ShadowClip vs Redcue
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
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 โ 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 โข Credentials: API keys and tokens in more than 20 formats โข 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 โข Identity: national ID numbers for 29 countries, each matched to its own format โข Contact: email addresses, phone numbers, postal addresses โข Network: IPv4, IPv6 and MAC addresses โข Visual: faces, QR codes, barcodes โข Names, organisations and locations โข 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 โ 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 โ 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.
Redcue
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Redcue is a remote control for OBS Studio. Leave the keyboard, keep the stream. Connect over your own local network and take the board with you: SCENES Cut or fade between scenes from anywhere in the room. See what is live and what is queued at a glance. AUDIO Ride every input on a proper fader. Mute, unmute, and watch the meters move in real time. STREAM AND RECORD Start and stop the stream, the recording, and the replay buffer. Bitrate, dropped frames, CPU, and disk space stay on screen while you work. YOUR LAYOUT The dashboard is yours to arrange. Drag the panels you use into reach and put the rest away. THEMES A built-in theme editor, so the app matches your setup instead of fighting it. MULTIPLE MACHINES Save every OBS you connect to and switch between them. Passwords live in the iOS Keychain. FINDS OBS FOR YOU Redcue searches your network for a running OBS. You can also type an address or scan the connection QR code OBS generates. BUILT FOR IPHONE AND IPAD Native SwiftUI, adaptive layouts, full VoiceOver and Dynamic Type support. FREE, AND FREE MEANS FREE Every feature above is free. There is no subscription, no trial, no paywall, and no account. Settings has an optional tip jar - three one-time purchases that unlock nothing and simply say thanks. NO SERVER, NO ACCOUNT, NO TRACKING Redcue talks only to your own computer. Nothing is collected, nothing is transmitted anywhere else, and there is no analytics or advertising code of any kind. WHAT YOU NEED - OBS Studio 28.0 or later, which already includes obs-websocket - Both devices on the same local network - In OBS: Tools > WebSocket Server Settings > Enable WebSocket server Redcue is not affiliated with or endorsed by the OBS Project. OBS and OBS Studio are trademarks of their respective owners. Privacy Policy: https://dadmadeanapp.com/redcue/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Redcue at Free against ShadowClip's $3.99. ShadowClip's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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Redcue is free to download; ShadowClip costs $3.99 up front. Redcue sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. ShadowClip asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | ShadowClip | Redcue |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free โ better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | โ |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No โ better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac โ better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexander Hepburn | DadMadeAnApp LLC |
In-app purchases
ShadowClip
No in-app purchases
Redcue
- Small tip$1.99
- Medium tip$4.99
- Large tip$9.99
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