# Automation Showroom — Bottleneck check in 10 minutes

> Bottleneck check in 10 minutes (iPhone/iPad app by Jonas Hoettler.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/automation-showroom/id6768761091 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Jonas Hoettler](https://appshunter.io/developer/1812395414)
- Category: Education, Business
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.1 · 28 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2026-05-13
- Data updated: 2026-08-01
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/automation-showroom/id6768761091/reviews.md

## What is Automation Showroom?

Automation Showroom is your pocket companion for operations bottlenecks in small and mid-sized businesses. Instead of chasing the next hype, it helps you do the right thing first: measure, map and price the problem — and only then automate.

No account. No tracking.

WHAT YOU CAN DO

Friction log — Capture frictions (copy-paste, searching, waiting …) in under 10 seconds. The app transparently adds up what waiting costs you: hours and euros per month, with a cost curve. After a week or two you have real numbers instead of gut feeling — and a business case for your boss. Share the report.

Sparring — 7 short questions, a rule-based engine (no LLM). You get hypotheses with confidence, an ROI range, a waste heatmap, concrete data points to measure — and an honest call. Sometimes that call is: don't. Export the memo as a basis for the conversation.

Cookbook — 13 real automation architectures across industries, with steps, metrics and an ROI calculator. New cases now appear automatically, no app update needed.

Learn — 2 courses, 7 lessons: find, measure and price bottlenecks — and learn to read architecture diagrams.

NEW IN v1.1

• Friction log as a new core feature, with cost curve and shareable report
• Profile onboarding: set industry, size and function once — every sparring starts pre-filled. Plus quick starts for typical bottlenecks.
• Smart Start: returning users land straight in their results, not the pitch
• 13th case + auto content sync: new cases without an update
• New course "Find, measure and price bottlenecks" (4 lessons)
• Backup: iCloud device backup plus manual file export
• New design in the look of the website — cleaner, calmer, more confident

PRIVACY-FIRST

No account, no tracking, no ad IDs. Everything you do in the app stays on your device — GDPR-friendly by design. English and German, for iPhone and iPad.

Automation Showroom is made by Balane GmbH in Munich. Learn more at automationshowroom.com.

EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.2 — 2026-07-30

NEW: REMINDERS YOU SWITCH ON YOURSELF
The app works out on your device when your three data points are due and reminds you — after five working days, and again after 90. Plus a Monday nudge for the friction log. All off by default, all computed locally. No server, no push token, nothing leaves your device.

NEW: YOUR COCKPIT INSTEAD OF A LANDING PAGE
If you already use the app, opening it no longer shows the product explanation. It shows your rhythm over the last eight weeks and the one thing still open — one tap away.

HONEST NUMBERS
The monthly projection only appears after seven observed days and five entries. Before that the app shows what was actually measured and how far you still have to go. It projects onto working days rather than calendar days — office friction does not accrue at the weekend.

ALSO
• Dark appearance, following your system setting or switched in the profile
• Friction entries can be corrected afterwards; deleting asks first
• Share the report as an image — it survives the trip into Slack or Teams
• New cookbook cases announce themselves instead of arriving silently
• Larger controls, far better contrast, cleaner type
• Quick actions: long-press the icon for "Log a friction" or "New sparring"

Still: no sign-up, no tracking, no ad IDs.

### 1.1 — 2026-06-11

New in this version:

• Friction log: log what slows you down in 10 seconds — projected into hours and euros, with a shareable report.
• Profile onboarding: set industry, size and function once, every sparring starts pre-filled. Plus quick starts for typical bottlenecks.
• Smart Start: jump straight into your results instead of the pitch.
• 13th real-world case and automatic content sync — new cases without an update.
• New course "Find, measure and price bottlenecks".
• Device backup (iCloud/Google) plus file export.
• Fresh design in the look of the website.

### 1.0 — 2026-05-13

No release notes.

## More apps by Jonas Hoettler

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All apps by Jonas Hoettler: https://appshunter.io/developer/1812395414

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