Comparison

Strumn vs ShowWire

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

Head to head
About

Strumn

Streamline your music career with an all-in-one platform for managing schedules, bookings, communications, and payments. Connect with venues directly, find gigs, and receive secure direct deposit payments. Simplify your business operations and focus on your art.

Highlights
  • Schedule and booking management
  • Direct venue communication
  • Gig discovery
  • Secure payment processing
  • Direct deposit payments
  • 1099 tax form support
Features
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Strumn is your all-in-one platform for managing your schedule, bookings, communications, and payments with venues. Tired of blasting out hundreds of DMs and cold calls to venues and never hearing back? Use Strumn to ensure that your pitch finds its way to the right person without going through Instagram or Email. On the road and looking for a Friday night gig in the city? Use Strumn to quickly find a venue who loves your genre and has an opening in their calendar. Still waiting on that check or cash payment after you performed? Use Strumn to receive scheduled direct deposit payments from the venue, including a 1099. Terms & Policies: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://app.strumn.com/terms

About

ShowWire

This platform connects music fans with artists and venues, enhancing live concert experiences. It allows artists to promote events, share setlists, and interact with fans, while fans can sync their screens to the music, request songs, and share event moments.

Highlights
  • Interactive live show experience
  • Screen color sync with music
  • Song requests from fans
  • Event promotion and management
  • Artist and venue profiles
  • Fan engagement analytics
  • Photo and video sharing
Features
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**ShowWire – Your Connection to the Show** ShowWire is a live music fan engagement platform designed to bring bands and fans closer together—before, during, and after every show. It transforms concerts into interactive experiences where artists promote events and fans actively participate in the performance. ShowWire uses the standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA) which can be found here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ For Bands: Create a profile that showcases your identity with photos, videos, and media that help fans discover your sound and style. * Promote and manage upcoming events, giving fans a central place to see where you’re playing next. * Publish set lists, view song requests, and post messages to fans. * View your top fans based on engagement with your events. * View comprehensive analytics to get a clear picture of followers and activity. * During an event, fans screens change colors in sync with the music based on settings defined by the band. * Bands can indicate which song is currently playing, which is playing next, and take requests from fans. * Bands can view uploaded photos and videos, and project a live slideshow of images uploaded during the event. For Fans: Follow your favorite bands and venues and stay up to date on upcoming shows. Discover nearby events based on your current location. When you attend an event, become part of the experience: * Sync your screen color to the sound of the music * Upload photos and videos directly to the event page * Request songs you want the band to play * Connect with other fans attending the same show For Venues: Venues can create and manage events, upload photos, share menus, and promote special offerings. Fans can discover new venues, follow their favorites, and stay informed about upcoming events and specials. * Create a profile with image, location, and phone number * Publish events * Upload Menus * Create Specials * View comprehensive analytics to get a clear picture of followers and activity. Interactive Live Show Experience ShowWire introduces a unique way to experience live music. Sync your phone with the band’s device and watch as your screen pulses and changes color to the beat—along with the entire crowd. Turn the audience into part of the performance and experience concerts like never before.

Screenshots

Strumn4 screens
ShowWire4 screens

Verdict

The call

Strumn and ShowWire both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of ShowWire's written reviews are positive against 67% of Strumn's. Strumn's advantage is ratings volume (20 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.4 vs 26.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Strumn sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $10.00 per month and ShowWire sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Strumn against 5.0 for ShowWire. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Strumn has 20 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Strumn's written reviews are positive against 100% of ShowWire's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Strumn ships an update every 3 weeks, ShowWire every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Strumn versus ShowWire: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStrumnShowWire
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (20 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings20 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.4 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB31 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperStrumn LLCDATA VISION GROUP, LLC

Customer experience

Strumn

All ratings20 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

ShowWire

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Strumn

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Plan$10.001 Month
  • Yearly$90.001 Year
4 purchases

ShowWire

Subscriptions4
  • Artist Monthly Subscription Plan14 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Venue Monthly Subscription Plan14 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Artist Annual Subscription Plan14 Days trial$53.991 Year
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  • Venue Annual Subscription Plan14 Days trial$107.991 Year

Questions

Is Strumn free?
Strumn is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ShowWire free?
ShowWire is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Strumn or ShowWire?
Strumn and ShowWire are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 20 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Strumn or ShowWire have ads?
Neither Strumn nor ShowWire shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Strumn or ShowWire?
Strumn ships an update every 3 weeks, and ShowWire every 2 weeks. Most recently, Strumn was updated on November 3, 2026 and ShowWire on October 31, 2026.

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