Comparison

ShadowClip vs Linss

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

Head to head
About

ShadowClip

Features
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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. 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.

About

Linss

A file management tool offering a clean and intuitive interface for browsing, moving, extracting, deleting, and renaming files. It includes a code editor, HEX editor, SFTP connection, and local network file sharing capabilities.

Highlights
  • File browsing and management
  • Code editor with syntax highlighting
  • HEX editor for advanced file viewing
  • SFTP server connection
  • Local network file sharing
  • Clean and simple interface
Features
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Linss is a file management tool focused on providing a clean and straightforward file handling experience. With Linss, you can easily browse, move, extract, delete, and rename files using interactions that feel familiar and intuitive. Features: • File Management Browse and manage files and folders on your device. • Code Editor Built-in code editor with syntax highlighting support for multiple programming languages, allowing you to view and edit text and source code files directly. • HEX Editor View and edit file contents in hexadecimal format, providing advanced access to underlying file data and binary structures. • MCP Service Enable AI tools to access and manage your files. • SFTP Connection Connect to remote SFTP servers for file browsing, uploading, and downloading. • Local Network File Sharing Access device files through a browser within the same Wi-Fi network for quick temporary file transfer. • Clean Interface Designed with a simple and clear interface focused on essential file management features. Linss will continue improving features and user experience over time.

Screenshots

ShadowClip4 screens
Linss4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ShadowClip at Free against Linss's $1.99. Linss's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (14.4 vs 17.0). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

ShadowClip is free to download; Linss costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ShadowClip ships an update every 3 months, Linss every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ShadowClip versus Linss: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShadowClipLinss
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.014.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB13 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperAlexander Hepburn伟 龙

In-app purchases

None

ShadowClip

No in-app purchases

None

Linss

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ShadowClip free?
ShadowClip is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Linss free?
Linss costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do ShadowClip or Linss have ads?
Neither ShadowClip nor Linss shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ShadowClip or Linss?
ShadowClip ships an update every 3 months, and Linss every 2 days. Most recently, ShadowClip was updated on October 3, 2026 and Linss on October 4, 2026.

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