# Dead Sets — Explore Grateful Dead shows

> Explore Grateful Dead shows (iPhone/iPad app by Matt Selph.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dead-sets/id6790450672 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Matt Selph](https://appshunter.io/developer/6790450674)
- Category: Music
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 13 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-07-19
- Data updated: 2026-07-30
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dead-sets/id6790450672/reviews.md

## What is Dead Sets?

Every Grateful Dead setlist. And now, the music.

Dead Sets is the fastest way to dive into the Dead's live catalog: 1,600+ shows from 1972 to 1995, every setlist searchable by song, venue, city, or year — entirely offline, no account, no ads.

LISTEN — Almost every show links to its recordings in the archive.org Grateful Dead collection. Dead Sets auto-picks the best-rated soundboard and streams it right on the setlist page — or flip between every tape of the night, soundboards, audience recordings, and matrixes, even mid-song. The mini-player follows you through the app, and playback continues with the screen locked.

SEARCH — Type "Scarlet Begonias" and see every performance. Filter by year, state, or country. Tap any song in a setlist to trace it across two decades.

TODAY IN DEAD HISTORY — What did the band play on this date in '77? In '89? One tab, every year.

SAVED — Heart your favorite shows, and mark the ones you attended with a ticket stub. Your whole trip, tallied, stored only on your device.

CHAT WITH A DEAD HEAD (subscription) — A virtual dead head who's seen 300+ shows and followed the whole Europe '72 tour. Ask him anything — "best Dark Star of '73?", "what happened today in Dead history?" — and tap the shows he mentions to jump right to them. $1.99/month after a 7-day free trial, 30 messages a day, cancel anytime.

Setlist data from the Grateful Dead Setlist Archive (cs.cmu.edu), cross-checked against archive.org and setlist.fm, with hundreds of hand-restored corrections. Recordings stream from the archive.org Grateful Dead collection, where the band has long blessed fan recordings.

Not affiliated with Grateful Dead Productions. Just built by someone who gets it.

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## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dead Sets | $1.99 | per month |



## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 2.0.0 — 2026-07-23

Dead Sets 2.0 — the whole trip, four tabs.

• LISTEN — Stream nearly every show right from its setlist page, straight from the archive.org Grateful Dead collection. We auto-pick the best-rated soundboard, you can switch to any other tape of the night, even mid-song, without losing your place. A mini-player follows you around the app, and the music keeps playing with your screen locked.
• TODAY IN DEAD HISTORY — Open the Today tab and see every show the band played on this date, across the years.
• SAVED — Heart the shows you love. Mark the ones you were at with a ticket stub. "You saw 23 shows." Your history stays on your device.
• SHARE A SHOW — Send a show to a friend with a listen link, right from the share sheet.
• RANDOM SHOW — Roll the dice in the header and land somewhere on the bus.
• CHAT — The Dead Head has his own tab now, and when he mentions a show ("5/8/77…"), tap the date to jump straight to it.

### 1.1.0 — 2026-07-20

• Chat history now sticks around — leave the chat and come back without losing your conversation
• Our virtual Dead Head knows what day it is — ask him what happened today in Grateful Dead history — and picked up better stats and a lot more personality
• Big data cleanup: 300+ shows repaired, venue names unified, and 9 lost 1972 setlists restored from soundboard archives
• Filter improvements: tap anywhere on the bar, see how many filters are active, and clear them in one tap
• Dark mode polish and other small fixes

### 1.0.2 — 2026-07-19

No release notes.

## Related topics

[grateful dead archive](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/grateful-dead-archive) · [grateful dead radio](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/grateful-dead-radio)

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