Comparison

HFEX vs Shutter Clique

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

HFEX

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FEX is your way to the stage of the Hilton Hotels in Austria. If you are passionate about a hospitality career in an awesome team, see all the current vacancies and get in direct contact. You are already part of the Heart of our hotels? Please sign in and receive all the exciting information that help you grow every single day. With FEX on your phone you receive all valuable information on the go! Highlights: • Apply for open positions • Be informed - get the latest information about the Hilton Hotels in Austria • Interact: Discuss news in the comments • Overview of all Team Member benefits

About

Shutter Clique

A private social network for sharing daily photos with a small, trusted circle. It prioritizes privacy with no ads, public posts, or user discovery. Connect with up to 15 friends using their contact information and enjoy secure, encrypted photo sharing.

Highlights
  • Private photo sharing
  • Limited friend count (15 max)
  • Encrypted photo transfer
  • No ads or public posts
  • Comment and reaction features
  • Save and delete photos
  • 1-month free trial
Features
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Shutter Clique is a private social network to share daily photos with your closest friends and family. There are no ads, no public posts, no user discovery, no reading your personal contacts, and no infinite scroll. Just the features you need to stay connected with the closest people in your life. To stay true to that goal, you are limited to a maximum of 15 friends. And you have to already know the email address or phone number of someone to connect with them, i.e., random people you don't know can't connect with you on Shutter Clique. You can see the most recent photo that each friend has posted in the last day, with the ability to add comments and reactions. Photos are transferred over encrypted channels and your photos are never shared publicly. Letting you stay safely connected and engaged with what’s going on in the lives of your trusted inner circle. You have full access to all the photos you've taken. You can save any of your photos to your device's Photos app (with no corporate branding added to your photos), and you can delete anything you've posted at any time. Most public social networks make money by selling your personal information to advertisers. Shutter Clique doesn’t do that. Instead we charge a small nominal fee of $0.99 / month to cover our infrastructure costs so we can keep the service running and keep your data private. You can use the app for free for 1 month to see if you like it before having to pay. Even if you don't pay, you will continue to have access to all your data captured during the trial period. Subscription details: You will be prompted to subscribe after a 1 month trial period, or you can elect to subscribe during the trial period via the Account tab in the app. A $0.99 / month purchase will be applied to your iTunes account on confirmation. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime with your iTunes account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription. For more information, see our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy below. Documentation: https://shutterclique.com/docs Terms of Service: https://shutterclique.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://shutterclique.com/privacy

Screenshots

HFEX3 screens
Shutter Clique4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HFEX at none against Shutter Clique's 1. Shutter Clique's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Shutter Clique sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. HFEX asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HFEX ships an update fortnightly, Shutter Clique every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 15, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
HFEX versus Shutter Clique: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHFEXShutter Clique
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—8 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Subscription
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB23 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperStaffbase GmbHGallus Soft LLC

In-app purchases

None

HFEX

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Shutter Clique

Subscriptions1
  • $0.99 / month$0.991 Month

Questions

Is HFEX free?
HFEX is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shutter Clique free?
Shutter Clique is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do HFEX or Shutter Clique have ads?
Neither HFEX nor Shutter Clique shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HFEX or Shutter Clique?
HFEX ships an update fortnightly, and Shutter Clique every 3 weeks. Most recently, HFEX was updated on October 15, 2026 and Shutter Clique on October 15, 2026.

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