Comparison

Shadowbox Studios vs AD Pumpkin

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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

About

AD Pumpkin

This app helps Assistant Directors manage minor cast and background performers on film and TV sets. It tracks school requirements, breaks, and work hours with customizable timers and real-time project sharing for team alignment.

Highlights
  • Track school, lunch, and work hours for minors
  • Customizable timer presets
  • Color-coded progress bars
  • Team project sharing
  • Automatic deadline cues
  • Compliance with minor labor laws
Features
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AD Pumpkin is the must have tool for Assistant Directors working with minor cast and background performers. Built for the fast pace of film and TV sets, it keeps ADs organized, compliant, and ahead of the clock, all with clean, colorful visuals. Track school requirements, lunch breaks, and hard-outs with ease. Create multiple custom timers for each child and instantly see their status displayed in bright, intuitive progress bars. No more flipping through paperwork or doing mental math under pressure, everything you need is visible at a glance. And now, with project sharing, your entire AD team can stay synced in real time. Share your project with other users so everyone sees the most up to date times. No more miscommunication, outdated info, or guessing who has the correct numbers, the whole team stays aligned. Perfect for: • Basecamp ADs • 1st & 2nd ADs • Background & First Team PAs • CLCs Features: • Track school, lunch, work hours, and hard-outs for each minor • App predicts and does the math for you on pumpkin times, lunch, 2nd meal and school times. • Create multiple timer types with customizable presets • Color-coded progress bars for instant visual clarity • Team project sharing so every AD sees the latest times • Automatic visual cues to prevent missed deadlines • Organized views built for fast decision-making on busy shoot days • Designed specifically to help ADs stay compliant with minor labor laws AD Pumpkin keeps your team organized, efficient, and aligned. So you can focus on running the set, not chasing times. Subscriptions AD Pumpkin offers optional auto-renewing Pro subscriptions that unlock CloudKit sharing (creating collaborative shares): - Pro Monthly – $1.99 per month, with a 1-week free trial. - Pro Annually – $17.99 per year, with a 2-week free trial. Only the user who creates a CloudKit share needs Pro. Accepting and using a share is free. Subscription terms - Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. - Subscriptions automatically renew unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the current period ends. - Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the current period ends, at the price shown above. - Free trials automatically convert to a paid subscription unless cancelled before the trial ends. (Not all regions offered free trials) - You can manage or cancel your subscription at any time in your App Store account settings. - Prices may vary by region. Legal Terms & Conditions: https://byadsforads.wixsite.com/badfads/terms-and-conditions/ad-pumpkin-t-c Privacy Policy: https://byadsforads.wixsite.com/badfads/privacy-policy/ad-pumpkin-pp Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Shadowbox Studios4 screens
AD Pumpkin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Shadowbox Studios at none against AD Pumpkin's 2. Shadowbox Studios also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.5). AD Pumpkin's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. AD Pumpkin sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Shadowbox Studios asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Shadowbox Studios against 5.0 for AD Pumpkin. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 5 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shadowbox Studios ships an update fortnightly, AD Pumpkin every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Shadowbox Studios versus AD Pumpkin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShadowbox StudiosAD Pumpkin
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (10 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings10 — better5
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.5
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB4 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperBlackhall Management Services LLCBy ADs, For ADs LLC

Customer experience

Shadowbox Studios

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

AD Pumpkin

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Shadowbox Studios

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

AD Pumpkin

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Pro Annually14 Days trial$17.991 Year

Questions

Is Shadowbox Studios free?
Shadowbox Studios is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AD Pumpkin free?
AD Pumpkin is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Shadowbox Studios or AD Pumpkin?
AD Pumpkin is rated higher. Shadowbox Studios averages 4.9 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while AD Pumpkin averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Shadowbox Studios or AD Pumpkin have ads?
Neither Shadowbox Studios nor AD Pumpkin shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Shadowbox Studios or AD Pumpkin?
Shadowbox Studios ships an update fortnightly, and AD Pumpkin every 4 days. Most recently, Shadowbox Studios was updated on October 6, 2026 and AD Pumpkin on September 29, 2026.

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