Comparison

DEADSHOWZ vs Attics

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

Head to head
About

DEADSHOWZ

Explore a comprehensive Grateful Dead concert database with advanced search capabilities. Find shows by venue, song, date, or guest artist, and create custom playlists. Stream concerts directly from the app.

Highlights
  • Searchable Grateful Dead concert database
  • Multi-criteria search with AND/OR/NOT qualifiers
  • Custom playlist creation
  • Track attended shows
  • Song, venue, and artist statistics
  • Direct concert streaming
Features
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DEADSHOWZ 2.0 is the most powerful Grateful Dead concert reference tool ever to fit in your pocket — more than 2,350 shows spanning 1965 to 1995, searchable from any angle! Stack any search criteria you want: song, venue, city, state or country, date or year, guest artist, setlist position, one song into another, bustouts, shows you attended, your favorites. Combine them with AND, OR and NOT. Every show at Madison Square Garden. Every one that featured Bertha. Every one on a Tuesday. Or all three at once — and the count updates as you build, before you ever run the search. Long-press any song, venue, city, state or guest artist to open its Deep Dive — total performances, first and last, peak year, most-played songs, segue partners, bustout gaps, and every song that debuted or was played for the last time there. Tap a count and you get the shows behind it, and Back brings you right back to where you were. Found something interesting? Send it into Search with its conditions already filled in and keep narrowing. Winterland in '77 becomes Winterland in '77 including Playing In The Band in two taps. Mark the shows you attended, tag your favorites, and build playlists in any order you like. Send a playlist, your Favorites, or your Attended list to a friend with one tap — no account, no server, straight from you to them. Make it yours: twelve backgrounds, six typefaces, your own text color and size, and alignment settings for nearly every list. And where a recording exists, you can stream the whole concert with a single tap — a handy bonus atop the deepest Grateful Dead reference tool in your pocket. Recordings come from public archives, are never stored on your device, and what's available varies from show to show. No subscription, no ads, no account required, nothing ever collected. Just good, clean, musical fun! Grateful Dead lyricist John Perry Barlow called DEADSHOWZ "a very worthy venture celebrating the music of our lives." We're sure you're gonna agree... ...Nothin' left to do but smile, smile, smile!

About

Attics

Access and stream thousands of live concert recordings from popular bands like the Grateful Dead, Billy Strings, and more. Easily find shows, enjoy gapless playback, and download your favorites for offline listening.

Highlights
  • Stream live concert recordings
  • Download shows for offline listening
  • Easy show navigation
  • Gapless playback
  • Share favorite shows
  • Access 30+ bands and 20k+ shows
Features
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Attics is a fast, simple, and reliable app that lets you stream and download thousands of live Grateful Dead, Billy Strings, Dead & Company, JRAD, Tedeschi Trucks Band, and many more concert recordings hosted on the Internet Archive's Live Music Archive. Features: - Easy to navigate: get right to the show you're looking for - 30+ bands, 20k+ shows, more being added regularly - Gapless playback - Share your favorite shows with your friends - Download and listen to your favorite shows offline

Screenshots

DEADSHOWZ4 screens
Attics4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Attics at Free against DEADSHOWZ's $2.99. Attics also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.4) and ratings volume (520 vs 17). On update cadence, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Attics is free to download; DEADSHOWZ costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Attics holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Attics has 520 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of DEADSHOWZ's written reviews are positive against 98% of Attics's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
DEADSHOWZ versus Attics: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDEADSHOWZAttics
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (17 ratings)4.9 (520 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews97.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings17520 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB3 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSYKODELIC, LLCZachary Wood

Customer experience

DEADSHOWZ

All ratings17 ratings
Positive82.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative17.6%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%

Attics

All ratings465 ratings
Positive97.4%
Neutral1.1%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews90 reviews
Positive97.8%
Neutral1.1%
Negative1.1%

Bugs and requests

DEADSHOWZ

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Attics

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Network errors causing connectivity issues
  • Inconsistent behavior between downloaded and streaming shows

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add ability to create playlists or queue songs
  • Implement offline listening/download option
  • Add more artists beyond Grateful Dead
  • Improve sorting/filtering options

In-app purchases

None

DEADSHOWZ

No in-app purchases

None

Attics

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DEADSHOWZ free?
DEADSHOWZ costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Attics free?
Attics is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DEADSHOWZ or Attics?
Attics is rated higher. DEADSHOWZ averages 4.4 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while Attics averages 4.9 from 520 ratings.
Do DEADSHOWZ or Attics have ads?
Neither DEADSHOWZ nor Attics shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DEADSHOWZ or Attics?
DEADSHOWZ ships an update every 3 months, and Attics every 3 months. Most recently, DEADSHOWZ was updated on October 29, 2026 and Attics on October 29, 2026.

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