Circle Communities vs ShootForIt
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Circle Communities
Stay connected with your online communities on the go. This app lets you participate in discussions, join live streams, and track events for any Circle.so community you're a part of. It's designed for both members and creators to manage their community interactions seamlessly.
- Community discussions
- Live stream hosting and joining
- Event tracking
- On-the-go community management
- Message notifications
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The official companion app for your Circle community is here! If you’re a member or creator of a Circle.so community, our app allows you to keep up with your discussions, events, and messages on the go. Join and host live streams, keep track of upcoming events, and never miss a beat on any of your Circle communities.
ShootForIt
This platform offers a dynamic videography training experience, allowing users to vote on weekly content updates covering creative and business skills. Learn from a working professional through real commercial breakdowns and gain unlimited access to an ever-expanding library.
- Community-voted content updates
- Real commercial production breakdowns
- Creative and business skill coverage
- Expert-led practical training
- Lifetime access to all content
- Professional growth resources
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ShootForIt is the first-ever videography training platform where YOU choose what you learn. No outdated courses, no guesswork - just a constantly evolving library updated weekly with creative and business topics voted on by real videographers like you. • Community-Driven Content: Every week, members vote on what they need to learn next. Struggling with lighting? Need help pricing your services? Just ask, and if enough people want it, it happens. Your training, your way. • Real Commercial Breakdowns: No desk lectures or theory. Get inside actual high-budget productions with behind-the-scenes footage, real timelines, and editing breakdowns from $50k+ deals. See how the pros really work. • Complete Skill Coverage: Master both the creative and business sides of videography. From camera techniques and color grading to finding leads, pitching clients, and negotiation tactics — everything you need to make a living with your camera. • Expert-Led Training: Learn from Harrison, a working videographer running a half-million dollar plus video business, not some guru. Get practical advice that works in today’s industry, not outdated theories. • Lifetime Access: Unlimited, ongoing access to every training — past, present, and future. Your resource library expands automatically every week. • Professional Growth Resources: Access job listings, get feedback on your work, connect with potential collaborators, and showcase your portfolio to the right audience. ShootForIt is revolutionizing how videographers learn their craft. Stop piecing together random YouTube tutorials and outdated courses. Join the platform where the content evolves with you, focusing on what matters now - as decided by actual working videographers.
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Verdict
Circle Communities and ShootForIt both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of ShootForIt's written reviews are positive against 65% of Circle Communities's. ShootForIt also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.5). Circle Communities's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (88K vs 4). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Circle Communities against 4.8 for ShootForIt. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Circle Communities has 88K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 65% of Circle Communities's written reviews are positive against 100% of ShootForIt's.
Circle Communities ships an update fortnightly, ShootForIt every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Circle Communities | ShootForIt |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (88K ratings) — better | 4.8 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 65.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 88K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #72 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | CircleCo Inc | 3PINNED LLC |
Customer experience
Circle Communities
ShootForIt
Bugs and requests
Circle Communities
Reported bugs
5 issues- Frequent app crashes and freezes
- Disappearing messages and notifications
- Inability to access certain communities
- Malformed data errors and login issues
- Compatibility problems with older devices
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to save draft posts and comments
- Improved text editing and cursor control
- Better video playback controls and functionality
- Syncing notifications and activity across devices
- More customization and personalization options
ShootForIt
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Circle Communities
No in-app purchases
ShootForIt
No in-app purchases
Questions
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