ShadowCat Album vs Rawly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Organize with albums and tags
- Auto-organize new photos
- Home screen widgets
- Photo cleanup tools
- Collage creation
- Trash for recovery
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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
Rawly
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Rawly is a camera for people tired of modern smartphone photography. Soft light. Natural shadows. Quiet colors. Real atmosphere. Inspired by the early smartphone era, Rawly recreates the softer, calmer character of old mobile photography. Photos feel natural, imperfect, and alive again — not endlessly optimized by algorithms. *Native Camera Experience Rawly is designed to disappear behind the moment. The interface stays clean, fast, and familiar, allowing photography to feel immediate and instinctive. Framing, timing, movement, and light remain at the center of the experience, without unnecessary distractions between you and the shutter. Every interaction is intentionally simple, creating a shooting flow that feels effortless in everyday use. *A Natural Image Pipeline Rawly focuses on preserving the original atmosphere of a scene. Highlights remain soft and breathable. Shadows keep their depth. Colors stay restrained and natural. Texture, grain, motion blur, and low-light ambience are preserved with a gentle rendering style inspired by early mobile photography. The result is an image that feels closer to memory — calm, imperfect, and alive. *XPAN 21:9 Wide Format Rawly includes a dedicated 21:9 ultra-wide format inspired by classic XPAN photography. The wider frame creates a cinematic sense of space, making streets, skylines, weather, architecture, and travel scenes feel expansive and immersive. Everyday moments gain rhythm, distance, and atmosphere through the panoramic composition. Designed for people who enjoy slower and more deliberate framing. *Designed for Everyday Photography Rawly is made for ordinary moments that deserve to feel real. Cloudy afternoons. Empty streets. Train windows. Late-night convenience stores. Summer skies. Friends sitting across the table. Small moments that quietly pass by every day. The camera is designed to document life naturally, without pulling attention away from the scene itself. Rawly is for people who want digital photography to feel soft, human, and timeless again.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ShadowCat Album at Free against Rawly's $0.99. Rawly's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 11 days). On ads, 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
ShadowCat Album is free to download; Rawly costs $0.99 up front. ShadowCat Album sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Rawly asks for nothing beyond the download.
ShadowCat Album ships an update every 11 days, Rawly every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ShadowCat Album | Rawly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 斌 胡 | 峰 高 |
In-app purchases
ShadowCat Album
- Monthly Subscription$0.991 Month
- Annual Subscription$3.991 Year
- lifetime$9.99
Rawly
No in-app purchases









