Comparison

Showrunner* vs ABE

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

ABE

Features
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ABE is the first platform where your business runs itself — you step in when needed. It connects to your tools (Slack, Intercom, Shopify, GitHub, Mixpanel, and more), ingests every signal across your business, and synthesizes it into clear priorities and actions. No more tab-switching between dashboards. No more missed customer signals. ABE watches everything so you can focus on what actually matters. WHAT YOU GET: 1. Focus Engine: Open the app and see one thing: the single most important task right now. ABE ranks your entire backlog by customer value, strategic alignment, and urgency then surfaces the #1 priority. Mark it done, flag it blocked, or delegate it to a teammate, all in one tap. Your "up next" queue is always ranked and ready. 2. Talk to ABE: Message ABE like a colleague. Ask it to analyze churn, draft a competitive brief, check OKR progress, or explain a revenue trend. ABE has access to all your connected data and responds with real analysis, not generic answers. 3. Team Messaging: DMs, group channels, threaded replies, emoji reactions, file sharing, and @mentions — all built in. No need for a separate chat tool. ABE participates in channels too, answering questions and surfacing insights in context. 4. Audio & Video Calls: Start a call from any conversation. Pre-join camera and mic preview, in-call controls, and speaker detection — all native. 5. 20+ Data Integrations: Connect revenue (Shopify, Google Sheets), support (Intercom, Slack), code (GitHub), analytics (Mixpanel), advertising(Meta Ads), reviews (Judge.me), and more. Data syncs automatically every 15-30 minutes. 6. Competitive Intelligence: ABE monitors your competitors continuously: changelog scraping, pricing changes, feature launches, social signals. You get a weekly competitive report pushed to your phone every Monday. 7. OKR Tracking: Set objectives and key results. ABE ties every task and insight back to your goals, tracks progress, and escalates when targets are at risk. HOW IT WORKS: ABE runs 10 continuous loops: Listen (ingest customer feedback) → Ideate (generate solutions) → Validate (evidence-check every idea) → Prioritize (rank against strategy) → Spec → Build → Deploy → Announce → Measure → Learn. Nothing ships without your approval. ABE suggests, you decide. High-risk actions always require explicit human confirmation. You control the autonomy level — from fully manual to assisted to autonomous within defined limits. TRUST & SAFETY: ABE will never send emails, deploy code, or communicate with customers without your approval. It will never fabricate data — if information doesn't exist, it says so. It will never increase or hide fees. Kill switches let you pause any loop instantly.

Screenshots

Showrunner*4 screens
ABE4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ABE at every 4 days against Showrunner*'s every 2 weeks. ABE also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Showrunner* ships an update every 2 weeks, ABE every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Showrunner* versus ABE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShowrunner*ABE
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (13 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size160 MB72 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperByLines Inc.Viewcy.com Inc

In-app purchases

None

Showrunner*

No in-app purchases

None

ABE

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Showrunner* free?
Showrunner* is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ABE free?
ABE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Showrunner* or ABE have ads?
Neither Showrunner* nor ABE shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Showrunner* or ABE?
Showrunner* ships an update every 2 weeks, and ABE every 4 days. Most recently, Showrunner* was updated on October 11, 2026 and ABE on September 27, 2026.

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