Comparison

EpicTalk vs ShowMe

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

Head to head
About

EpicTalk

This app provides AI-powered insights and spoiler-safe guidance to help you discover and track TV shows. Get instant recommendations, trending information, and organized watchlists to make your next viewing choice easy.

Highlights
  • Spoiler-safe AI insights
  • Trending and hidden gem discoveries
  • Automatic watchlist organization
  • Inline trailers
  • Actor deep-dives
  • Episode-specific guidance
Features
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EpicTalk: Your Personal Weekly TV Dispatch Not sure what’s coming up, what you’ve missed, or where you left off? Every week, EpicTalk turns the shows you follow into a personal TV guide, with an editorial dispatch written around your week, a day-by-day rundown of new episodes, trailers, genre-based discovery, and spoiler-safe catch-up when a favorite show returns. No subscription. No account required. YOUR WEEK, DELIVERED • Weekly Reveal: unseal a fresh dispatch every week with the cover, Editor’s Pick, and an editorial column built around your real lineup • This Week: see your television week day by day, with episode stills, premiere flags, daily counts, watched status, and genre tags • Genre-first: choose the genres you care about and let them shape your guide, recommendations, and discovery • Your language: choose the content language you actually watch BEFORE YOU PRESS PLAY • The Brief: a spoiler-safe pre-episode briefing that tells you where you left off and what to watch for next. The full Brief is free on every season premiere • Trailers everywhere: watch the trailer directly from a show page • Desk’s Take: a quick editorial perspective alongside real show ratings and vote counts NEVER LOSE THE THREAD • Previously On: catch up based on the episodes you actually marked watched, ending where you really stopped • The Story So Far: get a neutral catch-up when you haven’t watched the show before • Season Recap: revisit the story season by season before a returning show comes back MAKE IT FIT YOUR WEEK • Plan My Week: see your total watch time, get catch-up alerts, and assign episodes to the evenings that work for you • Where to Watch: compare this week’s shows with the streaming services you use and spot the gaps MAKE THE GUIDE YOURS • Pencil in the margins: circle shows, cross them out, or check them off just like a real TV guide • My Shows: follow your favorites, search for new ones, and automatically add a show when you start watching • The Gossip Page: see the shows and talking points getting attention this week LOOK BACK • Full eight-week archive: revisit this week and the seven weeks before it as complete past editions • Stats & Wrapped: see your real viewing activity, including how your year breaks down by genre • Widgets and Live Activity: keep what’s next within reach without opening the app • Household profiles: give different viewers their own markings and viewing state • Print and export: turn your weekly guide into a PDF or print it EPICTALK PASS: ONE PAYMENT, NO SUBSCRIPTION EpicTalk Pass unlocks: • The Brief on every episode • Plan My Week • Previously On, Story So Far, and Season Recap • The full eight-week Look Back archive • Stats & Wrapped • Where to Watch • Home and Lock Screen features • Household profiles • Print and export EpicTalk Pass is a one-time purchase with no recurring charge. And the free version stays genuinely useful. Your current week, Weekly Reveal, Editor’s Dispatch, This Week, My Shows, trailers, Gossip Page, and more remain available without a subscription. EDITORIAL BUILT FROM REAL SHOW INFORMATION EpicTalk’s editorial features are grounded in real show information. Ratings remain real ratings. Vote counts remain real vote counts. We don’t invent quotes, percentages, or statistics to make a story sound better. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account required • No sign-in • Your viewing history stays on your device • Built to remain useful even when you’re offline Your shows. Your genres. Your week. Download EpicTalk and let your television week come together.

About

ShowMe

Easily track your favorite TV shows and episodes with one-tap marking. Discover new releases with a dedicated calendar and enjoy spoiler-free content. Connect with a community of fellow TV enthusiasts and manage your viewing history.

Highlights
  • Track shows and episodes
  • Up Next list
  • Release calendar
  • Ratings and stats
  • Spoiler-safe content
  • Co-watching feature
  • Community features
Features
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TV Time shut down. ShowMe is what's next. ShowMe is the new home for everyone who tracked their shows — built by TV lovers, for TV lovers, with all the core features you counted on and none of the spoilers. EVERYTHING YOU NEED, DAY ONE • Track every show and episode with one-tap "watched" • A clean Up Next that always knows where you left off • A release calendar so you never miss a premiere • Ratings, stats, streaks, and badges — tracking should be fun NEVER GET SPOILED • Spoiler-safe episodes — stills and synopses stay hidden until you've watched • Catch Me Up — spoiler-safe recaps of the story so far, up to your exact episode • Co-watching — pair with a partner so nobody watches ahead, and nobody gets spoiled A COMMUNITY FOR TV WATCHERS Episode comments, watch-together pairing, and profiles are just the start — we're building the social home for people who love TV. Get in early and help shape it. YOUR DATA IS YOURS ShowMe works fully without an account — your tracking lives on your device first. Sign in only when you want cloud backup and the social layer. And you can export your whole library anytime. Never locked in again. Free to start. Made for people who watch too much TV. — TV and image data provided by TMDB. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB. ShowMe is an independent app from Theta Wave and is not affiliated with TV Time.

Screenshots

EpicTalk4 screens
ShowMe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ShowMe at every 9 days against EpicTalk's monthly. ShowMe also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for EpicTalk against 5.0 for ShowMe. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ShowMe has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EpicTalk ships an update monthly, ShowMe every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
EpicTalk versus ShowMe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEpicTalkShowMe
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB51 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperHashsecure Technologies LLCGeremy Bass

Customer experience

EpicTalk

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

ShowMe

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

EpicTalk

No in-app purchases

None

ShowMe

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is EpicTalk free?
EpicTalk is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ShowMe free?
ShowMe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, EpicTalk or ShowMe?
EpicTalk and ShowMe are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do EpicTalk or ShowMe have ads?
Neither EpicTalk nor ShowMe shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EpicTalk or ShowMe?
EpicTalk ships an update monthly, and ShowMe every 9 days. Most recently, EpicTalk was updated on October 7, 2026 and ShowMe on October 10, 2026.

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