ShutterFest vs Session
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Session
Manage your photography sessions, bookings, and schedule directly from your mobile device. This app requires an existing Session account to access your information.
- View session details
- Manage bookings
- Access calendar on the go
- Requires Session account
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View your session details, bookings and calendar on the go. A Session account is required to use the Mobile App.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Session at every 3 months against ShutterFest's every 5 months. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 28 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of ShutterFest's written reviews are positive against 79% of Session's.
ShutterFest ships an update every 5 months, Session every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on June 25, 2026 and August 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ShutterFest | Session |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (17 ratings) — better | 4.4 (28 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 78.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 17 | 28 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 88 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Behind the Shutter.com, LLC | Session Technologies, LLC |
Customer experience
ShutterFest
Session
In-app purchases
ShutterFest
No in-app purchases
Session
No in-app purchases
