Comparison

ShadowCat Album vs Open Prompter

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

Head to head
About

ShadowCat Album

Manage your photo library locally without uploading to the cloud. Organize with albums and tags, automatically sort new photos, and create collages. Offers cleanup tools and a trash feature for easy recovery.

Highlights
  • Organize with albums and tags
  • Auto-organize new photos
  • Home screen widgets
  • Photo cleanup tools
  • Collage creation
  • Trash for recovery
Features
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ShadowCat Album is a local photo management app built to keep your library clean and easy to browse. No account required. We do **not** upload your photos to our own servers—you stay in control. 1) Photo Organizing (Core) - Organize with albums and tags, mark favorites - Faster browsing with a cleaner structure 2) Auto-organize After Taking Photos - Automatically organize new photos into selected albums/tags - Great for staying tidy with minimal effort 3) Home Screen Widgets - Multiple widget sizes to showcase your photos - Multiple sources supported (Random/Tag/Fixed; Album source is Pro-only) More Features - Cleanup: quickly find items to clean (videos, Live Photos, screenshots, large files, etc.) - Trash: restore mistakes anytime; items are removed from Apple Photos only after you confirm in Trash - Collage tools: long stitch, wide stitch, grid crop - Photo diary & stats: memories and trends at a glance Free Limits (Current Version) - Photo organizing: 30 starter items + 20/day - Auto-organize duration: 10 minutes starter + 5 minutes/day Pro (Optional: subscription / lifetime) - Unlock higher limits (up to unlimited), longer auto-organize duration (up to unlimited), faster widget refresh, album source for widgets, and more - Subscriptions auto-renew unless canceled; manage/cancel in Apple ID Subscriptions Terms: https://shadowcats.netlify.app/terms Privacy: https://shadowcats.netlify.app/privacy Contact: 3d.slipbox@gmail.com

About

Open Prompter

Record content with a teleprompter that reads markdown files directly from your device. Features voice tracking, customizable text, and front camera recording. Seamlessly saves videos to your Photos and script folders.

Highlights
  • Reads markdown files from iCloud, Obsidian, or Files
  • On-device voice tracking for scroll synchronization
  • Front camera recording with picture-in-picture
  • Adjustable font size, scroll speed, and legibility fonts
  • Horizontal and vertical mirroring for teleprompter rigs
  • Bluetooth remote support for playback control
  • Open source and no account required
Features
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Open Prompter is a teleprompter supporting markdown files and every "Pro" feature you need to record content (plus some extras). It reads universal .md files from iCloud, your Obsidian vault or any source in IOS Files — as-is, with live updates, no paste, no import needed. Read it back at your pace with voice tracking while the selfie camera records you. The file saves to your Photos and back to your script folder for the most seamless workflow. THE READING EXPERIENCE — Voice tracking using on-device speech recognition follows what you actually said, so the page advances when you do. Your data never leaves the phone. — Horizontal AND vertical mirroring for beam-splitter teleprompter rigs. — Six legibility-tuned fonts built in: Atkinson Hyperlegible (default), Lexend, System Sans, Verdana, New York (Serif), and the brand monospace. — Adjustable scroll speed (5–200 px/s) and font size (16–160 pt) so dense scripts and eye-line reads both work. — Focus mode dims the chrome for clean recording — a single eye button brings it back. — Full-bleed prompter with vertical or horizontal rotation. CAMERA AND RECORDING — Front camera native recording inside the app. A picture-in-picture tile floats over the script while you read; tap it to promote to a full-screen camera preview; tap minimize to collapse it back. — Open Gate recording on iPhone 17 with the full 1:1 front sensor at 3840 × 3840. Perform your script once, crop a 9:16 / 1:1 / 16:9 from the same take in your editor. No reshoot for every platform. — Save next to the script: toggle in Settings → Recording. When on, the .mov writes to the same folder as the .md so iCloud delivers the take to your Mac next to the script. No "where did I put that file" hunt. — Standard or High Bitrate HEVC, sized for quality and efficiency. — True 24p frame rate or 30p or 60p (if you're feeling wild). BUILT-IN EDITOR Tap the pencil in the top bar to open the file. Changes save back through the file coordinator — iCloud syncs them to your Mac the same way it syncs any other file. BLUETOOTH REMOTE Pair any Bluetooth keyboard or media remote and bind buttons to play, pause, mirror, restart, and more. Volume-button capture is opt-in (Settings → Remote) so the volume rocker still works as a volume rocker by default. WHAT IT UNDERSTANDS Open Prompter parses real markdown. Headings render as headings, bullets as bullets, numbered lists as numbered lists. Front matter, Callouts (> footnotes, tables, and visual-direction brackets ([B-roll: ...]) are stripped. Aggressive stripping is on by default; turn it off in Settings if you want to see cues on screen. WHAT YOU WON'T FIND HERE No account. No subscription. No analytics. No tracking. No third-party SDKs. No network calls of any kind. Voice tracking and the camera both run entirely on-device. Open Prompter reads the files you pick from the built-in Files app, captures with the camera you already own. OPEN SOURCE Every line of code is on GitHub under the MIT license. REQUIREMENTS — iPhone on iOS 17 or newer — For iCloud live-sync: the same Apple ID on Mac and phone — For Obsidian vaults: Obsidian Sync or any folder the iOS Files app can reach — For Open Gate recording: iPhone 17 family (older iPhones record at the maximum frame their sensor exposes — the square-headroom re-crop trick is iPhone 17-only) — For Bluetooth remote: any keyboard or media remote your iPhone can pair with

Screenshots

ShadowCat Album4 screens
Open Prompter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Open Prompter at none against ShadowCat Album's 3. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. ShadowCat Album sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Open Prompter asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for ShadowCat Album against 4.9 for Open Prompter. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 7 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ShadowCat Album ships an update every 11 days, Open Prompter fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
ShadowCat Album versus Open Prompter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShadowCat AlbumOpen Prompter
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4 ratings)4.9 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings47 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer斌 胡LELAND ANDREW DUTCHER

Customer experience

ShadowCat Album

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

Open Prompter

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

ShadowCat Album

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$0.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription$3.991 Year
One-time1
  • lifetime$9.99
None

Open Prompter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ShadowCat Album free?
ShadowCat Album is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Open Prompter free?
Open Prompter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ShadowCat Album or Open Prompter?
Open Prompter is rated higher. ShadowCat Album averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Open Prompter averages 4.9 from 7 ratings.
Do ShadowCat Album or Open Prompter have ads?
Neither ShadowCat Album nor Open Prompter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ShadowCat Album or Open Prompter?
ShadowCat Album ships an update every 11 days, and Open Prompter fortnightly. Most recently, ShadowCat Album was updated on October 31, 2026 and Open Prompter on November 5, 2026.

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