BottleRock vs When We Were Young
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BottleRock
Plan your BottleRock Napa Valley experience with the official festival app. Discover the lineup, create a personalized schedule, explore attractions, and get real-time updates. You can also buy tickets and access the festival map.
- View lineup
- Build personalized schedule
- Discover attractions
- Listen to festival playlist
- Interactive festival map
- Get festival updates
- Buy tickets
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This is the OFFICIAL BottleRock Napa Valley app for the 2026 festival. This year's app will allow you to: View the lineup and build your own personalized schedule View and listen to your favorite BottleRock artists Discover food, drinks, art and other attractions Listen to the BottleRock playlist See the interactive festival map Get important festival updates Buy tickets + More!
When We Were Young
Access all the essential information for the 2025 festival. View the lineup, build your personalized schedule, and reserve a locker. Find answers to common questions to enhance your festival experience.
- View festival lineup
- Create custom schedule
- Reserve locker
- Access FAQs
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Download the OFFICIAL 2025 When We Were Young Festival app. On this year's app you will be able to: -View the lineup -Create your own schedule -Reserve your locker -Check out helpful FAQs and more!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BottleRock at 3.8 against When We Were Young's 2.8. BottleRock also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 12 months) and monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). When We Were Young's advantage is review sentiment (41% vs 24%) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.6). On price, ratings volume, 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.
BottleRock holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 58 and 44 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 24% of BottleRock's written reviews are positive against 41% of When We Were Young's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
BottleRock ships an update every 4 months, When We Were Young every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BottleRock | When We Were Young |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (58 ratings) — better | 2.8 (44 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 24.2% of reviews | 40.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 58 — better | 44 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 115 MB | 100 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Latitude 38 Entertainment LLC | C3 Presents, LLC |
Customer experience
BottleRock
When We Were Young
In-app purchases
BottleRock
No in-app purchases
When We Were Young
No in-app purchases
Questions
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