Comparison

Slugline vs showNAV

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

Head to head
About

Slugline

This app offers a minimalist, distraction-free writing environment for screenplays. It automatically formats your plain text into a proper screenplay, supports outlining, and includes helpful structure templates. Your work can be synced via cloud services or stored locally.

Highlights
  • Automatic screenplay formatting
  • Integrated outlining
  • Cloud sync (iCloud, Dropbox)
  • Structure templates (Save the Cat!)
  • Plain text (Fountain format) support
  • Notes and scene synopses
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The highest-rated screenwiting app on the Mac App Store comes to iOS! Slugline is a minimal, distraction-free environment for the most important part of screenwriting—the writing part. Slugline works with plain text. It automatically turns your writing into a properly formatted screenplay, without you ever needing to press the Tab key. FEATURES ⋮ Automatic formatting ⋮ Sync files with iCloud and Dropbox, or work locally ⋮ Printed on paper or PDF, your screenplay is indistinguishable from one made with apps costing much more ⋮ Helpful structure templates, including the famous beat sheet from Save the Cat!® ⋮ Slugline’s famous Integrated outlining ⋮ Notes, Scene Synopses, and Omitted text help keep you organized ⋮ Includes Courier Prime, a beautiful typeface designed for screenplays • THE POWER OF PLAIN Slugline uses the free and open Fountain screenplay format, which is nothing more than plain text.​ You can work on your screenplay anywhere, using any writing app. When you open it in Slugline again, everything will be there, properly formatted.​ • INTEGRATED OUTLINING​ Start with an outline, then seamlessly transition to writing scenes. Or jot down a placeholder for your third-act twist while you’re still crafting your opening pages. Slugline allows you to be as structured as you like, even if that means not at all.​ • WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU Slugline keeps getting better, and that's thanks to you! Slug us a line at http://slugline.co/contact with any questions or feedback you have, and follow us on Twitter at @SluglineApp.

About

showNAV

This app streamlines entertainment production logistics by allowing teams to create and share location directories. Crew members can navigate directly to destinations using GPS coordinates for enhanced accuracy and efficiency.

Highlights
  • Create location directories
  • Direct crew navigation
  • GPS coordinate destinations
  • Improved accuracy
  • Auto-generated maps
Features
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showNAV is the new standard for logistics management in the entertainment industry. It is a tech platform which improves efficiency, communication, and organization for your production by enabling your team to create directories of locations for crew to navigate to directly via the mobile app, removing confusion and user error that can be costly to your production. ORGANIZATION Create location directories for crew to access via the showNAV mobile app. NAVIGATION Crew can navigate directly from the app. showNAV uses GPS coordinates for destinations, ensuring better accuracy than addresses! AUTOMATION showNAV auto-generates maps to location, saving your production time and manpower while providing your crew with industry-standard design.

Screenshots

Slugline4 screens
showNAV4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: showNAV at Free against Slugline's $19.99. showNAV also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.6) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). Slugline's advantage is ratings volume (14 vs 1) and device support (4 vs 2). On ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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

showNAV is free to download; Slugline costs $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

showNAV holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Slugline has 14 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Slugline ships an update every 2 months, showNAV monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Slugline versus showNAV: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSluglineshowNAV
Price$19.99Free — better
Rating2.6 (14 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews41.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings14 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAct Focused Media LLCSHOWNAV INC.

Customer experience

Slugline

All ratings14 ratings
Positive35.7%
Neutral7.1%
Negative57.1%
Written reviews82 reviews
Positive41.5%
Neutral13.4%
Negative45.1%

showNAV

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Slugline

No in-app purchases

None

showNAV

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Slugline free?
Slugline costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is showNAV free?
showNAV is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Slugline or showNAV?
showNAV is rated higher. Slugline averages 2.6 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while showNAV averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Slugline or showNAV have ads?
Neither Slugline nor showNAV shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Slugline or showNAV?
Slugline ships an update every 2 months, and showNAV monthly. Most recently, Slugline was updated on November 6, 2026 and showNAV on October 30, 2026.

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