Comparison

Zoho Show vs Busy Bee

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

Head to head
About

Zoho Show

Create, edit, and share stunning presentations on your mobile device. Utilize a vast library of templates, customizable elements, and rich media to design engaging slides. Collaborate with team members and access your work offline.

Highlights
  • Create and edit presentations on mobile
  • Access to stunning templates and themes
  • Customize slides with text, images, and shapes
  • Add charts, tables, audio, and video
  • Apply animations and transitions
  • Share and collaborate with team members
  • Offline access and auto-sync
Features
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Create, share, and edit beautiful presentations on your iOS or iPadOS device while you're on the go. Import PowerPoint presentations (.PPTX files) and pick up where you left off. Work on your slides offline and download them as an image or a PDF. CAPTURE YOUR AUDIENCE'S ATTENTION WITH STUNNING TEMPLATES Use Show's large array of presentation templates and themes to simplify your slide creation process. Pick from marketing, sales, and many more template options for your next deck. Get access to hundreds of individual slide templates like a cover slide, image slide, and more. GIVE YOUR IDEAS THE PERFECT PLATFORM Choose from a wide range of customizations available in Zoho Show to create your slides. Add and customize text, images, shapes, and more. ADD SMART ELEMENTS, SILHOUETTES, AND MORE Pick from 100+ available shapes ranging from Basic Shapes to Equation Shapes to add to your slides. Use stylish silhouettes to illustrate your slides. Use smart elements like the Fill Indicator and Shape Indicator to visually represent numbers. GRAPHICALLY REPRESENT DATA WITH CHARTS Pick from 15+ chart options to engage your audience. Choose from line charts, area charts, pie charts, and other chart types to visualize your data and make it easier to understand. You can also add animation effects to charts to enhance their visual appeal. ORGANIZE DATA BETTER WITH TABLES Arrange and categorize your data by adding tables to your slides. Pick from preset table styles and customize your tables with multiple formatting options. Add animation effects to the tables to make your data more visually interesting. ENRICH YOUR SLIDES WITH IMAGES Add images to slides right from your phone. You can also add images shot using the device's camera or by inserting the image URL. Get access to the Unsplash library and choose from millions of royalty-free images from within the app. ADD AUDIO AND VIDEO TO YOUR SLIDES Add audio and video to your slides to retain your audience's attention. You can add background music to slides and use videos to supplement your presentation content. ADD STUNNING ANIMATIONS AND SMOOTH TRANSITIONS Keep engagement levels high with eye-catching animation effects and transition effects. Make slide elements Appear, Float In, Swivel, and more with more than 20 animation effects. Choose from 25+ slide transition effects like Blinds, Spiral, and Zoom. SHARE AND COLLABORATE WITH TEAM MEMBERS Invite collaborators by simply adding their email address in the share option to get started working together. To help avoid data loss or conflicting edits, Show allows you to choose the level of access for each collaborator. WORK TOGETHER WITH YOUR TEAM Discuss slide elements with your team members by adding comments to them. Reply to comments for more contextual team conversations. NEVER LOSE YOUR PROGRESS WITH AUTO-SYNC No need to constantly hit 'save': Show saves all your progress automatically. All you have to do is create your free Zoho account and sign in for your changes to be synced directly to the cloud. USE YOUR PHONE AS A REMOTE Show's compatibility helps you use your iPhone or Apple Watch as a remote to deliver presentations on an Apple TV. PRESENT WITH YOUR APPLE TV Present your ideas on a bigger screen by connecting to your Apple TV. Navigate and control your slides using the Apple TV remote.

About

Busy Bee

Build lasting routines with this simple habit tracker. Effortlessly monitor daily, weekly, or monthly tasks with binary or progress tracking. Stay motivated with streak building and satisfying animations in a distraction-free, offline-friendly interface.

Highlights
  • Binary and progress task tracking
  • Flexible daily, weekly, monthly scheduling
  • Streak building and motivation
  • Home screen widget for quick logging
  • Offline functionality
  • Ad-free and distraction-free design
Features
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Stay productive. Build habits. Be a Busy Bee. Busy Bee is a beautifully simple habit tracker that helps you build lasting routines. Whether you're drinking more water, reading every day, or hitting the gym — Busy Bee makes tracking effortless and rewarding. TRACK YOUR WAY • Binary tasks: Simple yes/no completion (Exercise, Meditate, Journal) • Progress tasks: Track amounts like water intake (64oz), reading time (30 min), or steps • Tap to add progress — each tap brings you closer to your goal FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING • Daily, weekly, or monthly recurring tasks • One-time tasks for special goals • See what's coming up in the calendar view STAY MOTIVATED • Build streaks and watch them grow • Satisfying animations when you complete tasks • Clean, calming design that makes tracking a joy HOME SCREEN WIDGET • Large widget shows your daily tasks at a glance • Tap directly on the widget to log progress • Never forget a habit — it's right on your home screen DESIGNED FOR FOCUS • No ads, no distractions • Warm, friendly interface • Works offline — your data stays on your device Build better habits, one day at a time. Download Busy Bee and start your streak today!

Screenshots

Zoho Show4 screens
Busy Bee4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Busy Bee at 5.0 against Zoho Show's 4.1. Busy Bee also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks). Zoho Show's advantage is ratings volume (98 vs 1) and device support (5 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Busy Bee holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Zoho Show has 98 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Zoho Show ships an update every 3 weeks, Busy Bee daily. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Zoho Show versus Busy Bee: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZoho ShowBusy Bee
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (98 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings98 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.6 — better18.5
Further details — not scored
Size201 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZoho CorporationCorey Murphy

Customer experience

Zoho Show

All ratings96 ratings
Positive76.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative15.6%
Written reviews103 reviews
Positive63.1%
Neutral9.7%
Negative27.2%

Busy Bee

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

In-app purchases

None

Zoho Show

No in-app purchases

None

Busy Bee

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Zoho Show free?
Zoho Show is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Busy Bee free?
Busy Bee is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Zoho Show or Busy Bee?
Busy Bee is rated higher. Zoho Show averages 4.1 out of 5 from 98 ratings, while Busy Bee averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Zoho Show or Busy Bee have ads?
Neither Zoho Show nor Busy Bee shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Zoho Show or Busy Bee?
Zoho Show ships an update every 3 weeks, and Busy Bee daily. Most recently, Zoho Show was updated on October 21, 2026 and Busy Bee on October 14, 2026.

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