ShotDeck vs Wolf Alone
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.
Wolf Alone
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Most self-improvement apps hand you a library and wish you luck. Wolf Alone asks one question — what are you actually here for — and then decides the rest. NINE PROGRAMMES, AND THE APP RUNS ONE OF THEM There are nine, and they are not nine themes. They are nine separately written routes — for a breakup, for anxiety, for lost attention, for money, for loneliness, for skill, for discipline, for physical hardness, for a flat life — and they share almost nothing. You pick one on the first screen. It has six named stages and more than thirty steps, and exactly one of them is open at a time. Tonight has one thing in it. When it is done — actually done, read from what you did rather than ticked off — the next one opens. There is no "mark complete" control on a programme step anywhere in this app, and no calendar behind it, so there is no day thirty to fall behind on. Disappear for a fortnight and tonight's step is still tonight's step. A WOLF THAT GROWS ON WHAT YOU DO It starts as a pup. Every lesson, session and check-in feeds it, through five forms, in the coat you chose on day one. It is not a mascot — it is the honest picture of a month. NOT SUMMARIES One idea per lesson, an action step, and the sentence worth keeping — written for this app, not extracted from the book. You will not need most of them. The point is that your programme picks. Not affiliated with or endorsed by any author or publisher. TRAIN THE ATTENTION YOU LOST Thirteen drills, one of them a reading test that gives you a real number, and a pace ladder that goes up as you do. HABITS THAT SURVIVE A BAD WEEK Never miss twice. Miss one day and the run holds — that is built in, not a favour. Streak freezes are earned by turning up and can never be bought. A QUIET MIND, ON PURPOSE Seventeen guided sessions, written line by line rather than assembled — one hundred and twelve minutes of somebody talking to you like an adult, in a real voice rather than your phone's. Two minutes when that is all there is, twenty-two at night built so you never hear the end. Breathwork, affirmation packs matched to what you are working on, and a plain timer for the days you do not want to be talked to. MONEY, IF THAT IS THE LEAK Jars, budgets and a ledger, for the programme that is about money rather than mood. A PACK THAT WOULD NOTICE Add somebody by their name and see the week as a race. Nobody can find you without it, nobody can message you until you accept, and the leaderboard is people you chose. WHAT IS FREE Your programme stays open either way. Every lesson, session and pack it asks for is free, on any plan, all the way to the last stage. Two lessons of every book are free forever, three whole books are open, and so are three habits, a pack of affirmations and the reading test. WHAT PRO ADDS Every lesson of all two hundred books. Every affirmation pack, plus the ones you write. The full session library including sleep. Every drill in full. Twelve habits at once instead of three. No account is needed to start. Your lessons, habits and notes stay on your phone; only what you put in the pack is sent to us. WOLF ALONE PRO One subscription, everything above, on either term: - Yearly: $59.99 per year, which works out at $5.00 a month. The first week is free. - Monthly: $14.99 per month. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically at the same price unless it is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours of the period ending. Manage or cancel in your Apple ID account settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when a subscription is bought. Prices are in US dollars and vary by region. Terms of Use: https://wolfalone.net/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://wolfalone.net/privacy.html Support: https://wolfalone.net/support.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ShotDeck at none against Wolf Alone's 2. ShotDeck also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and iOS requirement 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. Wolf Alone sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. ShotDeck asks for nothing beyond the download.
ShotDeck ships an update every 2 weeks, Wolf Alone every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ShotDeck | Wolf Alone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (46 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 28.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 46 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 107 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Filmmakers Research Lab, LLC | Cyber Istanbul Bilisim Teknolojileri Anonim Sirketi |
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
Wolf Alone
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ShotDeck
No in-app purchases
Wolf Alone
- Wolf Alone Pro - Monthly$14.991 Month
- Wolf Alone Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year









