Comparison

ShadowShare vs G&B Printer

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

ShadowShare

This app helps you manage, test, and export proxy nodes. It allows importing free nodes or your own subscriptions, organizing them, and running speed tests. A premium version offers ad-free usage and additional features.

Highlights
  • Proxy node importing
  • Subscription management
  • Node organization and search
  • Latency and download speed tests
  • Batch testing
  • Node export to external clients
  • Regional availability checks
Features
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ShadowShare brings proxy node importing, testing, favorites, and export into one app. Organize your nodes and compare results on your current network. Nodes and subscriptions • Browse and refresh free nodes, or import your own subscriptions and nodes • Import node links, Base64 content, text files, and QR codes • Organize nodes by subscription source, search, save favorites, and set display names • Export nodes or subscriptions to compatible external proxy clients Latency and download tests • View node latency and download speed separately • Run individual or batch tests, sort results, and stop a test at any time • Downloads use the selected node and consume data on your current network and node • Results vary with network conditions, time, and the test service ShadowShare Pro • Sign in to access member nodes and your personal subscription for a compatible client • Check regional availability reported by streaming and AI services • Compare subscription sources using availability and latency reports • Enjoy ad-free use and export, a higher favorites limit, and member themes Free node management does not require registration. Member nodes require a signed-in account and active membership. Monthly, quarterly, and yearly subscription prices and billing periods are shown by the store at purchase. ShadowShare manages, tests, and exports nodes. Your selected external client handles the network connection. Public nodes come from third parties, and their quality and availability can change. The app does not promise a fixed speed, latency, or continuous availability. Privacy Policy: https://shadowsharing.com/privacy-policy.html Terms of Service: https://shadowsharing.com/terms-of-service.html

About

G&B Printer

Connect to your printer wirelessly to print photos, documents, and web pages directly from your mobile device. Offers image editing and print preview features for precise control over your print jobs.

Highlights
  • Wireless printer connection
  • Image printing from camera/album
  • Document printing (PDF, TXT, Office)
  • Web page printing
  • Print preview and editing
  • Scanning and image editing
Features
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1) Support wireless connection between APP and printer devices: Support searching for WLAN signals near devices and connecting them; Support WLAN routing between printer devices and mobile phones, and establish connections through a local area network; WLAN hotspot that supports mobile phones connecting to printer devices. Establish a connection with the printer. 2) Support printing operations using the APP: Image printing: Support using a camera to take photos and print photos in the app; Support accessing photo albums on your phone, selecting multiple photos and printing them; Support editing of pictures during print preview, including Image scaling, clipping, and rotation; Document printing: Support opening documents (PDF, TXT, office series formats, etc.) and printing them; Supports the selection of printing all pages, including the current page and the specified range of pages. Web page printing: Support website printing accessed through a browser. Support print preview and edit and process the generated images before printing; Print preview: Support print preview before printing; Print Properties: Support setting specific page numbers for printing when printing multi page documents; It supports setting the print parameters of the print task, including Paper size, number of copies to be printed, and whether it is single or double sided. 3) Support for scanning operations, including scanning, previewing, and image editing.

Screenshots

ShadowShare4 screens
G&B Printer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: G&B Printer at none against ShadowShare's 3. G&B Printer also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). ShadowShare's advantage is ratings volume (373 vs 4) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 4 months). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ShadowShare sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. G&B Printer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

G&B Printer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ShadowShare has 373 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ShadowShare ships an update every 6 weeks, G&B Printer every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
ShadowShare versus G&B Printer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShadowShareG&B Printer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (373 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings373 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size71 MB133 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperPHERUS .CO -SMC LIMITED一虎 徐

Customer experience

ShadowShare

All ratings371 ratings
Positive91.9%
Neutral1.6%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative36.0%

G&B Printer

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

ShadowShare

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • High-anonymous nodes not displayed after update
  • Subscription not updating
  • SSL error when connecting to server
  • Copying clash configuration to clipboard results in nothing when pasted
  • Subscription conversion returns 400, 403, 404 errors
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  • Generated subscription links are unusable
  • Cannot update
  • App cannot connect to servers

Requested features

3 requests
  • Show high-anonymous nodes after update
  • Limit node count to under 50
  • Add speed test and one-click node filtering function

G&B Printer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

ShadowShare

Subscriptions3
  • ShadowShare Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • ShadowShare Pro Quarterly$8.993 Months
  • ShadowShare Pro Annual$25.991 Year
None

G&B Printer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ShadowShare free?
ShadowShare is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is G&B Printer free?
G&B Printer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ShadowShare or G&B Printer?
G&B Printer is rated higher. ShadowShare averages 4.7 out of 5 from 373 ratings, while G&B Printer averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do ShadowShare or G&B Printer have ads?
ShadowShare shows ads; G&B Printer does not.
Which is updated more often, ShadowShare or G&B Printer?
ShadowShare ships an update every 6 weeks, and G&B Printer every 4 months. Most recently, ShadowShare was updated on November 7, 2026 and G&B Printer on November 3, 2026.

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