Comparison

ShootPrep vs Shotspec

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

Head to head
About

ShootPrep

Create custom packing checklists for various photography shoots. Easily manage items, add your own categories, and share lists with clients or assistants. This app works offline and requires no account.

Highlights
  • Customizable packing lists
  • Pre-built starter lists
  • Add own categories and items
  • Shareable text lists
  • Offline functionality
  • Import/Export JSON data
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ShootPrep is a super-simple packing checklist for photographers. Build lists for weddings, headshots, real estate, product shoots, and more. Toggle items as you pack, add your own categories, and share a text copy with clients or assistants. Works offline. No account required. Optional: add your email to receive occasional pro tips and update news. Features • 5 starter lists for common shoots • Your own categories + items • Favorites and quick duplicates • Share a text version of any list • Import/Export as JSON • Offline by default (data stored on your device)

About

Shotspec

Features
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Put your camera settings on a clean EXIF frame, or see and remove a photo's metadata (location, camera, serial numbers), on your iPhone or iPad with nothing uploaded. Previewing frames and viewing metadata are free; a one-time purchase unlocks saving and sharing. Add a clean frame to your photo with the camera, lens, focal length, aperture, shutter speed and ISO — read from the photo's own camera data (EXIF), right on your iPhone or iPad. Shotspec opens the ORIGINAL file, so the details your camera recorded are really there: pick a photo from your library or open a camera file from Files (JPG, HEIC, DNG and the camera RAW formats iOS can open). The frame is added AROUND the photo — your picture is never covered or cropped. • FIVE LAYOUTS — Bar (camera and lens on the left, settings on the right), Instant (a deep bottom border with a centred caption), Gallery (a thin even border with a small spaced caption), Minimal (one quiet line) and Film (a dark border with edge-print type and your own film-stock line). • YOUR STYLE — white, cream, gray, charcoal or black frames; automatic, dark, gray, white or amber text; light, regular or bold type; a border-size slider. • SOCIAL SHAPES — keep the original shape or reach 4:5, 1:1 or 9:16 by adding border, never by cropping. • PHOTOGRAPHER'S NOTATION — f/1.8, 1/250 s, 0.5 s, 30 s, ISO 400, 35 mm and the 35 mm equivalent for phones and crop sensors. Duplicated or corporate camera names are tidied. • FILL IN THE GAPS — anything the file doesn't carry stays hidden (never "0 mm"), and you can type your own camera, lens or settings, plus a custom line for a place, a film stock or your name. Show or hide the date taken. • KEEPS THE FILE — the saved photo is full resolution, keeps its camera data and color (sRGB or Display P3), and you choose whether its location data stays. JPG or HEIC. • SEE AND REMOVE METADATA — see every field a photo carries (location, camera and lens, serial numbers, dates, software, author) and save copies without it: everything, or only the location. One photo or a whole batch; your originals are never changed. • PRIVATE — everything happens on your device. No account, no upload. Camera names are written as text; no camera-maker logos are added. A photo with no camera data (a screenshot, an edited copy) shows empty fields until you type the values. Picking a photo, previewing every layout and option, and seeing a photo's metadata are free. A one-time purchase unlocks saving and sharing framed photos and clean copies. Questions: overlapmarr@gmail.com

Screenshots

ShootPrep4 screens
Shotspec4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ShootPrep at none against Shotspec's 1. Shotspec's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Shotspec sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ShootPrep asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
ShootPrep versus Shotspec: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShootPrepShotspec
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.517.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNikita MiroshnikovJhomar Maravillas

In-app purchases

None

ShootPrep

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Shotspec

One-time1
  • Unlock Export$4.99

Questions

Is ShootPrep free?
ShootPrep is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shotspec free?
Shotspec is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ShootPrep or Shotspec have ads?
ShootPrep shows ads; Shotspec does not.

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