Comparison

Taper's Section vs Phish Just Jams

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Taper's Section

Access a vast library of live music recordings from archive.org. Stream, save, and organize your favorite shows, build playlists, and enjoy offline listening. Features background playback and powerful search capabilities.

Highlights
  • Stream live music from archive.org
  • Save favorite bands and shows
  • Background streaming
  • Offline listening
  • Powerful search and filtering
  • Build and share playlists
  • Manage play queue
Features
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Taper's Section gives you access to the Live Music Archive from archive.org in the palm of your hand. * Stream your favorite shows from over 5,000 bands * Save your favorite bands and shows for quick access * Easily access your recently played shows * Background streaming with Bluetooth and AirPlay compatibility * Powerful search and filtering options * Build playlists and share them with your friends * Build a play queue, reorder your queue, and make it a new playlist * Offline listening - save your data plan while listening to your downloaded shows while away from WiFi.

About

Phish Just Jams

This app provides a vast library of Phish music, focusing solely on instrumental jams by removing lyrics and composed sections. Explore over 4500 tracks from 1993 to the present, with advanced filters to customize your listening experience. Enjoy curated playlists or create your own mixes on the fly.

Highlights
  • Instrumental Phish jams
  • 4500+ tracks (1993-present)
  • Advanced track filtering
  • Curated playlists
  • On-the-fly mix creation
  • Continuous playback
Features
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The PhishJustJams website and app presents the music of Phish with the lyrics and composed sections removed, so you can get just to the jams. The complete track list has 4500+ tracks, from 1993 all the way up to the most recent tour, and could be played continuously for more than 3 straight weeks. In order to help tailor the music to your mood or taste, we offer a range of filters to refine the track list. These filters can all be combined to give you exactly what you're looking for. If you're only looking for Pipers from the Summer Tour of 1999 over 10 min long you can do that. We offer a variety of curated playlists, ranging from our Top Shelf series, which presents the top tracks of each year from 1993 to the present, to certain moods or styles of playing, like our Ambient, Dark-Evil, and Machine-Gun Trey playlists. You can choose to interact with the app as much or as little as you like. The beauty of Phish Just Jams is that you can have an enjoyable experience by digging into the filters and regularly updating your available playlist or you can simply hit Play and put the phone back in your pocket. You can create your own mix on the fly at any moment.

Screenshots

Taper's Section4 screens
Phish Just Jams4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Phish Just Jams at 4.8 against Taper's Section's 4.5. Phish Just Jams also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). Taper's Section's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Phish Just Jams holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 40 and 90 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 90% of Taper's Section's written reviews are positive against 83% of Phish Just Jams's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Taper's Section ships an update every 3 months, Phish Just Jams every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Taper's Section versus Phish Just Jams: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTaper's SectionPhish Just Jams
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (40 ratings)4.8 (90 ratings) — better
Positive reviews90.0% of reviews — better83.3% of reviews
Number of ratings4090 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB5 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperFranklin KeslerBrian Vernarsky

Customer experience

Taper's Section

All ratings39 ratings
Positive87.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.8%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%

Phish Just Jams

All ratings85 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral3.5%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral10.0%
Negative6.7%

In-app purchases

None

Taper's Section

No in-app purchases

None

Phish Just Jams

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Taper's Section free?
Taper's Section is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Phish Just Jams free?
Phish Just Jams is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Taper's Section or Phish Just Jams?
Phish Just Jams is rated higher. Taper's Section averages 4.5 out of 5 from 40 ratings, while Phish Just Jams averages 4.8 from 90 ratings.
Do Taper's Section or Phish Just Jams have ads?
Neither Taper's Section nor Phish Just Jams shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Taper's Section or Phish Just Jams?
Taper's Section ships an update every 3 months, and Phish Just Jams every 5 weeks. Most recently, Taper's Section was updated on October 24, 2026 and Phish Just Jams on October 23, 2026.

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