Comparison

Network School vs Shower Talk

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Network School

This app serves as a companion for approved members of a techno-optimist community. It allows members to manage their profiles, register for events, and access campus facilities. Membership applications and purchases are handled on the website.

Highlights
  • View member profile
  • Register for events
  • Unlock campus doors
  • Contact support
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The Network School is a frontier community for techno-optimists. Our members include remote workers, digital nomads, online creators, personal trainers, self-improvers, event organizers, and engineers of all stripes. This is the companion app for approved Network School members. If you're not a member yet, learn more and apply on ns.com! If you're already a member, you can use this app to: - View your member profile - Register for events - Unlock doors around campus - Contact NS Support This app is not used to apply for membership or purchase services. Network School applications and membership management are handled on the web at ns.com.

About

Shower Talk

Features
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Finally, a journal you just talk to. Say what happened. Shower Talk writes it down, sorts it into the parts of your life, and remembers all of it, so months later you can ask what was going on. TALK, OR WRITE A PAGE Tap the orb and talk. Most voice journal entries take under two minutes, and the recording keeps going with the screen off. There is no streak to keep. On the days you would rather write, make a page: type or dictate, add photos, draw, or drop in a short voice clip. A PROMPT WHEN YOU WANT ONE Not sure where to start? Swipe up on Record, or tap the date on a new page, and a question appears. Once you have a few entries, the first questions come from them. IT SORTS ITSELF Every entry, spoken or written, is read for the people in it, the moods, what you did and what you kept thinking about, then filed into four areas of your life: health, relationships, fulfillment and stability. You never have to tag, file or title anything. THE PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE Say a name once and they get their own page: every mention, every quote, and how you tend to feel when they come up. THE PLACES, TOO Turn on "Remember where you journal" and each new entry keeps where you made it, so you can see how you feel in different places. PATTERNS THAT DRAW THEMSELVES A mood tracker you never fill in: a calendar of your days, coloured by mood, with week, month and year views. As the weeks add up, the trends appear on their own. ASK YOUR JOURNAL ANYTHING "Why were my bad days bad?" "How have I been feeling about work?" Answers come from your own entries, with the moments they came from, and it tells you plainly when your journal has nothing on the subject. Conversations are kept and named for what they are about. Tap the bulb for questions to ask, or switch to voice mode and talk it through out loud. REPLAY THE EXACT MOMENT Quotes are checked word for word against what you said or wrote, so they cannot put words in your mouth. Tap play on a spoken quote to hear the moment you said it. REVIEWS AND NEXT STEPS At the end of each week, month and year, a short written review of your entries, with a few small steps worth trying. In the days after a weekly review, its steps come back as reminders, one a day at most. You can turn them off. WHERE YOUR WORDS GO Recordings are uploaded to be transcribed, and our copy is deleted once your phone confirms it holds its own. Photos stay on your phone, and a voice clip leaves it only to be transcribed. If you have ever had Plus, we keep a backup of both. Nobody trains on what you say. Delete everything from your profile, any time. FREE TO START Your first 4 entries are free, no card needed; a chat conversation counts as one for each day you use it. Then a 7-day free trial of everything. After the trial, Plus renews unless you cancel at least a day before it ends; your journal stays readable forever either way. Plus is billed through your Apple ID and renews automatically until canceled in Settings → Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms: https://showertalk.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://showertalk.app/privacy

Screenshots

Network School4 screens
Shower Talk4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Network School at none against Shower Talk's 3. On price, update cadence, ads 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. Shower Talk sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Network School asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Network School ships an update every 4 days, Shower Talk every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Network School versus Shower Talk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNetwork SchoolShower Talk
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB88 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperNetwork SchoolBuy Nothings App

In-app purchases

None

Network School

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Shower Talk

Subscriptions3
  • Cloud Audio Backup$1.491 Month
  • Shower Talk Plus7 Days trial$9.001 Month
  • Shower Talk Plus (Yearly)7 Days trial$90.001 Year

Questions

Is Network School free?
Network School is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shower Talk free?
Shower Talk is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Network School or Shower Talk have ads?
Neither Network School nor Shower Talk shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Network School or Shower Talk?
Network School ships an update every 4 days, and Shower Talk every 5 days. Most recently, Network School was updated on November 5, 2026 and Shower Talk on November 6, 2026.

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