ShellNewHandler VS NightEar

Which is more popular?

Based on our record, ShellNewHandler seems to be more popular. It has been mentioned 2 times since March 2021.

social mentions: 2 vs 0
File Sharing popularity: 100% vs 0%

Base details

Website, pricing, platforms and company facts side by side.

	ShellNewHandler	NightEar
Website	sourceforge.net	schematic.cz
Pricing	—	Freemium Free trial €3.59 / Monthly
Platforms	—	Android
Company	—	2026
Listed in	Cloud Storage Monitoring Tools File Sharing Website Monitoring +1	Health And Fitness Sleep Kids Sport & Health Mental Health +2

About ShellNewHandler and NightEar

In their own words, as submitted to SaaSHub.

ShellNewHandler

NightEar

No description of ShellNewHandler yet.

NightEar records the room all night with the phone next to the bed. In the morning it shows snoring and longer quiet stretches where no breathing sound was heard — the kind of moments people sometimes review when looking into possible sleep apnea. You set how long a silence has to be. Every...

Features and specs

What each product offers, as listed by its team.

ShellNewHandler 0 features

NightEar 5 features

No features have been listed yet.

Overnight recording
Records the room all night, free and unlimited
Snoring & quiet stretches
Marks snoring and longer quiet moments with no breathing sound
Playback with spectrogram
Play any marked moment back with spectrogram
Privacy
Recordings stay on the phone, encrypted, no account
Not a medical device
Does not diagnose apnea or any condition

Analysis

An editorial look at what each product does well and who it suits.

ShellNewHandler

NightEar

Overall verdict

ShellNewHandler is a niche, lightweight utility hosted on SourceForge designed to give users more control over the Windows 'New' context menu (the ShellNew menu). It can be considered good for its specific narrow use case, but it is an older, minimally maintained tool that may not suit all users, especially those on modern Windows versions.

Why this product is good

Provides direct control over customizing the Windows right-click 'New' menu, allowing users to add or remove file type entries
Lightweight and free, without bundled bloatware typical of some other free utilities
Simple and focused in scope, making it easy to understand for its specific purpose
Open distribution via SourceForge allows transparency and no-cost access

Recommended for

Power users who want to declutter or customize the Windows New context menu
IT administrators managing standardized desktop environments across multiple machines
Users comfortable with older utility-style tools and Windows registry-related tweaks
Not recommended for casual users seeking modern, actively supported software with regular updates

No analysis of NightEar yet.

Category popularity

How often each product is chosen within a category, 0–100% relative to the other.

Score bands 0–20 21–40 41–50 51–60 61–100

ShellNewHandler

NightEar

100% 100%

File Sharing

0% 0%

Sleep

100% 100%

Cloud Storage

0% 0%

Kids

100% 100%

Questions & Answers

As answered by people managing ShellNewHandler and NightEar.

What makes your product unique?

NightEar's answer:

Sound diary of the night. Marks snoring and longer quiet stretches where no breathing sound was heard. Recordings stay on the phone, encrypted. Not a medical device.

How would you describe the primary audience of your product?

NightEar's answer:

People who want a private sound diary of their night (or their child’s night) and sometimes review quiet stretches when talking about possible sleep apnea with a doctor.

Why should a person choose your product over its competitors?

NightEar's answer:

Most snore apps either store recordings in the cloud or claim medical diagnosis. NightEar keeps everything on the phone and only shows what the microphone heard. Results only in the morning.

What's the story behind your product?

NightEar's answer:

Solo project. I wanted a simple overnight sound diary that stays on the phone and does not pretend to be a medical device.

Which are the primary technologies used for building your product?

NightEar's answer:

Android (Kotlin), on-device audio analysis, encrypted local storage.

Who are some of the biggest customers of your product?

NightEar's answer:

People tracking their own snoring and quiet stretches
Parents recording a child’s night (1 year+)

User comments

Share your experience with using ShellNewHandler and NightEar. For example, how are they different and which one is better?

Social recommendations and mentions

Recommendations tracked on public social media and blogs since March 2021.

ShellNewHandler 2 mentions

NightEar 0 mentions

I recently got libreoffice, but now the new option in right click looks like a mess. Can someone help me get rid of them please?
Use Shell New Handler. Run the portable app and simply untick the items you don't want to appear in your new context menu. Source: about 4 years ago
This menu should be easy to add/remove programs to... Who is really creating Access Databases from this menu often enough to keep it here? (Not me!) Is there an easy way to edit this?
I've always used ShellNewHandler for this. It's a really simple portable utility that allows you to remove most of the items from that menu. Tested it out on Windows 11 and it's still compatible. Source: over 5 years ago

Tracking NightEar since Oct 2026.

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Base details

About ShellNewHandler and NightEar

Features and specs

Analysis

Category popularity

Questions & Answers

What makes your product unique?

How would you describe the primary audience of your product?

Why should a person choose your product over its competitors?

What's the story behind your product?

Which are the primary technologies used for building your product?

Who are some of the biggest customers of your product?

User comments

Social recommendations and mentions