Meshtastic vs ShowMore
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Meshtastic
This app enables off-grid, decentralized communication via a low-power mesh network. Send text messages in areas lacking cellular or WiFi service.
- Off-grid communication
- Decentralized mesh network
- Low-power LoRa radio support
- Text messaging
- No cellular/WiFi required
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Meshtastic® is an open source, off-grid, decentralized, mesh network built to run on low-power Lora radios letting you send text messages in areas without reliable cellular or WiFi service.
ShowMore
This utility app allows users to modify NFC tags and labels for offline price changes. It enables reading device information, customizing price templates, and distributing variable pricing data without cloud connectivity.
- Offline price changes via NFC
- Read NFC device information
- Select variable price templates
- Customize template field names
- Offline variable price distribution
- NFC distribution data conversion
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NFC TAG/NFC LABEL/NFC ESL is for users to change prices offline when they are away from the cloud. The main functions are to read the device information, select the variable price template, customize the template field name, offline variable price distribution, NFC distribution data conversion, etc.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Meshtastic at 44% against ShowMore's 0%. Meshtastic also leads on rating (4.1 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (843 vs 1). ShowMore's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.5). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Meshtastic holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Meshtastic has 843 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of Meshtastic's written reviews are positive against 0% of ShowMore's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Meshtastic | ShowMore |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (843 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 44.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 843 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 147 MB | 104 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Meshtastic LLC | Yaliang Software Development Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Meshtastic
ShowMore
Bugs and requests
Meshtastic
Reported bugs
4 issues- Canned messages configuration issues
- Location sharing and traceroute functions not working
- Settings screen bugs and crashes
- Inconsistent behavior when switching between devices
Requested features
5 requests- Offline maps support
- Ability to customize notifications
- More sorting and filtering options for nodes
- Apple Watch and Shortcuts integration
- Improved documentation and user guidance
ShowMore
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Meshtastic
No in-app purchases
ShowMore
No in-app purchases
