Comparison

Showrunner* vs Loops

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

Loops

Features
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I think a lot. You probably do too. Loops is a notebook to help you think. It won't answer, remind you, or connect things. It holds your reasoning until you come back. Writing something feels like learning it. The friction is the point. THE COLD OPEN Come back to a Loop you've left alone for a week or more and the composer is withheld. You get the day count, the last thing you wrote, and your open prediction with three answers: it held, it didn't, still open. Only then do you get to write. CARRY ONE WITH YOU Put a question in your pocket and it moves to your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island for as long as you're chewing on it. When the answer turns up on a walk or in the shower, tap it and you're writing before the thought is gone. THINGS DIE Every Loop shows how cold it is and fades as it goes. Untouched for sixty days and it archives itself. If it mattered, open it again. YOUR REASONING CAN LEAVE Copy any loop out as Markdown — the question, why it mattered, the whole trail, every prediction and how it turned out. Straight into any notes app, or as a file. WHAT IT DELIBERATELY WON'T DO No AI. No suggested connections. No daily review. No streaks. No notifications. No account, no sync, no analytics. Totally FREE.

Screenshots

Showrunner*4 screens
Loops4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Showrunner* at 3 against Loops's 1. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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, Loops every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Showrunner* versus Loops: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShowrunner*Loops
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (13 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size160 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperByLines Inc.James Jackson

In-app purchases

None

Showrunner*

No in-app purchases

None

Loops

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Showrunner* free?
Showrunner* is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Loops free?
Loops is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Showrunner* or Loops have ads?
Neither Showrunner* nor Loops shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Showrunner* or Loops?
Showrunner* ships an update every 2 weeks, and Loops every 10 days. Most recently, Showrunner* was updated on October 11, 2026 and Loops on October 5, 2026.

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