FAC vs Soup Audio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FAC
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Join the conversation within the music artists’ community – a place for artists to interact with one another. This exclusive app is brought to you by the Featured Artists Coalition(FAC). Sign up to enjoy: • Live Broadcasts • Exclusive photos and video • Music & audio, exclusively provided by our PRO members. • Early access to FAC events tickets • Meeting fellow artists • Special offers and competitions from the FAC partners • And much more… SUBSCRIPTIONS The app offers subscriptions to unlock premium digital content. • Payment will be charged to Apple Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Our Full EULA is available here: https://www.fan.direct/platform-user-agreement/.
Soup Audio
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Soup is a music-sharing community for unreleased tracks, demos, works in progress and finished music, shared one track at a time by the people making it. Listen without an account. Discover independent and underground artists in a chronological feed, switch to Random, or search for artists and tracks. Open artist notes, follow playback through Soup's close-moving waveform, and join public conversations. There are no public likes, popularity charts or recommendation algorithms deciding what you should hear. Create one Soup account to follow artists, keep private Saves, comment and upload your own music. Uploading is open to every verified account. Keep up to two tracks you own live at once, invite collaborators, add detailed music credits and choose whether comments or downloads are available. Collaborations owned by someone else do not use your track slots. Share any track directly with anyone on the web, or listen in the Soup iPhone app. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Soup Audio at weekly against FAC's every 2 months. FAC's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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. FAC sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $64.99 per year and Soup Audio sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
FAC ships an update every 2 months, Soup Audio weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FAC | Soup Audio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Access Experiences Ltd | Miles Mitchell |
In-app purchases
FAC
- Yearly Subscription$64.991 Year
Soup Audio
- Monthly support$2.991 Month
- Small support$1.99
- Medium support$4.99
- Large support$9.99
