Showchat vs Azalea Audio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Showchat
Experience shows with friends by seeing their real-time reactions synced to the exact moments you're watching. This app uses audio technology to match your progress, allowing you to share laughter and emotions as if you were together, regardless of distance or viewing time.
- Real-time synced reactions
- Smart audio syncing
- No setup required
- Spoiler-free experience
- Share emotional moments
- Watch together remotely
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Watch your friends’ funniest, wildest, and most heartfelt reactions exactly when you reach the same moment in a show. ShowChat uses smart audio technology to sync with where you are in a show—no setup, no spoilers. As you watch on your TV or laptop, friends’ reactions pop up right on your phone at the exact scenes they laughed, gasped, or cried. It’s like you are watching together, even if you are miles apart and watched at different times. Across time, across space, you’ll share every twist, reveal, and joke just as if you were side-by-side on the couch
Azalea Audio
This app combines audiobooks and podcasts into a single listening experience. Organize your content, track progress, and download for offline playback. Enjoy uninterrupted listening with no rate limits.
- Unified audiobook and podcast player
- Offline listening
- Progress tracking
- Search across content
- Subscribe to podcasts
- Read-along text support
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Azalea Audio brings audiobooks and podcasts together in one listening app. Browse audiobooks, explore podcasts, subscribe to your favorite shows, and keep everything organized in My Library. Pick up where you left off with saved progress, track listening history, and download content for offline access. No pesky rate limits on how long you can listen for. Features: • Listen to audiobooks chapter by chapter • Follow along with read-along text while audio plays • Search across audiobooks and podcasts • Subscribe to podcasts and keep up with new episodes • Download audiobooks and podcast episodes for offline listening • View listening history and in-progress items • Rate audiobooks and leave written reviews • Share beta feedback with text or voice • Enjoy a clean, focused player built for long-form listening Azalea Audio is designed for listeners who want books, and podcasts, and other long form content all in one place.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Showchat at every 4 days against Azalea Audio's every 3 weeks. Showchat also leads on ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Showchat against 5.0 for Azalea Audio. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Showchat has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Showchat ships an update every 4 days, Azalea Audio every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Showchat | Azalea Audio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 216 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | COMPUTEXHQ, INC. | Neel Baronia |
Customer experience
Showchat
Azalea Audio
In-app purchases
Showchat
No in-app purchases
Azalea Audio
No in-app purchases





