Comparison

Shorta vs Neon Shutter

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

Head to head
About

Shorta

Discover original series with episodes under two minutes, designed for vertical viewing on your phone. Enjoy a wide range of genres from drama to horror, with new content added weekly. Watch online or download for offline viewing.

Highlights
  • Episodes under 2 minutes
  • Vertical HD streaming
  • Multi-genre content
  • New series weekly
  • Offline viewing
  • Daily free tickets
  • Comment, like, and share
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Shorta. Vertical series. Big stories. Fiction built to fit your screen. Shorta is entertainment made for your phone, original series with episodes under 2 minutes you can watch anytime. Every series is premium content designed for vertical viewing: stories that hook you from the very first second in cinematic HD. Start watching with free content. New episodes and series every week. Tired of long series you never finish? Shorta changes the game. Micro series in bite-sized episodes you can binge in minutes. Intense drama, thriller that keeps you on the edge, romance that pulls at your heart, horror that gets under your skin, comedy that makes you laugh out loud, and sci-fi that blows your mind, all in vertical format, all in streaming HD, all on your phone. What makes Shorta different: • Episodes under 2 minutes, entertainment made for your phone • Multi-genre: the first vertical fiction platform to go beyond melodrama • Cinematic quality in vertical HD • New original series and episodes every week • Watch online or download for offline viewing • Comment, like, and share your favorite episodes with friends • Pick up where you left off, anytime • Earn free tickets every day and unlock more episodes Every genre you love: Romance, Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi, Comedy, Family Drama, Revenge, Fantasy, Mystery, Suspense and more. Shorta has fiction for every mood and every genre. Whatever you're into, you'll find original micro series you can't stop watching. Vertical fiction, reinvented: Shorta is not just another streaming platform. It's original entertainment created by film talent and digital creators, designed for the generation that watches stories in vertical format. Bite-sized episodes, trending series, premium entertainment, all in one app built for your phone. Download Shorta and start watching now. Follow us: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hacela.shorta TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hacela.shorta YouTube: https://youtube.com/@hacela.shorta X: https://x.com/hacelashorta Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Neon Shutter

Features
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Neon Shutter is a companion for photographing cities after dark. Every evening the app gives you one brief. It might ask you to find a shop sign with a dead letter, to shoot a puddle until the reflection reads sharper than the street, or to leave half the frame completely empty. Each brief comes with a small constraint attached, so you have to think before you press the shutter instead of taking the same picture you took last week. The camera shows you the finished picture while you are still framing it. Five lenses are included, each with its own character: Cyber, Toxic, Emerald, Acid and Lime. Two sliders let you decide how far to push the colour and how much the highlights bloom. What you see on screen is what you get. After every shot you get a short read on the frame. It looks at where the weight of the picture sits, how bright it came out, how much separation there is between light and shadow, and how much saturated colour is in it. Then it tells you in plain words what is working and what is not. You can keep the frame or throw it away and try again. Frames you keep go into your journal along with the lens you used, the result and any note you want to write. You can look back at what you shot on a particular night, filter by lens, and send anything you like to your photo library. There is a streak that counts consecutive nights you shot something, and a set of badges for things like using every lens, finishing your first brief or shooting after midnight. If you would rather work against a clock, you can start a timed sprint and see how good a picture you can make before it runs out. You choose which kinds of subject you want briefs about, and what time of night to be reminded. If you would rather not be reminded at all, that works too. Neon Shutter will not make you a better photographer on its own. It just gives you a reason to go out and a small problem to solve when you get there.

Screenshots

Shorta4 screens
Neon Shutter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Neon Shutter at none against Shorta's 4. Neon Shutter also leads on 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. Shorta sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Neon Shutter asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Shorta versus Neon Shutter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShortaNeon Shutter
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (48 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings48 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.416.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size152 MB14 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperShorta LLCHugh Clarke

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Shorta

Subscriptions2
  • Shorta Premium2 variants$9.991 Month
  • Shorta Premium2 variants$99.991 Year
None

Neon Shutter

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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