Bloom vs ShutterFest
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bloom
Manage your entire creative business from a single, elegant application. This tool provides all the essential features for professionals across various industries to streamline their operations and achieve success.
- Invoice generation
- Client relationship management (CRM)
- Business management tools
- Web access upgrade
- Free to start
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Run your entire creative business in one beautiful place. The Bloom app gives you all the tools you need to succeed. Professionals of all industries use Bloom, including photographers, designers, coaches, marketers, developers, event planners, landscapers, consultants, writers, etc. Download the app and start using for free right away. If you'd like to access the entire suite of business tools Bloom has to offer on the web, you can upgrade at a later time. Try it today!
ShutterFest
This event app allows attendees to customize their conference experience. Manage your schedule, register for classes, receive important updates, and learn about vendors and speakers. It's designed to be a flexible and engaging event platform.
- Personalized schedule management
- Class registration
- Event notifications
- Vendor and speaker information
- Customizable conference experience
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ShutterFest is the UN-Conference! ShutterFest is not meant to structure your entire life by sitting in conference room after conference room. Say goodbye to death by PowerPoint. This is YOUR conference! Make it what you want. Make it about you. Shoot. Learn. Party. This app is home to your schedule and where you will register for classes, where notifications will be sent out about important event updates, where you can read all about our vendors and speakers, and so much more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ShutterFest at 4.6 against Bloom's 3.7. ShutterFest also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 39%) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Bloom's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 5 months). On price, ratings volume, 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.
ShutterFest holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 41 and 17 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 39% of Bloom's written reviews are positive against 80% of ShutterFest's.
Bloom ships an update every 6 weeks, ShutterFest every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bloom | ShutterFest |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (41 ratings) | 4.6 (17 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 39.1% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 41 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | PICR, Inc | Behind the Shutter.com, LLC |
Customer experience
Bloom
ShutterFest
In-app purchases
Bloom
No in-app purchases
ShutterFest
No in-app purchases
