Comparison

J.SHOW vs StageDocs

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
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J.SHOW is a software which lets you organize tours and automatically distributes information to the travel party in real time. Numerous practical tools and the intuitive handling make life easier for artists, musicians, bookers, managers, and crew members. Each artist / band gets their own platform. Platforms can be reached via their respective URL: artist-name.j.show Everyone involved in a tour gets an account for to the platform. There are individual levels of authorization for different groups of people. This ensures that everyone only gets to see relevant information.

About

StageDocs

Calculate bridle and beam properties for rigging applications. Features include interactive geometry adjustment, precise input, and load verification for various truss types. Generate detailed calculation protocols.

Highlights
  • Simple and sloped bridle calculations
  • Interactive bridle geometry adjustment
  • Precise value input for positioning
  • Real-time beam calculation
  • Load verification for trusses
  • Calculation protocol export (PDF)
Features
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StageDocs® is a small rigger app that helps with the bridle and beam calculation. Following bridles can be calculated: - Simple 2-leg bridles - Sloped 2-leg bridles or brails/breasting lines Bridle features: - Change bridle geometry with you fingers by just moving apex point - Innovative bridle grid based on bridle leg length discretisation - Precise positioning by exact value input - Consideration of basket length, beam geometry and available steel lengths Calculation of straight beams - Realtime calculation of results - multiple supports - multiple point forces - Load verification of trusses (Eurotruss, Expotruss, Global Truss, Prolyte, more will follow..., paid feature) - Basic verification of slinging influence to truss (paid feature) - Calculation protocol (pdf) of truss verification (paid feature) Terms of Services: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

J.SHOW4 screens
StageDocs3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: J.SHOW at 86% against StageDocs's 50%. J.SHOW also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks). StageDocs's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, 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. StageDocs sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. J.SHOW asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

J.SHOW ships an update every 10 days, StageDocs every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on July 15, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
J.SHOW versus StageDocs: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJ.SHOWStageDocs
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJonas StrickerJameo UG (haftungsbeschraenkt)

Customer experience

J.SHOW

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%

StageDocs

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

J.SHOW

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

StageDocs

Subscriptions2
  • Rigger monthly$3.991 Month
  • Rigger yearly$29.991 Year

Questions

Is J.SHOW free?
J.SHOW is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is StageDocs free?
StageDocs is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do J.SHOW or StageDocs have ads?
Neither J.SHOW nor StageDocs shows ads.
Which is updated more often, J.SHOW or StageDocs?
J.SHOW ships an update every 10 days, and StageDocs every 3 weeks. Most recently, J.SHOW was updated on July 15, 2026 and StageDocs on September 20, 2026.

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