Attics vs DeadSpread
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Stream live concert recordings
- Download shows for offline listening
- Easy show navigation
- Gapless playback
- Share favorite shows
- Access 30+ bands and 20k+ shows
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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
DeadSpread
Access and stream a vast collection of live concert recordings from bands like the Grateful Dead and Widespread Panic. Download your favorite shows to enjoy offline. Discover music from various other jam bands.
- Stream live concert recordings
- Download shows for offline playback
- Access archive.org content
- Discover Widespread Panic shows
- Explore other jam band artists
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Stream & download archive.org Grateful Dead Shows and PanicStream.com Widespread Panic shows along with others like Bloodkin, Drivin N Cryin, Jupiter Coyote, Moonshine Still and more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Attics at none against DeadSpread's shown. Attics also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and ratings volume (465 vs 101). DeadSpread's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 months). On price, rating, review sentiment 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Attics against 4.8 for DeadSpread. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 465 and 101 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 98% of Attics's written reviews are positive against 90% of DeadSpread's.
Attics ships an update every 3 months, DeadSpread every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on August 25, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Attics | DeadSpread |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (465 ratings) — better | 4.8 (101 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 97.8% of reviews — better | 90.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 465 — better | 101 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Zachary Wood | Walter Sanders |
Customer experience
Attics
DeadSpread
Bugs and 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
DeadSpread
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Attics
No in-app purchases
DeadSpread
No in-app purchases
