Comparison

Today App vs Showrunner*

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

Head to head
About

Today App

This app helps you manage your daily tasks and habits, focusing on what needs to be done today. It offers free features for scheduling and tracking, with premium options for advanced planning and customization.

Highlights
  • Schedule tasks for today
  • Track habits
  • Organize tasks into lists
  • Upcoming task view
  • Logbook of completed tasks
  • Premium reminders and recurring tasks
Features
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Focus on today — not everything at once. Today App is a beautifully designed productivity app that helps you organize tasks, notes and calendars without the overwhelm. Plan your day in a calm, focused space you’ll actually enjoy opening. • Focus on today’s tasks and events • Organize life with Workspaces • Capture quick notes with smart hashtags • Customize covers and themes • Keep work and personal life separate • Sync seamlessly with iCloud • Works offline • No account required WORKSPACES Create dedicated spaces for work, personal life, family or anything else. Each workspace can have its own unique cover image and appearance, helping you stay focused and organized. NOTES WITH HASHTAGS Capture thoughts instantly and keep them connected using hashtags. Search notes faster with smart tag-based filtering. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Today App uses iCloud and CloudKit for syncing, so your data stays connected across your devices without creating a separate account. FREE FEATURES • Today view • Notes • Calendar integration • Up to 2 lists • Up to 2 workspaces • Offline support • iCloud sync PREMIUM FEATURES • Unlimited lists and workspaces • Reminders • Subtasks • Advanced customization • Custom photo covers • Future planning and scheduling Today App is built for people who want productivity to feel calmer, cleaner and more personal. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Showrunner*

This tool helps creatives store, share, and discuss their work. Upload large files, bookmark links, or record media. Collaborate instantly with timestamped comments and shareable links for easy delivery.

Highlights
  • Store any file up to 100GB
  • Instant timestamped comments
  • Shareable links for external viewing
  • Bookmark links, photos, and recordings
  • Collaborate with project teams
  • High-quality file storage
Features
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The messenger for small teams who make things. One room for your work, your team, and your agents. Signal > noise - Only the notifications that matter. - Tasks captured. Files organized. Great with media - Send files up to 250GB. - Leave a voice note on a timestamp. Mark up a frame. - Pick the moments. Have Runner stitch them together. Stop playing fetch - Repeated work becomes reusable skills. - @mention files, pages, and issues from your other tools. Voice that feels human - One tap. No links. No calendar. - Share a file. Runner turns what you say into feedback on the right passages and moments. - Notes and action items land back in the thread. Nothing gets buried - Search across messages, files and media. - See who's doing what. - One version history across documents, links, and files. Coming Soon Bring your own agent - Have any agent work with your files, notes, tasks, and media. - Give an agent a task. Ask another to check its work. - Agents hand work to each other and your team.

Screenshots

Today App4 screens
Showrunner*4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Showrunner* at 5.0 against Today App's 3.8. Showrunner* also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Today App sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Showrunner* asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Showrunner* holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Today App's written reviews are positive against 67% of Showrunner*'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Today App ships an update every 11 days, Showrunner* every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Today App versus Showrunner*: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterToday AppShowrunner*
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (20 ratings)5.0 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.6% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings20 — better12
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB160 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdam KovacsByLines Inc.

Customer experience

Today App

All ratings20 ratings
Positive70.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative30.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive63.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative36.4%

Showrunner*

All ratings13 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Today App

Subscriptions3
  • Today App Premium - Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Today App Premium - Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime$29.99
  • Lifetime$44.99
None

Showrunner*

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Today App free?
Today App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Showrunner* free?
Showrunner* is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Today App or Showrunner*?
Showrunner* is rated higher. Today App averages 3.8 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while Showrunner* averages 5.0 from 12 ratings.
Do Today App or Showrunner* have ads?
Neither Today App nor Showrunner* shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Today App or Showrunner*?
Today App ships an update every 11 days, and Showrunner* every 2 weeks. Most recently, Today App was updated on November 3, 2026 and Showrunner* on October 30, 2026.

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