Comparison

J.SHOW vs Birthdays

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

Head to head
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

About

Birthdays

Features
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Add all your birthdays in the app and get notified on important dates! Don't forget to add our Widget to your Home Screen and get a nice view on upcoming birthdays.

Screenshots

J.SHOW4 screens
Birthdays3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: J.SHOW at none against Birthdays's 1. J.SHOW also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Birthdays sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. J.SHOW asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
J.SHOW versus Birthdays: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJ.SHOWBirthdays
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJonas StrickerPapaja AB

In-app purchases

None

J.SHOW

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Birthdays

One-time1
  • Obegränsat med födelsedagar$2.99

Questions

Is J.SHOW free?
J.SHOW is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Birthdays free?
Birthdays is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do J.SHOW or Birthdays have ads?
Neither J.SHOW nor Birthdays shows ads.
Which is updated more often, J.SHOW or Birthdays?
J.SHOW ships an update weekly, and Birthdays weekly. Most recently, J.SHOW was updated on October 27, 2026 and Birthdays on October 6, 2026.

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