ShowMe assist vs Nova Messenger
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ShowMe assist
This app enables remote assistance by allowing users to virtually point and gesture on a live video stream. It facilitates helping others from a distance as if you were standing next to them, making explanations clear and easy.
- Live video assistance
- Virtual hand-pointing
- Gesture overlay
- Remote collaboration
- Easy to use interface
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What is ShowMe: Through our patented technology, we make it possible for a person, no matter where, to help through natural human behaviour as pointing and gesturing on top of a live video stream from the person who needs help - like standing next to each other. In short, we make people able to help each other over distance. Something we right now, due to the circumstances we all are in, have decided to offer for free for all non commercial use, as our little tribute to helping out. The help given through ShowMe can be anything from mom showing what to keep and what not to keep in the garden while she sits comfortably at home, to the local plumbing guy who can help out with the heating systems functions while staying at his office. It's as easy as making a phone call: The person in need of help call another person (friend, colleague, family member, or who you know of) as the expert with ShowMe, points the camera towards the problem. The other person can, from wherever he or she is, point in front of the mobile camera and have the hand with gesturing being shown on top of the live video feed, to solve the problem, for a clear, easy, understandable way of explaining what to do, just like standing next to each other helping out. For the tech interested: ShowMe Technologies have developed the technology and algorithm of keying out a hand in an uncontrolled environment, of which you normally know of blue/green screens needed. This technology is used in the ShowMe application, but can, if suitable, be part of any other service out there, not only as its own stand alone application.
Nova Messenger
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Nova Messenger delivers messages fast, effectively, and privately, ensuring all your university, school and work announcements reach you instantly.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Nova Messenger at every 3 weeks against ShowMe assist's every 16 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ShowMe assist ships an update every 16 months, Nova Messenger every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ShowMe assist | Nova Messenger |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ShowMe Technologies | Back Alley Technology |
In-app purchases
ShowMe assist
No in-app purchases
Nova Messenger
No in-app purchases
Questions
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