Comparison

Shadow Shine vs Silhouette

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

Head to head
About

Shadow Shine

Enhance your photos by finger painting colored shadows directly onto the image. Easily add artistic shadow effects to draw attention to specific areas. Save and share your creations on social media or via email.

Highlights
  • Finger painting shadow effects
  • Zoom and erase modes
  • Use camera or photo album
  • Adjustable brush size
  • Social media sharing
  • Undo function
Features
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Let your photos shadow shine by finger painting the image with colored shadows. Create impressive images by shadow shining your photos. The shadow shine effect will draw the viewer's attention to shadowed spots in the image. Creating shadow shine images is as easy as drawing with your finger. You start by taking a photo with your camera. Use your finger to shadow parts of the image. Zoom into the image for detailed painting or use the erase mode to remove the shadow. Share your shadow shine images on Facebook, Twitter and other social nets. Send an email with the image attached to it or save it in your photo album. Features: - Easy finger painting - Paint, zoom and erase - Take pictures from your camera or photo album - Adjust the size of the painting circle - Share your paints on social nets - Undo function for paint corrections There are no limits on what you can shadow shine. Shadow shine your car, friends, kids, your dog or your holiday pictures.

About

Silhouette

Easily create striking silhouette art from your photos. Merge images, collage patterns, and edit outlines to produce professional-looking designs for social media sharing.

Highlights
  • Create silhouette effects
  • Merge photos into silhouettes
  • Collage pattern images
  • Extract and edit outlines
  • Edit silhouette color and transparency
  • Edit background color and images
  • Create transparent background images
Features
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Let's create Cool Silhouette Art like advertising posters and TV CM! You will be able to create cool silhouette art easily! You will be able to merge photos to silhouette image! You will be able to collage pattern picture to silhouette image! Let's share your cool silhouette art with your friends by using Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other SNS! Silhouette - Silhouette Effects Image Blender and Shadow Collage Picture Maker Free Photo Editor Apps - ■Description of App "Silhouette" is the free photo editor apps for creating silhouette effects image and collage picture. You will be able to edit your photo or image and create silhouette effects image easily by this photo collage editor apps. You will be able to create artistic image from your photo or image by blending photo or image from photo album or camera to silhouette effects image. In addition, you can edit silhouette effects image like collage using various pattern image which is incorporated in the apps. *You can save only one image that used blender effect or used pattern image per day. You can remove the restriction by purchasing "Additional Functions" Add-on in In-App Purchase. You can create image with transparent background like stamp from your photo by hiding the background. You can use pattern image of 155 type to edit your photo and image. In addition, you can use pattern image that saved in the photo album of your device. I plan to add new pattern image in the future. ■Function List 1. Extraction of Outline. ○You can extract outline from photo or image. ○Outline is hidden in the initial state. ○When you edit silhouette effects image from the photo with little contrast, you might be able to extract the silhouette relatively cleanly by using outline. ○You can edit outline color and outline width. ○You can hide outline. 2. Create Silhouette Effects Image ○You can create silhouette effects image from your photo or image. ○This is main function of this photo editor apps. ○You can edit silhouette color, silhouette threshold, silhouette transparency and silhouette smoothness. ○You can merge photo or image from photo album or camera as silhouette inner image. ○You can collage pattern image as silhouette inner image. ○You can invert and hide silhouette. 3. Edit Silhouette Background ○You can edit background of silhouette. ○You can edit background color. ○You can merge photo or image from photo album or camera as background. ○You can collage pattern image as background image. ○You can create image with transparent background like stamp from your photo by hiding the background. *You can save only one image that used blender effect or used pattern image per day. You can remove the restriction by purchasing "Additional Functions" Add-on in In-App Purchase. ■How to create Silhouette Effects Image 1. Select image you want to edit from "Camera" Button. 2. When Image was displayed, edit image to the desired image by Edit Items. 3. You can merge photo or image from photo album or camera as background by selecting "Image" button. 4.You can collage pattern image as background image by selecting "Image" button. 5. When you touch "Save" Button, current image will be saved in "Photos (Camera Roll)". *Full Screen Advertising will be displayed, after you have saved the picture. You can hide this Advertising by purchasing "Add-on". *You can save only one image that used blender effect or used pattern image per day. You can remove the restriction by purchasing "Additional Functions" Add-on in In-App Purchase. ■About In-app Advertising Banner Advertising is displayed in Home Screen. Full Screen Advertising will be displayed, after you have saved the picture. You can hide these Advertising by purchasing "Additional Function Add-on".

Screenshots

Shadow Shine4 screens
Silhouette4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Shadow Shine at 5.0 against Silhouette's 3.3. Shadow Shine also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). Silhouette's advantage is ratings volume (21 vs 3). On price, ads 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. Silhouette sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Shadow Shine asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Shadow Shine holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Silhouette has 21 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of Shadow Shine's written reviews are positive against 48% of Silhouette's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shadow Shine ships an update every 3 weeks, Silhouette every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Shadow Shine versus Silhouette: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShadow ShineSilhouette
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better3.3 (21 ratings)
Positive reviews58.3% of reviews — better48.4% of reviews
Number of ratings321 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlexander Dr. RiegerTAIKI HIRATA

Customer experience

Shadow Shine

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive58.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative33.3%

Silhouette

All ratings21 ratings
Positive52.4%
Neutral14.3%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive48.4%
Neutral6.5%
Negative45.2%

In-app purchases

None

Shadow Shine

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Silhouette

One-time1
  • Additional Functions$1.99

Questions

Is Shadow Shine free?
Shadow Shine is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Silhouette free?
Silhouette is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Shadow Shine or Silhouette?
Shadow Shine is rated higher. Shadow Shine averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Silhouette averages 3.3 from 21 ratings.
Do Shadow Shine or Silhouette have ads?
Both Shadow Shine and Silhouette show ads.
Which is updated more often, Shadow Shine or Silhouette?
Shadow Shine ships an update every 3 weeks, and Silhouette every 3 months. Most recently, Shadow Shine was updated on October 8, 2026 and Silhouette on October 4, 2026.

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