Green Screener vs ShotBOT
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Green Screener
This app helps you achieve perfect green screen effects by visualizing unevenness and analyzing color quality. It includes a built-in chroma keyer and spill analyzer for live previews, and works with various cameras and imported media.
- Banding visualization for green screen issues
- Live chroma keyer and spill analyzer
- Color quality analyzer for backdrops
- Works with all device cameras
- Import images and backgrounds
- Zoom, position, and flip foreground/background
- Save composite snapshots
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Get amazingly perfect green screen with Green Screener. For good chroma keying, green/blue screens must be extremely even, or fine edge detail like hair and transparency starts to become blotchy, which is the hallmark of bad green screen. Features: * See green screen problems with your own eyes using unique banding visualization. * Built-in chroma keyer and spill analyzer to preview composites live on the set. * Built-in color quality analyzer to verify if the color of a studio green screen, paint at the hardware store, or backdrops you're considering purchasing is good enough. * Works with all device cameras. * Free desktop version including to use with webcams or HDMI capture devices. * Works with imported images, and a built-in library of green and blue screen examples ranging from good to bad. * Works with imported backgrounds, or a library of backgrounds with a variety of lighting scenarios. * Zoom and position background. * Flip X and Y on both foreground and background. * Save snapshots of quick composites to the camera roll.
ShotBOT
This app helps visual effects supervisors meticulously track production notes for film, TV, and commercials. It allows for detailed scene and take logging, image annotation, and report generation for VFX teams. Advanced features are available via in-app purchases.
- Track general scenes or individual takes
- Print or email comprehensive shooting reports
- Built-in drawing and annotation feature
- Supports multi-camera shoots
- User-defined presets for fast data entry
- Tag scenes for organization
- Take pictures or import images for reference
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ShotBOT is designed for professional visual effects supervisors, to use during production, to take all the necessary production notes when shooting visual effects scenes. It tracks all the VFX needs for film, TV, documentaries, music videos and commercial production. This app is designed by someone who has spent 20 years shooting visual effects. All advanced features are sold via in-app purchases so you only need to buy what you need. For more detailed information on ShotBOT, please check out our web site for demo screencasts and a comprehensive FAQ page. FEATURES -ShotBOT has all the fields you would expect. A full list of fields is at the bottom of this page. -Track general scenes or individual takes. -Print or email a comprehensive shooting report to your VFX artists after the shoot. -Built in drawing feature to create diagrams or annotate pictures. -App-wide built in help screens to explain every feature. -Supports multi-camera shoots. -Full support for user defined presets for all commonly used fields. Includes default set of presets for professional production. Entering the data for a scene is very fast! -Scenes can be tagged to group sets of scenes together for complete organization of the scenes. -Take pictures or import existing images for scene reference. -View and grab frames from a wireless, live video feed from the camera. (Requires Teradek wireless encoder and in-app purchase) -Print a variety of different style tracking marks in a variety of sizes. (Requires in-app purchase) -Two different interface styles. Dark for indoor, Light for outdoor. You will always be able to view screen content without blinding your eyes. -Export your data so you can import it into your own post production tracking software. (Require in-app purchase) -Optional ShotBOT Cloud option to backup your data in realtime and sync between multiple devices. (Require in-app purchase) JOB FIELDS -Job Number -Episode Name and Number -Working Title -Agency and Client Name -Product Description -Production Company Name -Default FPS -Job Description SCENE FIELDS -Scene Number -Scene Description -Slate -Shot Date, Day Number, Time of day. -Unit (First unit, second unit, plate unit) -MOS or Sync sound. -Interior/Exterior -Day, Night, or Day For Night -Shoot Location -Scene Notes -Flags for: HDR, Mirror Ball, 18% Gray Ball, Cube, Clean Plate, Tiles, Ref Plates, Dig Stills Ref, Dig Stills Texture, Set Survey, Lidar Scan, 3D Scan, Lighting Diagram, Rushed Enviroment. CAMERA FIELDS -Camera ID -Camera Type -Camera Rig -Card/Clip Info -Filters -ISO -Shutter -Color Temp -FPS -T Stop -Lens -MM Start & End -Camera Height Start & End -Camera Tilt Start & End -Camera Focus Start & End -Camera Notes TAKE FIELDS -Take Number -Hero or Circled Take Flag -Take Notes
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Green Screener at $9.99 against ShotBOT's $29.99. Green Screener also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ratings volume (21 vs 2). ShotBOT's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 56%) and rating (4.5 vs 3.7). On 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
Green Screener costs $9.99 and ShotBOT $29.99 up front. ShotBOT sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Green Screener asks for nothing beyond the download.
ShotBOT holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Green Screener has 21 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Green Screener's written reviews are positive against 100% of ShotBOT's.
Green Screener ships an update every 58 months, ShotBOT every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Green Screener | ShotBOT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 — better | $29.99 |
| Rating | 3.7 (21 ratings) | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 58 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 168 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hollywood Camera Work SRL | Todd Freese |
Customer experience
Green Screener
ShotBOT
In-app purchases
Green Screener
No in-app purchases
ShotBOT
- ShotBOT Tracking Marks$4.99
- ShotBOT Cloud - 30 Day Subscription$4.99
- ShotBOT JSON Export$9.99
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- ShotBOT TSV Text Export$9.99
- ShotBOT Teradek Live Video$49.99
- ShotBOT VES Export$74.99









