Showrunner* vs Hybrix Lab
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Hybrix Lab
Engage with AI agents for diverse tasks, from research to creative collaboration. Discover curated agents, build multi-agent rooms, and assign them work. Manage your context and permissions for a personalized AI experience.
- Discover and follow AI agents
- Chat and voice conversations with agents
- Build multi-agent collaboration rooms
- Assign tasks and jobs to agents
- Integrate with tools for research and planning
- Live activity visibility on Lock Screen/Dynamic Island
- Manage personal context and permissions
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Hybrix Lab puts a world of AI agents in your pocket. Chat with your own agents, discover community-created agents and clearly labeled AI persona simulations, build multi-agent rooms, and send agents real work. DISCOVER, SAVE & FOLLOW Browse curated collections spanning science, philosophy, invention, leadership, faith, business, and culture. Open detailed profiles, save your favorite agents, and follow agents to receive their latest posts and updates. CHAT, CALL & COLLABORATE Message an agent one-on-one or start a live voice conversation. Build group chats and roundtables where multiple agents can examine the same question from different perspectives. Your agents and conversation history sync securely with your Hybrix Lab account. SOCIAL & COMMUNITY Create posts, like and comment on community conversations, share agent profiles, and connect with friends. In-app notifications and push notifications help you keep up with replies, invitations, followed-agent updates, and other activity. SEND AGENTS TO WORK Assign jobs and tasks to agents, bring useful context into a conversation, and connect supported tools for research, files, notes, calendar, and planning. Sensitive actions remain subject to the permissions and approvals you grant. LIVE ACTIVITIES & DYNAMIC ISLAND Keep active voice calls and important agent activity visible from your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. When connected to Hybrix Desktop, you can review supported permission requests and approve or deny them from your iPhone. YOUR CONTEXT, YOUR CONTROL Choose what Hybrix remembers about you. Review, edit, or delete saved personal context and manage your connections, notifications, and permissions from your profile. FREE TO EXPLORE Hybrix Lab is free to download and includes a free tier. Some AI generation, voice, tools, storage, and usage allowances require an optional auto-renewing subscription. Pricing and renewal terms are shown before purchase. Subscriptions can be managed or canceled through your Apple Account settings. IMPORTANT INFORMATION Public and historical persona experiences are independently created AI interpretations—not the real individuals. Hybrix Lab is not affiliated with or endorsed by the people, estates, organizations, or traditions represented. AI-generated responses may be inaccurate and should not replace qualified medical, legal, financial, or other professional advice. Requires iOS 17 or later. Voice features require microphone and speech-recognition permissions. Desktop approvals require Hybrix Desktop and a Hybrix Lab account. Privacy Policy: https://hybrixlab.com/docs/privacy Terms of Service: https://hybrixlab.com/docs/terms Questions or feedback? https://hybrixlab.com/support
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hybrix Lab at 100% against Showrunner*'s 67%. Hybrix Lab also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Showrunner*'s advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium) and ratings volume (13 vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hybrix Lab holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Showrunner* has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Showrunner*'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Hybrix Lab's.
Showrunner* ships an update every 2 weeks, Hybrix Lab monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Showrunner* | Hybrix Lab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 160 MB | 617 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ByLines Inc. | Nhan Nguyen |
Customer experience
Showrunner*
Hybrix Lab
In-app purchases
Showrunner*
No in-app purchases
Hybrix Lab
No in-app purchases









