Comparison

VidAngel vs shotby

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

Head to head
About

VidAngel

This app allows users to filter offensive content like profanity, nudity, and violence from movies and TV shows. It connects to existing streaming services and offers customizable filters for a personalized viewing experience. Enjoy your favorite entertainment without unwanted material.

Highlights
  • Customizable content filters
  • Filter profanity, nudity, violence
  • Connects to Netflix, Prime Video, Apple TV+
  • Includes original content
  • Set default and per-watch filters
  • Works on Apple devices
Features
Read full description

Protect your home and family from offensive content in movies and shows. VidAngel lets you filter profanity, nudity, violence, and more. Have you ever sat down to watch a show, only for an unexpected sex scene or barrage of foul language to send you scrambling for the remote control? Over a million people have used VidAngel to skip the stuff they don’t want to see or hear in thousands of streaming movies and TV shows. With VidAngel, you set customizable filters for content such as profanity, blasphemy, nudity, adult content, graphic violence and more, putting you in complete control of the entertainment in your home. How does VidAngel work? • Sign up for a VidAngel account. We offer monthly subscriptions and you can cancel at any time (see our subscription and other end-user terms of service at https://www.vidangel.com/terms). • Connect your existing streaming services–VidAngel works with Netflix®, Prime Video®, Apple TV+®, Peacock®, Paramount+® and a number of Amazon® premium channels, including Paramount+®, STARZ®, AMC+®, PBS Masterpiece® and Britbox®. * • VidAngel also offers a ton of original content from Angel Studios, including The Chosen and Dry Bar Comedy, all included with your VidAngel subscription. • Set default filters for the stuff you never want to see or hear. You can also fine tune your filters each time you watch. • Pop some popcorn. • Hit play and enjoy the show on your Apple device, without the stuff that used to make you squirm. Start binging with less cringing today, with VidAngel. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ * Access to content may require a third-party streaming subscription.

About

shotby

Discover the creative minds behind music videos. Follow directors, cinematographers, and editors to see their full filmographies and discover new content. Rate videos and explore collaboration networks.

Highlights
  • Music video credits database
  • Follow directors and creators
  • Personalized content feed
  • Build custom video channels
  • User-generated ratings
  • Collaboration network visualization
  • Submit new content for indexing
Read full description

Every music video has a director. You just never saw their name. shotby is the credits database for music videos. Who directed it, who shot it, who cut it — and everything else they have made. FOLLOW THE PEOPLE, NOT THE ALGORITHM A director's work hides across a hundred artist channels. Follow them here and everything new lands in one feed, under their name instead of somebody else's. YOUR TV Build channels out of the directors and artists you follow. Shuffle them, sort by newest or best rated, and play the whole run end to end. THE PEOPLE'S RATING Score anything you watch, or put two videos side by side and throw the one you like. Your taste comes from what you actually watch, not from what an algorithm decided to push. COLLABORATION GRAPHS & 6 DEGREES OF ASSOCIATION See who works with who. Every director joined to every artist they have shot, drawn as a map you pull apart with your fingers. Run six degrees between any two names. CREDITS, PROPERLY The full crew on every video — director of photography, editor, colorist, production designer, producer. Tap any name to open their filmography. GET INDEXED Shot something that is not in here? Send a channel or a single video and the team indexes it, credits and all. shotby is free. Claiming your page is free.

Screenshots

VidAngel4 screens
shotby4 screens

Verdict

The call

VidAngel and shotby both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of shotby's written reviews are positive against 54% of VidAngel's. shotby also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3). VidAngel's advantage is ratings volume (5.9K vs 6) and chart position (#128 vs unranked). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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

Both are free to download. VidAngel sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. shotby asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for VidAngel against 5.0 for shotby. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VidAngel has 5.9K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 54% of VidAngel's written reviews are positive against 100% of shotby's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

VidAngel ships an update weekly, shotby every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
VidAngel versus shotby: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVidAngelshotby
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (5.9K ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews54.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5.9K — better6
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
Best chart rank#128 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TV — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.7 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB9 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperVidAngel Entertainment, LLCshotbyTV, Inc.

Customer experience

VidAngel

All ratings5,915 ratings
Positive98.6%
Neutral1.1%
Negative0.3%
Written reviews312 reviews
Positive54.2%
Neutral10.3%
Negative35.6%

shotby

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

VidAngel

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App crashes frequently
  • Streaming freezes or stops unexpectedly
  • Login/authentication issues
  • Incorrect filtering of content
  • Compatibility problems with newer OS versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more streaming service integrations (Disney+, Hulu, etc.)
  • Improve fast-forward/rewind functionality
  • Bring back Roku app support
  • Enhance user interface and navigation
  • Add a 'kids' profile mode

shotby

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

VidAngel

Subscriptions3
  • VidAngel Standard Monthly$12.991 Month
  • Pay It Forward - $14.99$14.991 Month
  • VidAngel Standard Annual$129.991 Year
None

shotby

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is VidAngel free?
VidAngel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is shotby free?
shotby is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, VidAngel or shotby?
shotby is rated higher. VidAngel averages 4.9 out of 5 from 5.9K ratings, while shotby averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do VidAngel or shotby have ads?
Neither VidAngel nor shotby shows ads.
Which is updated more often, VidAngel or shotby?
VidAngel ships an update weekly, and shotby every 4 days. Most recently, VidAngel was updated on November 6, 2026 and shotby on October 31, 2026.

Other comparisons