Shadow vs APART
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shadow
A community-based social platform for real-time geolocated networking. Discover exclusive events and opportunities in major cities worldwide. Connect with a highly engaged member base.
- Community-based social platform
- Geolocated networking
- Exclusive event discovery
- Real-time opportunities
- Major city coverage
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Shadow is a selective, community-based, social platform that provides geolocated networking for a highly connected member base. Join our platform to see exclusive events and opportunities in real-time, across major cities around the world including LA, NYC, Miami, London and more.
APART
Discover what's happening around you and with your friends. Follow people and places to see their events, or create your own to easily invite others and track RSVPs. Find new activities through personalized recommendations.
- Follow friends and venues
- Discover local events
- Create and manage events
- Track RSVPs
- Personalized discovery feed
- Ad-free experience
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Not sure what to do tonight? APART is the home of all social calendars. Follow friends, venues, artists, community organizers — find out where everyone is going and what they’re hosting, both in your personal circles and in your wider communities. Create events on APART to easily invite your friends and track who’s coming. Check your discovery page for events you might be interested in and find out what’s going on around you. 100% ad free, APART is solely user-driven — it’s run by YOU, and YOUR community. Be a part of something different.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Shadow at 44 against APART's 4. Shadow also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.6). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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 Shadow against 5.0 for APART. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shadow has 44 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shadow | APART |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (44 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 44 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Shadow Tech Incorporated | APART SOCIAL, INC. |
Customer experience
Shadow
APART
In-app purchases
Shadow
No in-app purchases
APART
No in-app purchases
