DMPulse App vs Setlist Carrot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DMPulse App
Discover new indie and alternative artists on this commercial-free radio station. As a nonprofit, it focuses on underrepresented musicians and helps listeners find independent music without ads.
- Commercial-free radio
- Indie and alternative music discovery
- Focus on underrepresented artists
- Nonprofit organization
- Ad-free listening experience
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The official app of DMPulse, a taste-making commercial-free radio station focused on helping you discover terrific new indie and alternative artists. As a 501c3 nonprofit organization, we expose amazing artists who are underrepresented in traditional media and assist you, the listener, to discover new independent music. Unlike broadcast, satellite and most other internet radio stations, we aim to serve our audience, not deliver an audience to advertisers. That’s why DMPulse is proud to be commercial-free!
Setlist Carrot
Explore past concerts by your favorite artists, discovering the exact songs played at specific shows. Create custom playlists directly within the app, mirroring the authentic setlist order.
- Search artist gigs by location and year
- View songs played at specific shows
- Create Apple Music playlists from setlists
- Relive past concert experiences
- Discover song covers played live
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Research your next gig or relive your last one. Setlist carrot will allow you to search for your favourite artist gigs down to the location and year of the show to find what songs or covers were played on that night. Forget best of playlists, listen to the tracks in the order the Artist think they should be heard by creating Apple Music playlists of the setlist direct from the app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: DMPulse App at 100% against Setlist Carrot's 50%. DMPulse App also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.9) and device support (3 vs 1). Setlist Carrot's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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.
DMPulse App holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 15 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of DMPulse App's written reviews are positive against 50% of Setlist Carrot's.
DMPulse App ships an update every 10 months, Setlist Carrot every 19 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and June 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DMPulse App | Setlist Carrot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better | 3.9 (15 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months — better | Every 19 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | D.M. Pulse Media | Lee Gaskell |
Customer experience
DMPulse App
Setlist Carrot
In-app purchases
DMPulse App
No in-app purchases
Setlist Carrot
No in-app purchases
