Comparison

ShadowClip vs HopSites

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

HopSites

Organize your web browsing into focused collections called "Spaces." Seamlessly swipe between live websites within each Space and enjoy a distraction-free experience with built-in ad blocking. Your data remains private with zero collection and direct device-to-website connections.

Highlights
  • Organize websites into focused "Spaces"
  • Seamlessly swipe between live sites
  • Built-in ad blocking
  • Zero data collection and private iCloud Sync
  • Curated starter Spaces and website suggestions
  • Customizable design with light/dark modes
Features
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Save links and organise websites with HopSites, a bookmark manager for iPhone and iPad. Keep your favourite websites in Spaces for work, research and everyday reading. Also available on Macs with Apple silicon through Apple's Designed for iPad runtime. Create Spaces for your daily reading, work, research, sport or travel. Keep related sites together, arrange them your way and swipe between webpages without searching through a long list of tabs. SAVE, ORGANISE AND BROWSE - Save any website address in a named Space. - Save links from Safari and other apps with the HopSites Share Sheet, then open HopSites to finish adding them. - Pull down on Home to search Space names, Site names and saved addresses. - Save the current page as another Site, or move a saved Site between Spaces. - Swipe left or right to switch between Sites. - Tap the selected Site to return to its saved home page. - Navigate a website's history with native back gestures. - Hide the browser controls for a clearer reading view. ON YOUR MAC Use the Search Library button, Previous and Next Site controls, and keyboard shortcuts for saved Sites, temporary addresses and webpage history. Requires macOS 26 or later and an Apple M1 chip or later. DISCOVER YOUR NEXT FAVOURITE SITE Start with 15 curated starter Spaces or explore a searchable directory of 150 website suggestions across news, science, technology, sport, cooking, travel and more. Add suggestions or enter your own web addresses. PERSONALISE YOUR SPACES Choose background images or colours and switch between light, dark and automatic appearance. HopSites uses a native design built for both iPhone and iPad. YOUR SPACES, ONE TAP AWAY Add a Home Screen widget for one Space or several favourites. Open Space and Open Site are also available in Shortcuts. Widgets and Shortcuts are included for everyone. PROTECT YOUR COLLECTION Restore deleted Spaces and Sites from Recently Deleted. Export a portable HopSites backup through Files or preview a backup before importing copies. Your existing library stays intact when you import. START FREE. UPGRADE ONCE. Create up to three Spaces for free, with unlimited saved Sites in each Space. HopSites Pro is a one-time purchase with no subscription. It unlocks: - Unlimited Spaces for every part of your day. - Built-in ad blocking for known third-party ad services, with exceptions for individual websites. Some ads may remain. - Private iCloud sync for saved Spaces, Sites and custom styles across your iPhone and iPad. Browsing history, cookies and website logins stay on the device. Restart HopSites after enabling iCloud sync. Existing saved Spaces remain accessible, including libraries above the free allowance. Restore your Pro purchase from the Pro page or redeem an Apple offer code in Settings. PRIVACY BY DESIGN No HopSites account is required. HopSites adds no developer analytics or tracking SDKs, and browsing requests go directly to websites without a HopSites proxy. Websites may use their own cookies, analytics, subscriptions and sign-in requirements. Apple handles Pro purchases and code redemption. Bring your everyday web together with HopSites. Made by FromHaz.

Screenshots

ShadowClip4 screens
HopSites4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: HopSites at Free against ShadowClip's $3.99. HopSites also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). ShadowClip's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On ads 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

HopSites is free to download; ShadowClip costs $3.99 up front. HopSites sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ShadowClip asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ShadowClip ships an update every 2 months, HopSites every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ShadowClip versus HopSites: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShadowClipHopSites
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating—4.3 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB8 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperAlexander HepburnHassan Javed

In-app purchases

None

ShadowClip

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

HopSites

One-time1
  • HopSites Pro$9.99

Questions

Is ShadowClip free?
ShadowClip costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is HopSites free?
HopSites is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ShadowClip or HopSites have ads?
Neither ShadowClip nor HopSites shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ShadowClip or HopSites?
ShadowClip ships an update every 2 months, and HopSites every 3 days. Most recently, ShadowClip was updated on October 25, 2026 and HopSites on October 29, 2026.

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