Shadow vs SCRIBL
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.
SCRIBL
Share daily thoughts, questions, or updates with your friends. This social networking app allows users to connect and engage with their social circle through brief daily posts. It's designed for quick sharing and interaction.
- Share daily thoughts
- Post questions
- Update friends
- Social interaction
- Daily content sharing
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Share Your Thought, Question or Update of the Day With Friends!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Shadow at none against SCRIBL's shown. Shadow also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and ratings volume (41 vs 5). SCRIBL's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). On price, rating, review sentiment 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 Shadow against 5.0 for SCRIBL. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shadow has 41 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Shadow ships an update fortnightly, SCRIBL every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shadow | SCRIBL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (41 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 41 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Shadow Tech Incorporated | DBC Media Online, LLC |
Customer experience
Shadow
SCRIBL
In-app purchases
Shadow
No in-app purchases
SCRIBL
No in-app purchases
