Comparison

Awake vs ShellShot

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

Head to head
About

Awake

This app helps you wake up effectively with customizable alarms and engaging wake-up missions like solving math problems or doing exercises. It also provides a personalized morning briefing with weather, calendar events, and health data.

Highlights
  • Math puzzle alarms
  • Physical wake-up tasks
  • Morning briefing
  • Weather and calendar integration
  • Customizable alarm sounds
  • Sleep tracking integration
Features
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Wake up with a mission, then see what your day holds. Awake combines a customizable alarm clock with physical and mental wake-up tasks and a personal Morning Briefing. WAKE-UP MISSIONS Complete a task when your alarm rings: • Walk a set number of steps • Do push-ups • Solve math challenges • Complete puzzles Wake-Up Check can ask you to confirm that you are still awake and ring again if needed. YOUR MORNING BRIEFING See useful information in one place: • Weather • Calendar events • Upcoming tasks from Structured • Sleep timing, duration, and interruptions when Apple Health data is available • one sec integration for blocking social media distractions ALARMS FOR YOUR ROUTINE • Loud sounds or gentle tones • Import and trim custom alarm sounds • Recurring alarms and sleep schedules • Adjustable snooze • Bedtime and alarm reminders • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Control Center, Shortcuts, and Siri support Some features require Awake Pro. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://awake.unorderly.io/privacy

About

ShellShot

Transform your screenshots into professional visuals with device frames, custom backgrounds, and flexible aspect ratios. Ideal for social media, app store previews, and portfolios, this tool simplifies the creation of polished showcase images without needing complex design software.

Highlights
  • Add real device frames
  • Customizable backgrounds and gradients
  • Flexible aspect ratios for social media
  • Long screenshot support
  • High-resolution export
  • Transparent background export
Features
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ShellShot turns everyday screenshots into polished showcase images — add real device frames, backgrounds, and aspect ratios for social posts, App Store previews, and portfolios. Lightweight and fast. No design suite required: pick a shot, frame it, export. Device Frames · New and classic iPhone models · Authentic device colors · Scale and drag to compose quickly Versatile Backgrounds · Solid and transparent backgrounds · Custom gradients and brightness · Use the current screenshot or a custom image · Curated artistic backgrounds · Adjustable darkness and blur Flexible Aspect Ratios · 1:1, 9:16, 3:4, 2:3, 1:2, 4:3, 3:2, 16:9, and more · Built for Stories, covers, posts, portfolios, and presentations · Keeps zoom and position when you switch images Long Screenshots & Export · Auto-detects long screenshots · Shows the full scroll content · Saves in high resolution to Photos · Transparent background export for further design Some frames, artistic backgrounds, full long-screenshot support, transparent export, and dynamic icons require ShellShot Pro.

Screenshots

Awake4 screens
ShellShot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ShellShot at 100% against Awake's 57%. ShellShot also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Awake sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $6.49 per month and ShellShot sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Awake ships an update every 3 weeks, ShellShot every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Awake versus ShellShot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAwakeShellShot
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.5K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews56.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.5K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size89 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerunorderly GmbHBeijing Noncurious Technology Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

Awake

All ratings1,440 ratings
Positive92.8%
Neutral2.8%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews143 reviews
Positive56.6%
Neutral14.7%
Negative28.7%

ShellShot

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Awake

Subscriptions4
  • Awake Pro$6.491 Month
  • Awake Pro$6.991 Month
  • Awake Pro$19.991 Year
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  • Awake Pro$29.991 Year
One-time2
  • Awake Pro (Lifetime)$59.99
  • Awake Pro (Lifetime)$79.99
1 purchases

ShellShot

One-time1
  • ShellShot Pro$2.99

Questions

Is Awake free?
Awake is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ShellShot free?
ShellShot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Awake or ShellShot have ads?
Neither Awake nor ShellShot shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Awake or ShellShot?
Awake ships an update every 3 weeks, and ShellShot every 2 days. Most recently, Awake was updated on November 8, 2026 and ShellShot on October 30, 2026.

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