Shadow vs Chance
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.
Chance
Connect with friends through fun chats. This app prioritizes user safety with automated and human moderation to identify policy violations. It offers a private space for school-based social interactions.
- Fun chats
- Automated moderation
- Human moderation
- School-focused community
- User safety features
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fun chats --- To ensure the safety of our users, Chance leverages Hive Moderation's automated moderation solution as well as human moderators to identify content that violates the Terms of Service. Privacy Policy: https://chanceapp.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://chanceapp.com/terms Support: https://chanceapp.com/support
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Shadow at 4.9 against Chance's 4.0. Shadow also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 88%). On price, update cadence, 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.
Shadow holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 41 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Shadow's written reviews are positive against 88% of Chance's.
Shadow ships an update fortnightly, Chance every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shadow | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (41 ratings) — better | 4.0 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 87.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 41 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 106 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Shadow Tech Incorporated | Chance |
Customer experience
Shadow
Chance
In-app purchases
Shadow
No in-app purchases
Chance
No in-app purchases
