Version 1.2 constantly buffers and crashes
The latest version has completely killed this app on my iPhone 18 Pro Max. Endless buffering with no playback stating I am offline when I am not and all other audio streamers work, and then just straight up crashes happen with some regularity as well.
Gump
Workdays and play days have never been better thanks to autoplay-the Music Never Stopped! Unfortunately I need to put out for hi-res listening equipment to take advantage of the hi-res playback quality. 🤪
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Could be better
I noticed some of the Dick’s Picks disappeared (i.g. - Volume 9 - 9/16/90) and that made my rating lower.
The Music Never Stopped
High quality Dead!
‘85! Amazing!
We asked and Play Dead listened. Thank you for the 85 drops!
Eh. Sound is mids
People online will go on and on about how great the app is and especially how amazing the sound quality is. It’s not that great. Many shows sound exactly like they do on Relisten or archive. Slow show uploads and too many around the exact same time. I tried it for a month and it’s not worth it. The shows I listen to on Relisten or Nugs sound as good or better than most I checked out on the new app. I thought we were gonna get “Without A Net” kind of sound. It’s not like that.
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Content Great App needs work
The content and quality are great. The app is very buggy. I’ve had it for five days and it has froze up six times. Need to restart phone to get it working. Now I get an error that says ‘Something went wrong’. Restarted phone and it just spins. Support is virtually non existent.
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Amazing
Unbelievable app for dead heads quality is amazing no glitches worth every cent!
I really love the new search options
Endless entertainment.
Fantastic app with wonderful quality
The latest update for mid July 2026 gave all the app UI tweaks that were missing. As a developer I love how the app is navigated. Much better than Nugs. Good job!
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This is the best thing since sliced bread
Kudos as it picked up my complex password from Password / iCloud right away. So now I can run PlayDead and Nugs from one account on AppleTV, iPhone, iPad, MacBook whatever, they got it all to work in the garden the way it should!
FINALLY
I’ve been waiting 16 years for this since I first got on the bus after seeing Furthur at All Good 2010. My only complaint is that the chromecast option is hit or miss, 9/10 miss.
I want to love this app
The Grateful Dead have been arguably the biggest influence in my life. I saw Jerry play 290 times between GD & JGB. I’ve actually fought p people for talking smack about the band. I was really excited to hear about this app coming out. I was a little reluctant to get it just because I’ve had Apple Music for a long time and really don’t need anything else. I could get any GD release there and for any bootlegs go to archive.org. I got it anyway just because it’s an official GD release and I always want to support GD.
So, I open the app and see that I can search by year and download everything. I’m immediately disappointed to find some years are nowhere near complete. For instance ‘94 only has 9 shows. Also some shows are incomplete. The final show 7-9-85 only has Standing On The Moon. Very disappointing. Then a really big disappointment was that they don’t include the lyrics with any song. Apple Music gives the option of scrolling lyricswith every song so it can’t be that hard, especially when they’re your songs and lyrics. I’m gonna keep it for a few months and I’ll update my review monthly. Hopefully it’ll get better.
So, I open the app and see that I can search by year and download everything. I’m immediately disappointed to find some years are nowhere near complete. For instance ‘94 only has 9 shows. Also some shows are incomplete. The final show 7-9-85 only has Standing On The Moon. Very disappointing. Then a really big disappointment was that they don’t include the lyrics with any song. Apple Music gives the option of scrolling lyricswith every song so it can’t be that hard, especially when they’re your songs and lyrics. I’m gonna keep it for a few months and I’ll update my review monthly. Hopefully it’ll get better.
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Loving Playdead but…
When will blusound and other streaming services add natively so we can enjoy the high rez in all its glory. I assume not entirely in your control but how about a nudge
Rewind
Amazing app! It would help to have a 5 second rewind feature so musicians can listen back to specific parts.
The tuesday drops are godsend! Latest releases have been focused a lot on 89. More mid 80s please! 85!!! Would
The tuesday drops are godsend! Latest releases have been focused a lot on 89. More mid 80s please! 85!!! Would
Excellent app!
Great App! When is the iPadOS version coming out?
Got To Get It
Its just awesome to be able to hear so many great concerts, in very good resolution- if your a Dead fan just get it
Let us share shows!
One thing that would be great is the ability to share a show or a track to the web or social media, capped to a couple shows a week or something like that. I want to share the joy!
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Fantastic. Dead forever.
Just downloaded the app this week and I’m loving it. Such a great selection of music and I’ll be sure to check out the new drops as they come. Would love to hear the summer 1970 Festival Express shows.
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Amazing sound everywhere all of the time
As a collector who has a lot of HD recordings and a good standalone DAC, these recordings surpass anything I’ve ever heard. The thing is, listening through wired Apple earbuds really blows me away, as well as through my car stereo via usb. Having everything streamable and perfectly organized and available without me having to do anything is great.
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