Skillshare vs ShotDeck
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Skillshare
Access thousands of online courses taught by industry professionals to develop your creative skills. Learn drawing, animation, design, photography, and more at your own pace. Offers free classes and a premium subscription for unlimited access.
- Thousands of online creative courses
- Professionally led lessons
- Offline viewing
- Progress syncing across devices
- Mini viewer for multitasking
- Free classes available
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Explore your creativity on Skillshare, the leading learning app for online courses where millions of creatives come together. Take the next step in your creative journey with thousands of inspiring classes on topics like drawing, animation, creative writing, and much more. With Skillshare you’ll take online classes hand-in-hand with leading professionals that will teach you to use the tools you need to excel in any creative endeavor. Discover lessons in everything from calligraphy and graphic design to photography and arts and crafts. Watch thousands of online classes on the creative education app made for everyone – whether it’s a hobby or professional pursuit. With Skillshare you’ll learn to use essential art tools like Procreate, Fresco, Illustrator, and Photoshop to polish your creative skills with the latest in industry tech. Learn piano, a new language, or digital marketing – the possibilities are endless. Discover online courses for the talent you’ve always wanted to develop with Skillshare today Start your creative career and download Skillshare now. SKILLSHARE FEATURES PROFESSIONALLY LED LESSONS - Discover hundreds of free classes and start learning as soon as you download - Find online courses that teach everything – from public speaking and art design to how to draw - Explore guided lessons that help teach the creative skills you’ve always wanted to develop EXPLORE ONLINE CLASSES FOR ALL CREATIVE NEEDS Develop your skills in: - Drawing - Calligraphy - Graphic Design - Photography - Animation - Arts & Crafts - Illustration - Hand Lettering - Pattern Design - Icon Design - Watercolor - Music - Animation - Creative Writing - Digital Marketing - and more! THE ON THE GO EDUCATION APP - Sync your progress across multiple devices for seamless learning - Skillshare is the learning app that goes where you go, with convenient offline viewing when needed - Multitask with a mini viewer to keep your lessons going and get more done Download Skillshare today and watch hundreds of free online classes to kickstart your creative journey. Start your free trial of Skillshare Premium to get unlimited access to our full library of premium, subscription-only classes. As a Skillshare Premium Member, you can also download classes to watch offline. Questions? Suggestions? Feel free to email us at help@skillshare.com. TERMS After your 30 day trial, payment will automatically be charged to your iTunes Account. Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Your subscription and auto-renewal settings are managed via your iTunes Account Settings. For further information please refer to our privacy policy (https://www.skillshare.com/ss/privacy) and terms of use (https://www.skillshare.com/ss/terms).
ShotDeck
Access the world's largest library of high-quality, searchable cinematic images. This tool aids directors, cinematographers, and visual artists in finding inspiration, conducting research, and referencing visual styles for film production. Explore detailed information for each image to enhance your creative process.
- Largest collection of cinematic images
- Meticulously keyworded and searchable
- Detailed image metadata (cast, crew, camera, lens)
- Time-saving image discovery
- Inspiration, research, and reference tool
- Collaborative professional tool
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Shotdeck is the largest collection of meticulously keyworded fully searchable high quality cinematic images in the world. Hello directors, cinematographers, designers, ad folks, film students and visual artists, you’ve just discovered your new secret weapon, the best collaborative professional tool for bringing your vision to life - from pitch, to prep to post. Each image has information on cast and crew, aspect ratio, framing, lighting, camera, lens, shooting location, and a dozen more. This time saving app will help you not just find the exact image you are looking for but allow you to discover ones that you never new existed. You'll wonder how you ever worked without Shotdeck. Inspiration - Research - Reference - Education - Discovery Start exploring Shotdeck totally free today and witness your vision come to life and your creativity reach new heights.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Skillshare at 4.8 against ShotDeck's 3.2. Skillshare also leads on review sentiment (62% vs 29%) and ratings volume (25K vs 46). ShotDeck's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Skillshare sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $18.99 per month. ShotDeck asks for nothing beyond the download.
Skillshare holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Skillshare has 25K ratings behind it against 46, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Skillshare's written reviews are positive against 29% of ShotDeck's.
Skillshare ships an update every 10 days, ShotDeck every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Skillshare | ShotDeck |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (25K ratings) — better | 3.2 (46 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 61.7% of reviews — better | 28.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 25K — better | 46 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #156 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Skillshare, Inc. | Filmmakers Research Lab, LLC |
Customer experience
Skillshare
ShotDeck
User reviews
Skillshare
From 25K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎨 Excellent variety of creative classes
- 🤓 High-quality instruction from industry professionals
- 🕰 Flexible learning at your own pace
- 💡 Inspiring and motivating content
- 📚 Broad range of topics covered
Room to improve
- 🔍 Lacking search and organization features in the app
- 🖥 Limited functionality compared to the website
- 🔌 Offline viewing issues and inconsistencies
- 🤖 Buggy and unstable app performance
- 🔒 Questionable billing and cancellation practices
ShotDeck
From 46 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great service on desktop
- 💡 Useful for filmmakers and DPs
- 💡 Good concept and diligent implementation
- 💡 Intuitive app interface
- 💡 Comprehensive shot libraries
Room to improve
- 🐛 Constant crashing on iPad/iPhone
- 🐛 Unusable search function
- 🐛 App quits after searches/saves
- 🐛 Loading circles go for ages or crash
- 🐛 App crashes out of nowhere
Bugs and requests
Skillshare
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes and freezes frequently
- Video playback issues and syncing problems
- Inconsistent user interface and navigation
- Inability to access class resources and materials
- Account management and cancellation difficulties
Requested features
6 requests- Ability to sort and organize saved classes
- Offline class downloads and viewing
- Seamless integration between app and website
- More advanced search and filtering options
- Picture-in-picture mode for multitasking
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- Direct class enrollment and feedback from the app
ShotDeck
Reported bugs
35 issues- UI issues
- Low quality grabs
- App crashes constantly
- App quits after a few searches or image saves
- App crashes when searching
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- Age verification required
- New account creation with Apple ID required
- iPad app crashes every time search is used
- App crashes when entering a search term
- Infinite loading
- Won't allow sign up or log in
- Password reset email not received
- Enlarged images opened in a new page
- Search feature completely useless
- App wouldn't load anything
- Servers down error
- No more than 5 minutes without crashing on iPads and iPhones
- Images take too long to load
- Images won't load
- System error causing refund
- Asked to sign in, not sign up
- Application would shut down itself when looking for more shots
- App entirely crashes when swiping through full sized photos on iPad
- App crashes after a few minutes of use on iPad
- Search engine never works
- Search bar not working
- Filters don't work in search function
- Burned 2 hours saving images to a deck, but they are not in the deck
- App crashes repeatedly
- Periodic crashing (typically when choosing to browse similar shots)
- Quick add doesn't seem to work
- Unpredictable search results
- Pages don't load or have errors
- Searches with fairly common words don't yield any results
- Cannot use split screen or a floating window with the app on the iPad
Requested features
8 requests- Update app to be a great companion to desktop site
- Fix login with Apple ID issue
- Fix age verification and account creation hurdles
- Make a widget that cycles random shots
- Improve UI/UX
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- Add more data to search and tags
- Add dark mode
- Faster way to add shots to favorites
In-app purchases
Skillshare
- Premium Membership1 Month trial2 variants$18.991 Month
- Skillshare Monthly Membership1 Month trial$19.991 Month
- Monthly Premium Membership1 Month trial2 variants$31.991 Month
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- Monthly Premium Membership7 Days trial$31.991 Month
- Skillshare Monthly Membership1 Month trial$49.991 Month
- Skillshare Annual Membership1 Month trial$167.991 Year
- Annual Premium Membership1 Month trial2 variants$169.991 Year
ShotDeck
No in-app purchases








