ShotDeck vs Inside The Edit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ShotDeck
Access the world's largest library of high-quality, searchable cinematic images. This tool aids directors, cinematographers, and visual artists in finding inspiration, conducting research, and referencing visual styles for film production. Explore detailed information for each image to enhance your creative process.
- Largest collection of cinematic images
- Meticulously keyworded and searchable
- Detailed image metadata (cast, crew, camera, lens)
- Time-saving image discovery
- Inspiration, research, and reference tool
- Collaborative professional tool
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Shotdeck is the largest collection of meticulously keyworded fully searchable high quality cinematic images in the world. Hello directors, cinematographers, designers, ad folks, film students and visual artists, you’ve just discovered your new secret weapon, the best collaborative professional tool for bringing your vision to life - from pitch, to prep to post. Each image has information on cast and crew, aspect ratio, framing, lighting, camera, lens, shooting location, and a dozen more. This time saving app will help you not just find the exact image you are looking for but allow you to discover ones that you never new existed. You'll wonder how you ever worked without Shotdeck. Inspiration - Research - Reference - Education - Discovery Start exploring Shotdeck totally free today and witness your vision come to life and your creativity reach new heights.
Inside The Edit
Learn professional video editing techniques with a comprehensive course and masterclass. Access free training resources and receive updates to enhance your creative skills.
- Creative Editing Course
- Exclusive Masterclass
- Free Creative Training
- Push Notifications
- One-time Masterclass Purchase
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Video Editing for Stronger Storytelling Learn the professional editing techniques used in film and television Access Your Course – Watch and learn from the Creative Editing Course inside the app. Exclusive Masterclass – Unlock a 1hr 50-minute in-app Masterclass (available as a one-time purchase). Free Creative Training – Explore free editing resources to sharpen your skills. Stay Updated – Get push notifications with the latest news and updates. Download the app and learn what to cut and why. END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Inside The Edit at 75% against ShotDeck's 29%. Inside The Edit also leads on rating (3.7 vs 3.2). ShotDeck's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (46 vs 3). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Inside The Edit sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ShotDeck asks for nothing beyond the download.
Inside The Edit holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ShotDeck has 46 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of ShotDeck's written reviews are positive against 75% of Inside The Edit's.
ShotDeck ships an update every 2 weeks, Inside The Edit every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ShotDeck | Inside The Edit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (46 ratings) | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.9% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 46 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Filmmakers Research Lab, LLC | Inside The Edit |
Customer experience
ShotDeck
Inside The Edit
Bugs and requests
ShotDeck
Reported bugs
35 issues- UI issues
- Low quality grabs
- App crashes constantly
- App quits after a few searches or image saves
- App crashes when searching
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- Age verification required
- New account creation with Apple ID required
- iPad app crashes every time search is used
- App crashes when entering a search term
- Infinite loading
- Won't allow sign up or log in
- Password reset email not received
- Enlarged images opened in a new page
- Search feature completely useless
- App wouldn't load anything
- Servers down error
- No more than 5 minutes without crashing on iPads and iPhones
- Images take too long to load
- Images won't load
- System error causing refund
- Asked to sign in, not sign up
- Application would shut down itself when looking for more shots
- App entirely crashes when swiping through full sized photos on iPad
- App crashes after a few minutes of use on iPad
- Search engine never works
- Search bar not working
- Filters don't work in search function
- Burned 2 hours saving images to a deck, but they are not in the deck
- App crashes repeatedly
- Periodic crashing (typically when choosing to browse similar shots)
- Quick add doesn't seem to work
- Unpredictable search results
- Pages don't load or have errors
- Searches with fairly common words don't yield any results
- Cannot use split screen or a floating window with the app on the iPad
Requested features
8 requests- Update app to be a great companion to desktop site
- Fix login with Apple ID issue
- Fix age verification and account creation hurdles
- Make a widget that cycles random shots
- Improve UI/UX
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- Add more data to search and tags
- Add dark mode
- Faster way to add shots to favorites
Inside The Edit
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ShotDeck
No in-app purchases
Inside The Edit
- How To Cut a Scene Like a Pro$4.99
Questions
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Is Inside The Edit free?
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