Comparison

Mach! vs J.SHOW

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

Head to head
About

Mach!

This app facilitates quick and easy information sharing for events. Create projects to store event details like schedules and crew lists, then generate codes for employees to access this information. It also allows for real-time updates and push notifications for changes.

Highlights
  • Create event projects
  • Store schedules and crew lists
  • Generate access codes for employees
  • Real-time information updates
  • Push notifications for changes
  • Role-based group access
Features
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Do! is an app to pass on information at events to employees as quickly and easily as possible. You can create a project and save all relevant information for your event there. For example, time planning, processes, crew lists, etc. This information can be updated continuously. Daily schedules and processes are always up to date. If you have an event in Mach! and you inserted the information about your project, the app generates a code for you. This code is the personal access for your employees. Send the code to your employees, e.g. Cameramen / women, sound and lighting technicians, costume designers, editors, production managers, caterers, make-up artists and many more. The recipient of the code is authorized to access the stored information. Since all important information is stored centrally, it can be called up super quickly and easily. It works as follows: The recipient receives the code before production begins, opens the app, enters the code and now only has to provide information about himself: The trade in which he / she works. Different groups are created in which you can log in. The groups will be called @ALL @Camera @Sound @Lights @Video @Visagist @Director @Set @editorial staff and so on. No private data such as email addresses, names or user names are required for login. The app can now not only make the stored information available to all users, it can also notify them directly via push message if there are changes in production. Examples of this could be: @Sound Attention, everyone can go home today immediately after the rehearsal. @Editorial staff Debriefing in room 302. @all Show starts today at 8:00 p.m. @all new daily routine now available Mach! organizes you and your crew quickly and easily. All users are always up to date.

About

J.SHOW

Organize tours and share real-time travel information with your entire party. Practical tools simplify logistics for artists, musicians, bookers, managers, and crew. Each artist has a dedicated platform accessible via a unique URL.

Highlights
  • Real-time information distribution
  • Organize tours
  • Individual artist platforms
  • Customizable authorization levels
  • Intuitive handling
Features
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J.SHOW is the app for your J.SHOW platform. It puts everything you need on tour on your phone – and shows it even when there is no signal. You need access to a J.SHOW artist or agency platform. Without an account you cannot sign in here. What you get • Every event at a glance – upcoming, past, sorted by date or shown on the map • The single event with everything that belongs to it: venue, contacts, times, notes • The day sheet with running order, soundcheck and show • Travel, hotels and vehicles including addresses and booking references • Guest list – view it, add people, check them in at the door • Setlist and song pool • Every file for the event – rider, contracts, day sheets, venue plans – readable in the app and easy to pass on • Messages and mentions from your team • Push notifications when something about your event changes Works without a signal Backstage, on the bus, abroad: the app keeps your data on the phone. Open it and everything is there straight away – no waiting, no progress bar, no question of whether you are online. As soon as there is a connection again it fetches the new state in the background and swaps it in without interrupting you. Several platforms at once If you work for more than one artist, sign in to up to three accounts at the same time and see all their dates side by side. Switching takes one tap. Who it is for Artists, tour management, crew, booking and agencies – everyone on a J.SHOW platform. Who sees which events and which figures is decided by roles on the platform; the app shows exactly what you have been given access to. What J.SHOW is beyond this The platform itself brings tour planning, contracts, invoices, settlement, guest lists, travel and availabilities together in one place. The app is the part that travels with you. More at j.show

Screenshots

Mach!4 screens
J.SHOW4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mach! at 100% against J.SHOW's 86%. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mach! ships an update every 3 weeks, J.SHOW every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Mach! versus J.SHOW: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMach!J.SHOW
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better85.7% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCharly SchulteJonas Stricker

Customer experience

Mach!

Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

J.SHOW

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Mach!

No in-app purchases

None

J.SHOW

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mach! free?
Mach! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is J.SHOW free?
J.SHOW is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mach! or J.SHOW have ads?
Neither Mach! nor J.SHOW shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mach! or J.SHOW?
Mach! ships an update every 3 weeks, and J.SHOW every 2 weeks. Most recently, Mach! was updated on October 7, 2026 and J.SHOW on October 13, 2026.

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