Strumn vs Scout Underground
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Strumn
Streamline your music career with an all-in-one platform for managing schedules, bookings, communications, and payments. Connect with venues directly, find gigs, and receive secure direct deposit payments. Simplify your business operations and focus on your art.
- Schedule and booking management
- Direct venue communication
- Gig discovery
- Secure payment processing
- Direct deposit payments
- 1099 tax form support
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Strumn is your all-in-one platform for managing your schedule, bookings, communications, and payments with venues. Tired of blasting out hundreds of DMs and cold calls to venues and never hearing back? Use Strumn to ensure that your pitch finds its way to the right person without going through Instagram or Email. On the road and looking for a Friday night gig in the city? Use Strumn to quickly find a venue who loves your genre and has an opening in their calendar. Still waiting on that check or cash payment after you performed? Use Strumn to receive scheduled direct deposit payments from the venue, including a 1099. Terms & Policies: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://app.strumn.com/terms
Scout Underground
Discover local live music events with a map-based interface. Filter shows by instrument, venue type, or size to find the perfect performance. Currently available in NYC with more cities planned.
- Live music discovery
- Map-based event view
- Filter by instrument
- Filter by venue type
- Filter by venue size
- New shows added daily
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Scout Underground makes it easy to discover Live Music Anywhere, Anytime. See the local shows on a map, filter by instrument, venue size, venue type, or even by independent venues only. Looking for an intimate jazz show with a saxophone this weekend? We've got you. Now live in NYC! New shows and venues are being added daily. More cities coming soon.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Scout Underground at none against Strumn's 2. Scout Underground also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%). Strumn's advantage is ratings volume (20 vs 3). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Strumn sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $10.00 per month. Scout Underground asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Strumn against 5.0 for Scout Underground. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Strumn has 20 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Strumn's written reviews are positive against 100% of Scout Underground's.
Strumn ships an update every 3 weeks, Scout Underground fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Strumn | Scout Underground |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (20 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.4 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Strumn LLC | Scout Underground, Inc. |
Customer experience
Strumn
Scout Underground
In-app purchases
Strumn
- Monthly Plan$10.001 Month
- Yearly$90.001 Year
Scout Underground
No in-app purchases
