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
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

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). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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 2 weeks, StageDocs every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
J.SHOW versus StageDocs: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJ.SHOWStageDocs
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJonas StrickerJameo UG (haftungsbeschraenkt)

Customer experience

J.SHOW

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
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 2 weeks, and StageDocs every 3 weeks. Most recently, J.SHOW was updated on October 13, 2026 and StageDocs on September 20, 2026.

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