Comparison

NEXUS vs Journalshow

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

Head to head
About

NEXUS

Engage in real-time mech battles with multiple game modes and upgrade your champion. Connect with other players through text, picture, and video posts, live-streaming, and private chat rooms. Earn rewards from victories and support your favorite commanders.

Highlights
  • Real-time mech battles
  • Multiple game modes
  • Video chat and live-streaming
  • Earn rewards from victories
  • Social media-style comms
  • Commander chat rooms
Features
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May your REIGN endure... NEXUS is a realtime MECH battle game coupled with social features such as video chat and live-streaming + ability to earn rewards from your victories. 5+ game modes and levels - Equip your Pilot, Mech and Orbs and then hunt down your enemies and blast them with your cannons and blasters - while you cast MYSTICS to dominate! Climb the leaderboards and win rewards to upgrade your Champion! Follow and BUY the Sigils of your favorite commanders to get access to their chat rooms, and share in their game rewards. Along with battles you can also: • Post and comment on text/pic/video Comms uploaded by your fellow battlers! • Connect with your allies and text chat. • Host an Terminal Hub, join an Hub, watch a live stream with thousands of others - emoji blast your fav host • Send Zaps gifts to the livestream hosts or to Comms you really like 
Expect great things on NEXUS: insta or twitter: @0xbattle_nexus email at: support@tesuji.io With EACH FALL brings REBIRTH…

About

Journalshow

Features
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A social network that empathises.Journalshow is a social network with products and services that provide users opportunities to network.

Screenshots

NEXUS4 screens
Journalshow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Journalshow at none against NEXUS's 4. NEXUS's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, ads, device support 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

Both are free to download. NEXUS sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Journalshow asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NEXUS ships an update every 3 weeks, Journalshow every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
NEXUS versus Journalshow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNEXUSJournalshow
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (15 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings15 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1.3 GB273 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperTesuji Games IncJournalshow Inc.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

NEXUS

One-time4
  • 50 Zaps$0.99
  • Bowl of Zaps$4.99
  • Bag of Zaps$19.99
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  • Truckload of ZAPs$49.99
None

Journalshow

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NEXUS free?
NEXUS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Journalshow free?
Journalshow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do NEXUS or Journalshow have ads?
Neither NEXUS nor Journalshow shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NEXUS or Journalshow?
NEXUS ships an update every 3 weeks, and Journalshow every 4 months. Most recently, NEXUS was updated on October 24, 2026 and Journalshow on October 30, 2026.

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