Comparison

Showrunner* vs Pickle

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

Pickle

This AI agent handles tasks like making phone calls, placing orders, and booking reservations on your behalf. It integrates with your favorite apps and requires your approval for any purchases or bookings. You can monitor its actions in real-time and disconnect at any time.

Highlights
  • AI-powered task completion
  • Automated phone calls
  • Online ordering and payment
  • Reservation and ticket booking
  • Friend plan coordination
  • Integration with popular apps
  • Real-time action monitoring
Features
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Pickle is your personal AI agent that gets things done. It makes phone calls, places orders, books reservations, and makes plans with your friends, with your approval. Send Pickle a message and it carries out the task: calling the business, navigating websites, filling out forms, and completing checkout. Anything that spends money or can't easily be undone waits for your approval first. HAND OFF YOUR PHONE CALLS Pickle calls customer service lines, phone-only reservations, and billing departments on your behalf: lowering a bill, asking for a promo rate, requesting a refund, booking a table. Follow the call in real time, then get a summary of the result. ORDER AND HANDLE THE PAYMENT Pickle finds what you need and orders it from stores like Amazon and Target, with payment through Link by Stripe. Track or cancel an order from the chat. BOOK TICKETS AND RESERVATIONS Pickle books restaurants, appointments, flights, stays, and event tickets. When seats open up for something you wanted, it lets you know and books them on request. MAKE PLANS WITH YOUR FRIENDS Your Pickle and your friend's Pickle talk to each other to find a time that works for both of you, pick a place, and make the reservation. You can view the conversation at any time. CONNECT THE APPS YOU ALREADY USE Gmail, Google Calendar, Amazon, DoorDash, Uber Eats, Instacart, OpenTable, United, Airbnb, Target, Uber, and more. You choose what Pickle can access, and it can do more with every app you connect. DISCOVER WHAT IT CAN TAKE ON FOR YOU Based on your email and calendar, Pickle suggests tasks it can handle: filing a claim for a missing package, contesting a parking ticket, canceling unused subscriptions, pausing a gym membership while you travel, renewing your car registration. MESSAGE, VOICE, OR PHONE Send a message, talk by voice, or call Pickle on the phone. IN YOUR CONTROL Pickle asks for your approval before it spends money or books anything. Watch its calls and its browser in real time, open the browser yourself at any point, and disconnect any app at any time. STILL LEARNING Pickle can be inaccurate or take an unexpected action. Check in on larger tasks and step in when needed. Download Pickle today and hand off your first task. Terms of Use: https://pickle.com/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://pickle.com/privacy-policy CHARACTER CREDITS The body and rig of one of Pickle's characters are adapted from Critter by Blender Studio (Blender Foundation), licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Critter and its rig are © Blender Studio / Blender Foundation. Modifications by Pickle, Inc. include colors, proportions, animation, and real-time movement. Pickle is not affiliated with or endorsed by Blender Studio or the Blender Foundation. Original: https://studio.blender.org/characters/critter/ License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Screenshots

Showrunner*4 screens
Pickle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Showrunner* at 5.0 against Pickle's 4.2. Showrunner* also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 11) and device support (3 vs 1). Pickle's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks) and review sentiment (84% vs 67%). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. Pickle sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 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 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 46 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Showrunner*'s written reviews are positive against 84% of Pickle's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Showrunner* ships an update every 2 weeks, Pickle every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Showrunner* versus Pickle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShowrunner*Pickle
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (12 ratings) — better4.2 (46 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews84.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1246 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size160 MB154 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperByLines Inc.Pickle Company

Customer experience

Showrunner*

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

Pickle

All ratings46 ratings
Positive78.3%
Neutral2.2%
Negative19.6%
Written reviews51 reviews
Positive84.3%
Neutral5.9%
Negative9.8%

In-app purchases

None

Showrunner*

No in-app purchases

11 purchases

Pickle

Subscriptions5
  • Pickle Plus (Monthly)$8.991 Month
  • Plus$20.001 Month
  • Pro$50.001 Month
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  • Pickle Plus (Yearly)$59.991 Year
  • Max$100.001 Month
One-time6
  • Daily limit half reset ticket x3$5.99
  • Daily limit half reset ticket x5$9.99
  • Daily limit full reset ticket x3$11.99
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  • Daily limit full reset ticket x5$19.99
  • Daily limit half reset ticket x10$19.99
  • Daily limit full reset ticket x10$39.99

Questions

Is Showrunner* free?
Showrunner* is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pickle free?
Pickle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Showrunner* or Pickle?
Showrunner* is rated higher. Showrunner* averages 5.0 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Pickle averages 4.2 from 46 ratings.
Do Showrunner* or Pickle have ads?
Neither Showrunner* nor Pickle shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Showrunner* or Pickle?
Showrunner* ships an update every 2 weeks, and Pickle every 3 days. Most recently, Showrunner* was updated on October 24, 2026 and Pickle on November 1, 2026.

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