShotDeck
User reviews
SCAD
From 13 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast login speeds
- 👍 New SCAD feature works great
- 👍 App works well now
- 👍 App is clear and easy to use
- 👍 App is a help
Room to improve
- 🐛 UI is difficult to use
- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- 🐛 Pages stop loading
- 🐛 Black screen bug
- 🐛 Login issues
ShotDeck
From 46 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great service on desktop
- 💡 Useful for filmmakers and DPs
- 💡 Good concept and diligent implementation
- 💡 Intuitive app interface
- 💡 Comprehensive shot libraries
Room to improve
- 🐛 Constant crashing on iPad/iPhone
- 🐛 Unusable search function
- 🐛 App quits after searches/saves
- 🐛 Loading circles go for ages or crash
- 🐛 App crashes out of nowhere
Bugs and requests
SCAD
Reported bugs
26 issues- Order online feature not loading
- App stuck on email verification
- New ordering system doesn't show completion
- No QR codes for orders
- App crashing after update
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- Pages not loading (roster, professor)
- Badges and labels not appearing
- Black screen after login
- App immediately crashes upon signing in
- Cannot log in despite correct information
- App freezes on login screen
- App crashes when opened
- Cannot tap on anything
- App freezes on registration day
- Saved class lists wiped
- Ghost notifications
- Unable to drop classes or review schedule
- White screen in 'my classes' tab
- App shuts down after login
- Opens email in Safari
- Constant sign-ins required
- AR and other functions not working
- App ruins login credentials
- Half of items don't work
- Old black design was better
- Neon purple and white text is blinding
Requested features
7 requests- Organize and hide buttons on MySCAD tab
- Implement Face ID for newer iPhones
- Make signing in easier
- Add fingerprint login again
- Allow clicking and highlighting links
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- Remember password
- Implement in-app browser for email
ShotDeck
Reported bugs
35 issues- UI issues
- Low quality grabs
- App crashes constantly
- App quits after a few searches or image saves
- App crashes when searching
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- Age verification required
- New account creation with Apple ID required
- iPad app crashes every time search is used
- App crashes when entering a search term
- Infinite loading
- Won't allow sign up or log in
- Password reset email not received
- Enlarged images opened in a new page
- Search feature completely useless
- App wouldn't load anything
- Servers down error
- No more than 5 minutes without crashing on iPads and iPhones
- Images take too long to load
- Images won't load
- System error causing refund
- Asked to sign in, not sign up
- Application would shut down itself when looking for more shots
- App entirely crashes when swiping through full sized photos on iPad
- App crashes after a few minutes of use on iPad
- Search engine never works
- Search bar not working
- Filters don't work in search function
- Burned 2 hours saving images to a deck, but they are not in the deck
- App crashes repeatedly
- Periodic crashing (typically when choosing to browse similar shots)
- Quick add doesn't seem to work
- Unpredictable search results
- Pages don't load or have errors
- Searches with fairly common words don't yield any results
- Cannot use split screen or a floating window with the app on the iPad
Requested features
8 requests- Update app to be a great companion to desktop site
- Fix login with Apple ID issue
- Fix age verification and account creation hurdles
- Make a widget that cycles random shots
- Improve UI/UX
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- Add more data to search and tags
- Add dark mode
- Faster way to add shots to favorites
In-app purchases
SCAD
No in-app purchases
ShotDeck
No in-app purchases
