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Shade is #20 in Graphics & Design Paid in South Korea and charting in 10 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026Full timeline · 8 events in the last 12 months
- 📈Shade entered the top 10Top Paid · Graphics & Design · KR
- 📈Shade entered the top 100Top Grossing · Graphics & Design · KR
- 📈Shade entered the top 100Top Paid · Graphics & Design · US
- 📈Shade charting in a new country in 2 chartsCanada · United Kingdom
- 📈Shade charting in a new country in 5 chartsAustralia · China · France · Indonesia · +1 more
- 🆕Shade first spotted by AppInsider#85 in Top Paid · Graphics & Design · Japan
- 🆕Shade released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Graphics & Design PaidShade on the App Store
App details
Shade downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| South Korea | Graphics & DesignPaid | #20 |
| Japan | Graphics & DesignPaid | #94 |
 United States | Graphics & DesignPaid | #187 |
 China | Graphics & DesignPaid | #139 |
 United Kingdom | Graphics & DesignPaid | #156 |
 Germany | Graphics & DesignPaid | #179 |
 Australia | Graphics & DesignPaid | #140 |
 France | Graphics & DesignPaid | #177 |
 Italy | Graphics & DesignPaid | #141 |
 Indonesia | Graphics & DesignPaid | #134 |
Apps near Shade on the chart
Graphics & Design Paid, around #20.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Shade
From the 31 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Mixed (48% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for regular updates, and its features and content. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions.
What people like
- Updates: “After running the latest iOS update it decided I did”
- Features & content: “Add a experimental ray tracing option”
- Useful: “This app is an INCREDIBLY useful tool and I would definitely recommend you download it now”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “It costs $15 to make shaders”
About Shade
You'll find full support for keyboard shortcuts, drag-and-drop, and documentation built right in
Once you're done, export your shader out to Unity 3D or load it straight into Codea. Use them in your games, apps, or anything you make
Put your finger on the glass and start creating
FEATURES
• Connection stacking: no need for explicit arithmetic nodes. Just plug multiple outputs into a single input. Tap to change how they're blended
• Automatic swizzling: connect anything to anything. Shade will figure it out and swizzle your connection. Tap the little circle to re-wire the logic
• Over 100 nodes for building your shaders, tap any node for help
• Live physically-based render preview
• Drag-and-drop images right into your graph
• Full keyboard support
• AR previews, including Face AR for building shaders right on your... face
• Video tutorials
