Comparison

Showrunner* vs Monologue

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

Head to head
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.

About

Monologue

This app transforms your spoken words into polished text, capturing your intended meaning and tone. It automatically cleans up filler words and offers smart formatting, a personal dictionary, and multilingual support. Enhance your writing with flexible modes tailored to emails, notes, or documents.

Highlights
  • Smart formatting for clear structure
  • Personal dictionary for custom vocabulary
  • Flexible writing modes (email, docs, notes, code)
  • Multilingual dictation in 100+ languages
  • Privacy-focused with no data retention
  • Tone matching for casual or professional output
Features
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Monologue is what happens when you talk through your work instead of typing it. It starts as dictation that writes what you meant. Use it for voice notes on a walk. Use it for meetings without a bot. Give the transcript to your agents and keep building. It stays with you from Cursor to a walk to a call. WHY PEOPLE SWITCH Most dictation apps get the words down. Monologue gets the intent. It cleans filler, matches the tone of the app you are in, and remembers your names and jargon. WHAT YOU GET • Dictation in any app. Cursor, Slack, email, iMessage, docs. Talk, and the text is ready to send. • Voice notes on a walk. Record from iPhone or Apple Watch. Transcript and summary waiting when you are back. • Meetings without a bot. Capture the call without inviting a stranger into the room. • Ready for your agents. Hand the note to the tools you already use and keep building. ALSO BUILT IN • Modes that change how it writes (chat, email, code, or your own) • Personal dictionary for names, acronyms, and product language • 100+ languages, including mid-sentence switches • Offline transcription on Mac "Monologue has replaced Wispr Flow for me." - Ben Tossell Start free with 1,000 dictation words and 10 notes. Monologue Pro unlocks unlimited dictation, unlimited notes, and bot-free meetings Privacy: we do not save dictation audio or transcripts on our servers. Zero LLM data retention for dictation. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Showrunner*4 screens
Monologue4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Showrunner* at none against Monologue's 4. Monologue's advantage is ratings volume (300 vs 12) and review sentiment (84% vs 67%). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Monologue sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 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 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Monologue has 300 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Showrunner*'s written reviews are positive against 84% of Monologue's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Showrunner* versus Monologue: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShowrunner*Monologue
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (12 ratings) — better4.8 (300 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews83.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings12300 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size160 MB112 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperByLines Inc.Every Media Inc

Customer experience

Showrunner*

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

Monologue

All ratings294 ratings
Positive95.9%
Neutral1.0%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive83.9%
Neutral6.5%
Negative9.7%

In-app purchases

None

Showrunner*

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Monologue

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly Pro Access (Early Bird)$14.991 Month
  • Monthly Pro Access$14.991 Month
  • Yearly Pro Access$143.991 Year
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  • Yearly Pro Access (Early Bird)$144.991 Year

Questions

Is Showrunner* free?
Showrunner* is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Monologue free?
Monologue is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Showrunner* or Monologue?
Showrunner* is rated higher. Showrunner* averages 5.0 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Monologue averages 4.8 from 300 ratings.
Do Showrunner* or Monologue have ads?
Neither Showrunner* nor Monologue shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Showrunner* or Monologue?
Showrunner* ships an update every 2 weeks, and Monologue every 2 weeks. Most recently, Showrunner* was updated on October 30, 2026 and Monologue on October 30, 2026.

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