ActiveSignage vs CloudShow Client
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
CloudShow Client
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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!
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. ActiveSignage sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CloudShow Client asks for nothing beyond the download.
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.
| Parameter | ActiveSignage | CloudShow Client |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.1 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 120 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | iWare Inc. | Binary Fortress Software |
In-app purchases
ActiveSignage
- Unlock entry limit$79.99
CloudShow Client
No in-app purchases
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