Comparison

ActiveSignage vs CloudShow Client

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

Head to head
About

ActiveSignage

Create dynamic digital signage and customer displays using your iPhone or iPad. Easily design advertisements, manage queues, or display transaction details without professional help. Supports images, video, music, and multiple languages for enhanced business promotion and customer satisfaction.

Highlights
  • Create digital signage with iPhone/iPad
  • Display to external screens (horizontal/vertical)
  • Supports images, video, and music
  • Show webpages and 27 display templates
  • Use as a customer display for transactions
  • Queue management and kitchen display system
  • Multi-language and vertical writing support
Features
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Create digital signage with your iPhone and iPad Create digital signage that is in motion yourself! You can build your own digital signage content with your iPhone and iPad. No need to retain any professional and it's inexpensive. Make businesses more profitable with digital advertisement (digital signage) or improve customer satisfaction by using it as an effective customer display! Digital signage will help increase sales by leading customers to a shop or a certain sales floor and make the merchandise appealing. It's easy and inexpensive to change information about the seasonal merchandise or events that enable you to make the merchandise appealing depending on the clientele. The app supports images and a multi-language display, which helps foreign tourist arrivals. Start your digital signage now! ● You can make your own digital signage (dynamic signage) with your iPhone and iPad ・Create digital signage by yourself with an iPhone or iPad ・Display it to an external display both in the horizontal and vertical positions ・Send it to an external display via an HDMI cable or AirPlay ・Insert music ・Support both image and video ・Show webpage ・27 display templates ・Added 10 fonts ・Support vertical writing ● Use as a customer display ・Use an iPhone or iPad as a display...   Show a total amount for the transaction and change the amount for your customer   Use as a queue management system   Use as a kitchen display screen. As soon as orders are taken, it shows them to the kitchen screen and reads them aloud   Show the age verification screen ・Restrict access with http (Use "Insert from URL" with FileMaker)   text/image/rectangle/alert/text to speech (signage play and stop)/animation (flashing/moving/size/color, etc.) ● Complete your business with FileMaker! ・Our printer app PrintAssist is integrated to FileMaker, and it prints receipts, opens the cash drawer, provides for age verification or displays the total price. It acts as a full cash register.

About

CloudShow Client

Features
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Use the CloudShow Client with the next generation digital signage service CloudShow to turn any screen into a digital sign! Just install this app, pair your iOS device with your CloudShow account and you've got your own digital sign. **Note: This app is just the client, you need a CloudShow account to push content to your device. Choose from dozens of builtin apps to display content, load webpages, or create your own custom apps. It's so easy you'll be up and running in minutes!

Screenshots

ActiveSignage4 screens
CloudShow Client4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CloudShow Client at none against ActiveSignage's 1. CloudShow Client also leads on update cadence (every 5 months vs every 9 months). ActiveSignage's advantage is iOS requirement (9.1 vs 13.0). On price, ads and device support 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. ActiveSignage sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CloudShow Client asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ActiveSignage ships an update every 9 months, CloudShow Client every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
ActiveSignage versus CloudShow Client: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterActiveSignageCloudShow Client
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.1 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB120 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperiWare Inc.Binary Fortress Software

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ActiveSignage

One-time1
  • Unlock entry limit$79.99
None

CloudShow Client

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ActiveSignage free?
ActiveSignage is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CloudShow Client free?
CloudShow Client is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ActiveSignage or CloudShow Client have ads?
Neither ActiveSignage nor CloudShow Client shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ActiveSignage or CloudShow Client?
ActiveSignage ships an update every 9 months, and CloudShow Client every 5 months. Most recently, ActiveSignage was updated on September 22, 2026 and CloudShow Client on September 11, 2026.

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