Comparison

Conduit vs ShadowClip

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

Head to head
About

Conduit

Features
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Conduit is a lightweight ​URL routing utility for people who build workflows across apps. Send data into ​Conduit with a custom conduit:// ​URL, capture the incoming parameters, then reuse those values in outbound routes to other apps. ​It is designed for app launchers, ​Shortcuts users, automation workflows, and anyone who works with custom ​URL schemes. Create routes with reusable parameter mappings, preview the generated outbound ​URL, and open the target app when you are ready. ​Add route names to incoming links to trigger saved routes automatically, and use callbacks to track successful or failed handoffs where supported. Features: • ​Capture incoming conduit:// ​URLs and inspect their parameters • ​Build outbound routes for custom ​URL schemes • ​Map incoming values into route parameters with templates • ​Preview generated ​URLs before opening target apps • ​Auto​-trigger saved routes with route names • ​Store recent payloads for testing and reuse • ​Import and export route definitions as ​JSON • ​Support callback ​URLs for route results Conduit does not require an account and is designed to stay focused: receive data, transform it, and pass it on. Privacy policy: https://knowledge.shakingthehabitual.com/en/article/202-tree-to-csv-privacy-policy

About

ShadowClip

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You share screenshots with colleagues and paste them into AI tools every day. ShadowClip removes the personal data before you hit send. Email addresses in a complaint. Names and faces. API keys. They end up in screenshots constantly, and then in places they shouldn't — AI assistants, emails to colleagues, or texts to friends. ShadowClip autodetects sensitive information in images, and lets you review and adjust before sharing. WHAT IT DETECTS • Credentials: API keys and tokens in more than 20 formats • Financial: credit card numbers and IBANs, each checked against its own check digit, so a number that merely looks like a card isn't flagged • Identity: national ID numbers for 29 countries, each matched to its own format • Contact: email addresses, phone numbers, postal addresses • Network: IPv4, IPv6 and MAC addresses • Visual: faces, QR codes, barcodes • Names, organisations and locations • Dates of birth and handwritten signatures BUILT INTO YOUR WORKFLOW Pick a photo from your library and give ShadowClip a few seconds. Findings appear as a review list: accept, dismiss, or add your own. Then save the redacted copy back to Photos. You can also select words by hand, or draw a region over anything else you want hidden. Share Extension: from Photos, Safari, or any app with the system Share menu, choose ShadowClip. Redact and save without leaving what you're doing. BUILT FOR EVERY LANGUAGE Most redaction tools are built for English. ShadowClip's interface is available in 17 languages, and it checks text in 30 — including Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Russian and Thai. National ID numbers are matched country by country, not with one generic pattern. Arabic and Hebrew get a fully right-to-left interface. Apple's text recognition cannot read Hebrew, Greek or Hindi. Rather than pass over it silently, ShadowClip marks that text on the image so you can see exactly what went unchecked — and numbers, email addresses and ID numbers inside it are still found. SHADOWCLIP PRO One purchase for the Mac and iPhone apps, shared with your family. No subscription. • Batch redaction: up to 20 images reviewed side by side and saved together • Redact everywhere: redact something once and it's found in every image of the batch • Always-redact list: names, clients and codenames you add are redacted in every image • Shortcuts actions: redact images automatically from the Shortcuts app • Export options: PNG, JPEG or HEIC, with or without "-redacted" in the name Redacting one image at a time, with every detector and the review, stays free. IRREVERSIBLE BY DESIGN Redactions are opaque fills composited into a new image. The original pixels are discarded, not covered: there is nothing underneath to recover. Location data and camera metadata are stripped when you save. PRIVACY BY DESIGN ShadowClip contains no networking code and makes no network requests. Your images are processed on your device and never leave it. No accounts, no cloud, no telemetry.

Screenshots

Conduit4 screens
ShadowClip4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Conduit at none against ShadowClip's 1. Conduit also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Conduit ships an update every 3 days, ShadowClip every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 9, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Conduit versus ShadowClip: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterConduitShadowClip
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStuart MarshallAlexander Hepburn

In-app purchases

None

Conduit

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

ShadowClip

One-time1
  • ShadowClip Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Conduit free?
Conduit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ShadowClip free?
ShadowClip is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Conduit or ShadowClip have ads?
Neither Conduit nor ShadowClip shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Conduit or ShadowClip?
Conduit ships an update every 3 days, and ShadowClip every 3 weeks. Most recently, Conduit was updated on November 9, 2026 and ShadowClip on November 9, 2026.

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