Live Music Archive vs Setlists!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Live Music Archive
Explore a vast collection of live concert recordings spanning decades. Discover and listen to performances from thousands of artists, from classic rock to contemporary acts. Download music for offline playback and sync your favorites across devices.
- Search thousands of artists, tapers, festivals, and venues
- Download music for offline listening
- Browse recordings from the 1960s to today
- Sync favorites across devices
- View in-depth recording information
- Infinite shuffle for continuous playback
- Stream music over Bluetooth and AirPlay
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The world's live music, in your pocket. Stream the Internet Archive's massive collection of concert recordings, plus a huge archive of live Phish shows from Phish.in. Thousands of artists from the 1960s to today: Grateful Dead, Billy Strings, Goose, String Cheese Incident, and so many more. Discover. Search by artist, taper, venue, festival, date, or song. Browse recent shows or dive deep into decades of music. Listen your way. Let Infinite Shuffle keep the music going, queue up what's next with Play Next and Add to Queue, or hand off playback between your devices. Stream over Bluetooth and AirPlay, in lossless FLAC if you like. Set a sleep timer to drift off. Scrobble to Last.fm or Libre.fm. Take it on the road. CarPlay puts your shows right on the dash, and Siri starts them hands-free: just say "Play a show on Live Music Archive." See the music. The visualizer turns any concert into a live light show that reacts to every note. And the whole app comes in Light or Dark. Always have something to listen to. Download shows for offline play. Offline Refresh automatically swaps out finished shows for new ones, so your library stays fresh, even without a connection. Make it yours. Favorite artists, shows, tapers, and venues sync across your devices and your archive.org account. Track your listening history. Share concerts with friends. Terms and Conditions: https://livemusicarchive.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://livemusicarchive.app/privacy
Setlists!
Relive your live music experiences with this concert companion. Browse attended shows, explore venue histories, and discover artist performances. Track your concert memories and view detailed setlists from past events.
- Track concert memories
- Browse attended shows
- Discover venue histories
- Explore artist performances
- View detailed setlists
- Concert attendance statistics
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Track your concert memories with this concert-going companion app. Browse your attended shows, discover venue histories, and explore artist performances all in one place. * View detailed setlists from your attended concerts * Explore venue histories and see all shows performed there * Browse artist profiles with comprehensive tour histories * Clean, modern interface designed for iOS * Quick access to your recent shows and favorite venues * View statistics about your concert attendance Perfect for music lovers and concert-goers who want to relive their live music experiences and discover new shows at their favorite venues.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Setlists! at none against Live Music Archive's 10. Setlists! also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 8 days) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). Live Music Archive's advantage is ratings volume (1.7K vs 1). On price, rating, ads and monetization model 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. Live Music Archive sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Setlists! asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Live Music Archive against 5.0 for Setlists!. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Live Music Archive has 1.7K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Live Music Archive ships an update every 8 days, Setlists! every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Live Music Archive | Setlists! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (1.7K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 94.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.7K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Astral Engineering LLC | Avery Jones |
Customer experience
Live Music Archive
Setlists!
Bugs and requests
Live Music Archive
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes on launch for some users
- Buggy offline download feature
- Incompatibility with older devices
Requested features
4 requests- Add Carplay support
- Implement an equalizer
- Allow playlist creation
- Add login and review functionality
Setlists!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Live Music Archive
- Monthly Nice Tip$0.991 Month
- Monthly Generous Tip$2.991 Month
- Monthly Amazing Tip$4.991 Month
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- Monthly Wonderful Tip$9.991 Month
- Monthly Astronomical Tip$19.991 Month
- Nice Tip$0.99
- Generous Tip$2.99
- Amazing Tip$4.99
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- Wonderful Tip$9.99
- Astronomical Tip$19.99
Setlists!
No in-app purchases
Questions
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