Comparison

DEADSHOWZ vs Heady Set

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
Currently charting
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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

Heady Set

Track your concert experiences and share them with friends. Get personalized statistics about your favorite artists, songs, and venues. This app is free and ad-free, built for music lovers.

Highlights
  • Setlist tracking
  • Show history
  • Friend sharing
  • Personalized stats
  • Artist tracking
  • Song tracking
  • Venue tracking
Features
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Heady Set is the setlist tracker built for the jam band and live music community. Log every show you attend, keep a running history of the songs and venues you've experienced, and unlock personalized stats about the artists you love — Grateful Dead, Phish, Billy Strings, or whoever's on your tour list this year! TRACK YOUR SHOWS Build a complete log of every concert you've been to - venue, date, setlist, and who you went with. Your show history becomes a permanent, personal archive of your live music journey. PERSONALIZED STATS See how many times you've seen your favorite songs live, which venues you frequent most, how your most-seen artists stack up against each other, and how your concert-going has evolved over time. SHARE WITH FRIENDS Compare notes with friends, see who was at the same shows as you, and relive tours together. FREE. NO ADS. NO CATCH. Heady Set is a passion project built by a fan, for fans. It's free today and will stay free and ad-free - always. No paywalls, just a tool for people who love music. Have a question, feature request, or bug to report? Reach out to me directly at aaron@headyset.net - I love hearing from users and will do my best to make your ideas come to life!

Screenshots

DEADSHOWZ4 screens
Heady Set4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Heady Set at Free against DEADSHOWZ's $2.99. Heady Set also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4). DEADSHOWZ's advantage is ratings volume (17 vs 1) and chart position (#200 vs unranked). 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

Heady Set 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

Heady Set holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DEADSHOWZ has 17 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
DEADSHOWZ versus Heady Set: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDEADSHOWZHeady Set
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (17 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings17 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#200 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSYKODELIC, LLCAARON THEODORE KY-RIESENBACH

Customer experience

DEADSHOWZ

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

Heady Set

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

DEADSHOWZ

No in-app purchases

None

Heady Set

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DEADSHOWZ free?
DEADSHOWZ costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Heady Set free?
Heady Set is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DEADSHOWZ or Heady Set?
Heady Set is rated higher. DEADSHOWZ averages 4.4 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while Heady Set averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do DEADSHOWZ or Heady Set have ads?
Neither DEADSHOWZ nor Heady Set shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DEADSHOWZ or Heady Set?
DEADSHOWZ ships an update every 3 months, and Heady Set every 3 months. Most recently, DEADSHOWZ was updated on November 2, 2026 and Heady Set on October 30, 2026.

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