Staff Me Up vs Shadowbox Studios
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Staff Me Up
This app helps TV and film professionals find job opportunities. It offers seamless login, job browsing, and in-app application features to manage your production career. Stay connected with employers and receive job alerts.
- Seamless login
- Comprehensive job browsing
- In-app applications
- Job alerts
- Connect with employers
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Elevate your job search with the Staff Me Up mobile app, designed for TV and film professionals. With seamless login, comprehensive job browsing, and in-app applications, managing your production career has never been easier. Stay connected with employers and never miss a job alert with our new mobile experience.
Shadowbox Studios
This app serves as a mobile concierge and studio guide, providing essential on-lot resources for productions. It offers quick access to facility details, schedules, campus navigation, and contact information for crew, staff, and vendors.
- Interactive campus maps
- Crew, staff & vendor directories
- Facility specs & technical documents
- Stage manager schedules
- Food truck schedules
- Campus alerts
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The Shadowbox app is a mobile concierge and studio guide that connects your production with the essential on-lot resources it needs. Get your questions answered quickly and easily - wherever you are on campus. Access key facility details and documentation, stage manager and food truck schedules, and details on all of our on-campus amenities. Find your way around campus with interactive maps. Park with confidence by knowing which lots to use for your facility. Contact crew members, studio staff, and vendors using the directories. Receive timely studio notifications and news. - Interactive campus maps - Crew, staff & vendor directories - Policies, protocols & pets - Campus alerts - Food truck schedules - Facility specs & technical documents - Stage manager schedules
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Shadowbox Studios at 4.9 against Staff Me Up's 2.6. On price, ratings volume, update cadence and 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Shadowbox Studios holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 10 respectively.
Staff Me Up ships an update monthly, Shadowbox Studios fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 3, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Staff Me Up | Shadowbox Studios |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (21 ratings) | 4.9 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Casting Networks LLC | Blackhall Management Services LLC |
Customer experience
Staff Me Up
Shadowbox Studios
In-app purchases
Staff Me Up
No in-app purchases
Shadowbox Studios
No in-app purchases
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