ShadowBox vs Alive Photobooth
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ShadowBox
Control your wireless LED lamps with this app. Adjust color, brightness, and create custom modes. Connect multiple lamps and manage them individually or in groups.
- Color wheel and button pad
- Custom color creation
- Brightness adjustment
- Preset color transition modes
- Custom mode creation
- Control up to 30 lamps
- Individual and group lamp control
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The ShadowBox app is designed to work in conjunction with ShadowBox LED lamps from VividLite. Connect to a ShadowHub Controller through your phones Wi-Fi and use the ShadowBox App to control the color, brightness, or many other modes of your ShadowBox wireless LED lamp. Features: Color wheel, Color button pad, custom color creation/selection, brightness adjust, preset color transitions modes (smooth/flash/strobe). Custom mode creation. Connect up to 30 ShadowBox lamps. Control and target individual lamps or group them together all using your smart device. Instruction: Power on your ShadowHub Controller (optionally, plug it into your wireless router for to network it into an existing network). Connect your phones WiFi to the ShadowHubs WiFi (ShadowHubxxxxx) or to your wireless router network if the ShadowHub is connected directly to that. Once connected, start the Shadowbox App, and you're ready to go! For more information, please refer to your ShadowBox manual or visit www.VividLite.com.
Alive Photobooth
Capture and enhance event memories with an intuitive photo booth experience. This application offers powerful features to bring your photos to life, perfect for modern events, venues, and brands.
- Intuitive photo booth functionality
- Enhance event memories
- Bring photos to life
- Designed for modern events
- Suitable for venues and brands
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Alive Photo Booth redefines how people capture and experience event memories. Designed for modern events, venues, and brands, it blends intuitive photo booth functionality with powerful features that bring photos to life.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ShadowBox at 100% against Alive Photobooth's 50%. ShadowBox also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.0) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 15.1). Alive Photobooth's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ShadowBox holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of ShadowBox's written reviews are positive against 50% of Alive Photobooth's.
ShadowBox ships an update every 2 months, Alive Photobooth every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ShadowBox | Alive Photobooth |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 112 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | VividLite | Ben Margalit |
Customer experience
ShadowBox
Alive Photobooth
In-app purchases
ShadowBox
No in-app purchases
Alive Photobooth
No in-app purchases
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