Comparison

Mempho Presents vs Play Dead

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

Head to head
About

Mempho Presents

Access comprehensive details for all events hosted by Mempho Presents, including music festivals and other gatherings. Stay informed about dates, times, and other essential information for each event.

Highlights
  • Event details
  • Music festival information
  • BBQ festival information
  • Event schedules
  • Festival updates
Features
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Get all the info for every Mempho Presents event. Whether it's Mempho Music Festival, River Beat Music Festival, Smoke Slam BBQ Festival, or any of our other yearly events, we have all the details.

About

Play Dead

Access a vast library of officially remastered live Grateful Dead concert recordings. Discover previously unreleased shows and exclusive hi-res audio, with new content added weekly. Stream across devices and enjoy the band's live legacy.

Highlights
  • Official Grateful Dead live recordings
  • Hi-res remastered audio
  • Exclusive 'Dead Drop' releases weekly
  • Previously CD-only shows now streaming
  • Vault organized by year
  • Cross-device listening with Apple CarPlay support
Features
Currently charting
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Play Dead is the official Grateful Dead streaming app, offering unprecedented hi-res access to the Grateful Dead Vault of live recordings. For the first time, the band’s live legacy is brought together in a single official streaming service, with newly transferred and mastered recordings from the original sources. Previously unreleased shows - called Dead Drops - will be available every Tuesday, augmenting the catalog of official live Grateful Dead releases, many of which have never been available on any streaming service. The Vault Unlocked Exclusive Hi-Res Recordings Access new high resolution transfers, mastered for the first time and available exclusively on Play Dead. Dead Drops Every Tuesday Previously unreleased recordings added, every Tuesday, curated by Grateful Dead archivist and legacy manager David Lemieux, mastered for the first time by David Glasser. CD-Only Releases, Now Streaming Shows previously available only on CD from box sets and Dave’s Picks are now streaming for the first time -only on Play Dead- in higher-than-CD-quality. The Vault by Year Live recordings are presented in order of performance date for the first time in the band’s history. Play Dead brings together three decades of live recordings into a single, evolving app designed for both longtime Dead Heads and those who just got on the bus. Listen Anywhere Listen and resume listening across devices, including Apple CarPlay. Subscription Subscriptions available starting at $9.99/month or $99.99/year. Official Access to the Grateful Dead Vault Created for Grateful Dead Productions and Rhino Entertainment, longtime stewards of the Grateful Dead catalog. Built by nugs, the leading platform for live music. For nugs Subscribers Play Dead is also available as an add-on to nugs. PlayDead Payment and Auto-Renewal Terms: Play Dead offers auto-renewing monthly and annual subscriptions to stream music from the Play Dead catalog. Two subscription types are available, monthly (30 days) and annual (365 days). All subscriptions auto-renew. A Play Dead monthly subscription is $9.99 per month or $99.99 per year for new users. Plans auto-renew at $9.99 per month or $99.99 per year after the first year. Payment will be charged to the iTunes Account at the time of your purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Accounts 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 users Account Settings after purchase. Terms of Use at http://nugs.net/terms.aspx Privacy Policy at http://nugs.net/privacy.aspx

Screenshots

Mempho Presents4 screens
Play Dead4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mempho Presents at none against Play Dead's 2. Mempho Presents also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Play Dead's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months) and review sentiment (64% vs 50%). On price, rating, ads and device support 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

Both are free to download. Play Dead sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Mempho Presents asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mempho Presents holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Play Dead has 94 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Mempho Presents's written reviews are positive against 64% of Play Dead's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mempho Presents ships an update every 5 months, Play Dead monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Mempho Presents versus Play Dead: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMempho PresentsPlay Dead
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (8 ratings) — better4.3 (94 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews64.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings894 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
Best chart rank—#122 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size109 MB88 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperForward Momentum, LLCnugs.net enterprises, LLC

Customer experience

Mempho Presents

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Play Dead

All ratings94 ratings
Positive80.9%
Neutral8.5%
Negative10.6%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive64.3%
Neutral14.3%
Negative21.4%

In-app purchases

None

Mempho Presents

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Play Dead

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Yearly$99.991 Year

Questions

Is Mempho Presents free?
Mempho Presents is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Play Dead free?
Play Dead is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mempho Presents or Play Dead?
Mempho Presents is rated higher. Mempho Presents averages 4.5 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Play Dead averages 4.3 from 94 ratings.
Do Mempho Presents or Play Dead have ads?
Neither Mempho Presents nor Play Dead shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mempho Presents or Play Dead?
Mempho Presents ships an update every 5 months, and Play Dead monthly. Most recently, Mempho Presents was updated on November 3, 2026 and Play Dead on November 8, 2026.

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