Nerve DJs vs Tune.fm
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nerve DJs
This app connects DJs and musicians for economic empowerment, offering promotional music and industry partnerships. It provides a platform for artists and DJs to benefit from collaborations with major audio manufacturers and software suppliers.
- DJ and musician networking
- Promotional music distribution
- Economic empowerment for artists
- Partnerships with industry giants
- Workshops and conferences
- Mixtape platform
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Nerve DJs was established by four prominent disc jockeys in Cleveland, Ohio. Not satisfied with simply getting music from a local record pool, these four disc jockeys established a union where local and regional disc jockeys could benefit from a union or an association of DJs and musicians in the area for the purpose of economic empowerment. The Association was incorporated in 2003. Nerve Djs realized that bringing disc jockeys together under one house, an economic force to be reckoned with would be established in northern Ohio. After achieving immediate success, this philosophy was used to branch out to other states. Today, Nerve DJs has members throughout the states and beyond. The purpose of the Nerve DJs is not to just distribute promotional MP3s for establishing a music library, but again, to create an organization were both artists and disc jockeys would benefit economically by partnerships with each other and industry giants such as Monster Products, Rane, Stanton, Pioneer, Numark, Native Instruments, and other industry giants, audio manufacturers and software suppliers. Unlike record pools and MP3 pools that simply distribute promotional tracks to disc jockeys and those who claim to be disc jockeys, Nerve DJs boasts that they are providing a service that far outweighs anything that a MP3 pool and a record pool could ever provide. Since the early days of Nerve DJs, we have presented showcases, conferences, tours, conference calls and workshops that demonstrate hands-on techniques from some of the biggest manufacturers of DJ Products. At our 2007 event Rane sponsored us and sent DJ Jazzy Jay to present the new TTM 57 Rane. With much success as a DJ Coalition and our membership growing into the thousands, in 2010 we added The NerveDJs Industry Bi-Weekly Conference call bridging the Artists with the DJs that break trax. 2012 we began working on www.NerveDJsMixtapes.com and went public February 2013, it was a slow start but has since gained a lot.
Tune.fm
Stream music from your favorite artists on a decentralized platform. Engage with emerging artists, gain exclusive access and rewards, and discover local music globally. Track artist compensation and see who is listening.
- Decentralized music streaming
- Artist engagement and interaction
- Exclusive access and rewards
- Global local music discovery
- Artist compensation tracking
- Listener insights
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This is an application for Tune.FM members to continue to listen to their favorite artists in a native app. Tune.FM is decentralized music streaming platform. We enable fans to support artists through increased levels of engagement, allowing fans to interact with emerging artists, get exclusive access and rewards while discovering incredible local music from around the world. More so, fans can view with unparalleled access who is listening to artists and how artists are compensated.
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Verdict
Nerve DJs and Tune.fm both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Nerve DJs's written reviews are positive against 45% of Tune.fm's. Nerve DJs also leads on ratings volume (93 vs 2). Tune.fm's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 5 months). On price, rating, in-app purchases 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
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 — 4.9 for Nerve DJs against 5.0 for Tune.fm. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nerve DJs has 93 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Nerve DJs's written reviews are positive against 45% of Tune.fm's.
Nerve DJs ships an update every 5 months, Tune.fm every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nerve DJs | Tune.fm |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (93 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 44.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 93 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 128 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | NERVEDJS.COM, L.L.C. | Tune Media Inc |
Customer experience
Nerve DJs
Tune.fm
Bugs and requests
Nerve DJs
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Tune.fm
Reported bugs
5 issues- Settings tab shows grey screen on iPhone
- App crashes frequently
- Unwanted account logouts after songs
- Cannot log in or create account on mobile
- Failed to get genres on sign up
Requested features
6 requests- Fix settings tab access on iPhone
- Prevent unprompted logouts
- Improve app stability
- More music on the platform
- Integrate major record labels
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- More marketing for the app
In-app purchases
Nerve DJs
No in-app purchases
Tune.fm
No in-app purchases









