ShoBizzy vs New Digital Commune
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ShoBizzy
Connect with industry professionals, showcase your skills, and discover production opportunities. This platform streamlines crew hiring for entertainment productions using an advanced algorithm.
- Professional profile with IMDb integration
- Production staffing algorithm
- Industry social feed
- In-app messaging
- Advanced talent and company search
- Production dashboard
- Production-specific messaging channels
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ShoBizzy is the first ever professional networking and production staffing marketplace built for the global entertainment and creator industry that uses cutting edge technology to curate the best possible crew for any production worldwide. ShoBizzy provides entertainment professionals a platform to showcase themselves, connect with others, communicate within productions, and expose themselves to opportunities like never before. This is the mobile app behind the powerful and innovative ShoBizzy entertainment staffing web platform that uses our first of its kind, patent pending smart algorithm to expertly match freelance crew to available production roles across the globe. ShoBizzy enables productions to instantly find top available talent while incorporating one’s existing network, inclusion initiatives, local hires, and more. Unlike other solutions that rely on outdated job posting methods that waste valuable time and money, ShoBizzy is the only platform to leverage machine learning technology to suggest the best freelance talent for every production role. It is completely FREE to create an account, with an option to upgrade to our PRO version. FEATURES: 1. Professional Profile - Put your best foot forward with your own highly customizable professional profile that is integrated with IMDb and gives you a proper platform to market yourself and your availability. 2. Production Staffing - Creating your free ShoBizzy user profile ensures your visibility in our production staffing algorithm used by several top Production Companies, Studios, and Networks that will lead to more production job opportunities. 3. Social Feed - Stay up to date on the latest industry news, trends, and everything your industry peers are up to. 4. Messaging - Easily connect with peers and potential employers, communicate on set, and stay in touch in one simple app. 5. Search - Enjoy the most robust talent and company search in all of entertainment, allowing users to search for anyone, anywhere, with dozens of search filters. PRODUCTION-SPECIFIC FEATURES: 1. Production Dashboard - Production Companies, Studios, Networks and Creators can easily track all current, past, and future productions in one simple dashboard including crew and vendor status, local hires, gender and inclusion initiatives, and more. (With even more functionality on web) 2. Production Messaging - Like a Slack for entertainment productions, we automatically create channels for each department as well as an “All Crew” channel to allow your team to quickly and easily stay in touch and up to date with everything including sending attachments like daily call sheets. 3. Production Calendar - Stay up to date on important production events and schedules with our simple and intuitive production calendar. (Coming soon) 4. Production Crew and Vendors - Always have access to your crew and vendor lists right in your pocket. 5. (Web only) Production Staffing - Our AI-powered staffing algorithm takes all the work out of staffing productions by automatically curating the best available crew for each position based on your existing network and beyond, while considering dozens of variables that will save your production significant time and money. SUBSCRIPTION AND PAYMENT INFORMATION: You may purchase an auto-renewing yearly or monthly ShoBizzy Pro subscription through an In-App Purchase. • 1 month ($20.00) and 1 year ($200.00) durations • Your subscription will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and will automatically renew (at the duration selected) unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • Current subscription may not be cancelled during the active subscription period; however, you can manage your subscription and/or turn off auto-renewal by visiting your iTunes Account Settings after purchase • Privacy policy: https://www.shobizzy.com/privacy and terms of use: https://www.shobizzy.com/terms
New Digital Commune
A social network designed for artists to connect, grow professionally, and increase their visibility. Showcase your work, expand your network, and discover career opportunities in a space built by creatives for creatives.
- Artist portfolio showcase
- Professional network building
- Career opportunity exploration
- Reduced expression limitations
- Social networking for creatives
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New Digital Commune is a platform for artists to connect – with emphasis on professional growth, visibility, and reducing limitations of expression. Present your portfolio, build your network, explore opportunities, and advance your career in a new social network built by creatives, for creatives.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ShoBizzy at 100% against New Digital Commune's 22%. ShoBizzy also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.6). New Digital Commune's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (111 vs 26). 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
Both are free to download. ShoBizzy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. New Digital Commune asks for nothing beyond the download.
ShoBizzy holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 26 and 111 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of ShoBizzy's written reviews are positive against 22% of New Digital Commune's.
ShoBizzy ships an update fortnightly, New Digital Commune every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on June 4, 2026 and July 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ShoBizzy | New Digital Commune |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (26 ratings) — better | 2.6 (111 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 22.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 26 | 111 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 116 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | ShoBizzy, Inc. | New Digital Commune Incorporated |
Customer experience
ShoBizzy
New Digital Commune
Bugs and requests
ShoBizzy
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
New Digital Commune
Reported bugs
14 issues- App crashes immediately upon opening or after account creation
- Buttons unresponsive and not clickable throughout the interface
- App freezes on 'You haven't connected with other creatives' screen
- Content fails to display or shows blank spaces
- Video posts display as white/blank
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- Phantom notifications for non-existent interactions
- Extreme lag and slow loading times
- UI elements cut off on certain screen sizes
- App crashes when attempting to post or upload content
- Feed rarely displays other users' content
- Profile uploads don't display when clicked
- Sign-up process crashes before completion
- App freezes when scrolling or swiping
- Music pauses every time app is opened
Requested features
10 requests- Dark mode option
- Explore/discovery page to connect with random creators
- Search functionality for finding people
- Ability to see who liked posts
- Better content feed algorithm
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- Profile link aggregation (like Linktree)
- Photo metadata display (camera settings, gear used)
- Suggested content based on user interests at launch
- Improved job section with legitimate opportunities
- Better content moderation and quality control
In-app purchases
ShoBizzy
- Monthly Pro7 Days trial$19.991 Month
- Annual Pro7 Days trial$200.001 Year
New Digital Commune
No in-app purchases









