Shadow vs Nave
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.
Nave
Discover and connect with Catholic communities, ministries, and businesses in your area. Find nearby parishes, schools, and retreats, and join or create your own groups to foster faith and connection.
- Map of Catholic locations
- Discover parishes and schools
- Find retreats and pilgrimages
- Join or create groups
- Connect with religious communities
- Locate Catholic-owned businesses
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The Church is all around you: parishes, campus ministries, schools, retreats, pilgrimage sites, religious communities, and Catholic-owned businesses. Nave puts it all on one map, so you can see the visible Church. Join groups around your parish, or start your own! Read our Terms of use: https://www.catholicnave.com/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Nave at every 3 days against Shadow's fortnightly. Shadow's advantage is ratings volume (44 vs 5). On price, rating, review sentiment 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 Nave. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shadow has 44 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, Nave every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shadow | Nave |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (44 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 44 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 131 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Shadow Tech Incorporated | Oliver Olsen |
Customer experience
Shadow
Nave
In-app purchases
Shadow
No in-app purchases
Nave
No in-app purchases
