ShutterFest vs Dubsado
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.
Dubsado
Manage your business operations from anywhere with this mobile app. It allows you to send invoices, accept payments, track projects, and communicate with clients. Stay organized and productive on the go with essential business management tools.
- Build and send invoices
- Accept in-person payments
- Push notifications for alerts
- Send and receive project emails
- Manage leads and projects
- View client data and appointments
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The Dubsado mobile app is your go-to companion for managing your business on the move. Built specifically for on-the-go business owners, this app provides essential features to keep your client work flowing smoothly, no matter where your business takes you. Key features: • Build and send invoices • Accept in-person payments with Tap to Pay • Enable push notifications for contract, form, scheduler, and invoice alerts • Send and receive project emails • Manually send schedulers and forms to clients • View upcoming and past appointments, projects, and internal events • Select custom emojis for each project • View, reschedule, or cancel booked appointments within projects • Add, view and search leads and projects • View project and client information at a glance • Access important client data received through forms • Access task list • View workflows applied to your projects • Access our chat support To use Dubsado’s app, a subscription is required. Subscriptions can be managed online. Download the Dubsado mobile app now and take your business with you wherever you go!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: ShutterFest at free against Dubsado's subscription. ShutterFest also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 71%). Dubsado's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (577 vs 17). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Dubsado holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dubsado has 577 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of ShutterFest's written reviews are positive against 71% of Dubsado's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
ShutterFest ships an update every 5 months, Dubsado every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ShutterFest | Dubsado |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (17 ratings) | 4.8 (577 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 71.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 17 | 577 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 92 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Behind the Shutter.com, LLC | Dubsado |
Customer experience
ShutterFest
Dubsado
Bugs and requests
ShutterFest
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Dubsado
Reported bugs
6 issues- App won't open or loads indefinitely
- Login form fails to process
- Crashes on Apple iPhone devices
- Zoom display settings cause icon overlap
- Text enlargement settings not responsive
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- App accessibility issues for visually impaired users
Requested features
5 requests- Update availability scheduling on app
- Access to more template features
- Email template insertion capability
- Notes feature
- Additional desktop feature parity
In-app purchases
ShutterFest
No in-app purchases
Dubsado
No in-app purchases
