Comparison

Hamilton vs E Tenebris

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

Head to head
About

Hamilton

This app offers fans of a popular musical exclusive access to news, videos, and interactive features. Engage with the show through lotteries, trivia, karaoke, and photo filters. It also provides access to merchandise and special content unlocked by earning in-app stars.

Highlights
  • Exclusive news and video content
  • Official lottery entries
  • Unlockable personalized videos
  • Daily trivia game
  • Karaoke singing and sharing
  • Show-themed photo filters and stickers
  • Official merchandise store access
Features
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HAMILTON — The Official App. Fans’ access to all things HAMILTON the musical. #HamApp HelloHelloHello! We made you this! Read, watch, play, answer, enter, order — This app is yours. And we’ve got so much more up our sleeves! I love you. Okay, go! -Lin -----FEATURES----- HAMILTON Today Get the latest news about Hamilton and access to exclusive video content, slideshows, and more. Lottery Enter the official HAMILTON lotteries for New York, London, and tour locations. The Treasury Use the stars you’ve earned to unlock personalized videos from the cast, exclusive HamCam filters, karaoke tracks, sticker packs, props from the show, and more! Trivia Drop some knowledge with our daily trivia game. Karaoke Record and share videos of yourself
 singing along to HAMILTON songs. #HamCam Take and share photos using our exclusive #HamCam with show-themed overlays. Unlock special location-based stickers are theaters and other HAMILTON venues. Stickers Share fun show-related stickers with your friends and family, either in the app or through the included Messages app. Merch Purchase items from the official HAMILTON store.

About

E Tenebris

Watch trailers and films from an independent cinematic universe. This app offers an ad-free and privacy-focused viewing experience, developed entirely in-house.

Highlights
  • View trailers and films
  • Ad-free experience
  • No AI intrusions
  • Privacy-focused tracking
  • In-house development
Features
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View trailers and films from our little cinematic universe without 3rd party ads, artificial intelligence intrusions or being tracked! The ETE app continues to be developed in-house by our cadre of former NASA engineers. They've spent countless hours pouring over the computer language 'Swift', wrestling with the Apple development program called Xcode and jumping through the hoops to upload it to the app store, all so you can grab it! Go NASA! --Currently the 'CREW' portion of the app is disabled while we run extensive project development tests and low-gravity implementation. --If you are likewise a producer looking for efficiency tools like we have been, great!

Screenshots

Hamilton4 screens
E Tenebris2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Hamilton at Free against E Tenebris's $3.00. Hamilton also leads on ratings volume (1K vs 5) and device support (3 vs 1). E Tenebris's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and review sentiment (100% vs 61%). On update cadence and iOS requirement 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

Hamilton is free to download; E Tenebris costs $3.00 up front. Hamilton sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. E Tenebris asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

E Tenebris holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hamilton has 1K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of Hamilton's written reviews are positive against 100% of E Tenebris's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Hamilton versus E Tenebris: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHamiltonE Tenebris
PriceFree — better$3.00
Rating4.2 (1K ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1K — better5
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size133 MB33 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperHamilton Uptown LLCBrandon Esten

Customer experience

Hamilton

All ratings1,050 ratings
Positive77.7%
Neutral5.6%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews170 reviews
Positive61.2%
Neutral6.5%
Negative32.4%

E Tenebris

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Hamilton

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Login issues and inability to sign in
  • Lottery tab not working in certain locations
  • App not opening or getting stuck on the loading screen
  • Notifications not working as expected
  • Redeemed rewards not being delivered

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more karaoke songs
  • Improve lottery notification system
  • Introduce a purpose for earned stars
  • Expand merchandise and avatar customization options
  • Provide a way to review past trivia questions and answers

E Tenebris

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Hamilton

One-time6
  • Pack of 100 Hamilton Stars$0.99
  • Pack of 200 Hamilton Stars$1.99
  • Pack of 500 Hamilton Stars$4.99
Show 3 more
  • Pack of 1000 Hamilton Stars$9.99
  • Pack of 2000 Hamilton Stars$19.99
  • Pack of 5000 Hamilton Stars$49.99
None

E Tenebris

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hamilton free?
Hamilton is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is E Tenebris free?
E Tenebris costs $3.00, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hamilton or E Tenebris?
E Tenebris is rated higher. Hamilton averages 4.2 out of 5 from 1K ratings, while E Tenebris averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Hamilton or E Tenebris have ads?
Hamilton shows ads; E Tenebris does not.
Which is updated more often, Hamilton or E Tenebris?
Hamilton ships an update monthly, and E Tenebris monthly. Most recently, Hamilton was updated on November 6, 2026 and E Tenebris on November 3, 2026.

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