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 2.5. ShotDeck also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (44 vs 12). 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 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 44 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 23% 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 September 17, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SCAD | ShotDeck |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (12 ratings) | 3.2 (44 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.6% of reviews | 28.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 44 — 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
In-app purchases
SCAD
No in-app purchases
ShotDeck
No in-app purchases
