Febus vs RSD Assistant
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Febus
Discover new music from independent artists with this ad-free streaming app. Support artists directly by visiting their pages or attending their live shows. New tracks are added weekly with optional notifications.
- Ad-free music streaming
- Discover independent artists
- Direct artist support
- Weekly new music additions
- Optional discovery notifications
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Febus is a free / advertising-free music streaming application I designed with the sole purpose of making you discover beautiful tracks from independent artists that deserve to be highlighted. If you like what they do, you can access their page from the app to bring them your support. Go see them live! Every week I will add some new discoveries to the playlist, and you can receive notifications for that if you want to.
RSD Assistant
Discover and organize Record Store Day releases. Browse lists, preview albums, and build a global wishlist. Plan your shopping with store maps and track release statuses.
- Browse official release lists
- Build and organize wishlists
- Preview albums with music links
- Track release status
- Export wishlists (PDF, CSV, text)
- Participating store map
- Cross-country wishlist sync
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RSD Assistant helps you browse Record Store Day release lists, build and organize your wishlist, preview albums, and plan your store run in one place. Browse official release lists in list, grid, or retro-style cover flow views. Search, sort, and filter quickly, then open any release for details, artwork, and music preview links. Wishlist items now sync more cleanly, can be reordered, and can be viewed across all supported countries in a single global wishlist. Track release status as you shop, export wishlists as PDF, CSV, or text, and use the participating stores map to search shops, save a store, and jump to directions. The app is built for iPhone, iPad, and Mac to make release-day planning faster, clearer, and easier. RSD Assistant is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or officially associated with Record Store Day or its organizers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Febus at 5.0 against RSD Assistant's 4.4. Febus also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). RSD Assistant's advantage is ratings volume (29 vs 5). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Febus holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RSD Assistant has 29 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Febus ships an update every 6 months, RSD Assistant every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Febus | RSD Assistant |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 4.4 (29 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 29 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Francois Lambert | David Strauss |
Customer experience
Febus
RSD Assistant
In-app purchases
Febus
No in-app purchases
RSD Assistant
No in-app purchases
