Comparison

Strive FM vs FIRSTPRESS AUDIO

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

Head to head
About

Strive FM

This app allows artists to distribute their music to engaged audiences in rideshares, driving organic growth and fan interaction. Users enjoy personalized music mixes from familiar playlists and emerging artists, enhanced by AI.

Highlights
  • Music distribution network
  • AI-powered music discovery
  • Rideshare integration
  • QR-code music interaction
  • Artist campaign management
  • Listener preference tailoring
Features
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Play music for engaged audiences in our rideshare-based music network. Users listen to a mix of their OWN familiar playlists + new music from rising Strive artists tailored to their musical preferences via our AI—ditching radio’s boring music and ads! Artists reach new fans and grow organic Spotify traffic from our re-imagined radio in rideshares. For Artists: 1. Select up to 5 songs per ad-campaign from your discography that you want to advertise on Strive. 2. Sit back and enjoy our platform's exposure of up to 100,000K+ monthly listeners on our rideshare based Network—with direct growth in monthly listeners from users and rideshare passenger fans. 3. We accelerate organic growth via QR-code remotes for passengers to interact with your music while providing deep insights from your new fans to help you understand how your music is performing over time. For Rideshare Drivers: If you use Strive while driving rideshare, rideshare passengers can join the fun by scanning the in-vehicle QR tags (shipped to drivers for free) to control music within the rideshare via Strive’s music remote control website (no additional download needed). They can see what songs played and recommend music genres for next songs within the drivers' Strive music playlist’s scope. After passengers exit the vehicle, they lose access and the music reverts to the driver’s listening preferences. Strive helps improve drivers’ tips, ratings, and in-car passenger interactions.

About

FIRSTPRESS AUDIO

Purchase music, merchandise, and concert tickets directly from artists. Own your music library without subscriptions, and receive exclusive updates from your favorite creators. The app is designed for focused listening with no ads or autoplay.

Highlights
  • Direct artist purchases
  • Own your music library
  • Integrated merch and tickets
  • Artist fanclubs
  • Ad-free listening
  • Shareable music cards
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Every artist on FIRSTPRESS has their music, their merch, their shows and their fanclub in one place. You buy from them, not from a shop standing in the middle. What you buy is yours to keep. WHAT YOU BUY, YOU OWN Buy a record and it stays bought. It downloads to the phone and stays there, so it plays on a plane, on the subway, in a basement venue with no bars. No subscription, so nothing lapses and there is nothing to cancel. Walk away for a year and come back, and your library is exactly where you left it. ONE RECORD AT A TIME Discover hands you a single record and thirty seconds of it. Sit with it or move on. There is no feed here to get to the bottom of. THE ARTIST'S WHOLE SHOP Their music, their merch, their shows and a fanclub they actually post in. Buy a shirt or a ticket from the same page as the record. Tickets land in a wallet in the app. HEAR IT FROM THEM Follow an artist and you hear about the new record from them, not from a chart. One notification when they put something out, and never for anything else. MADE FOR LISTENING No ads. Nothing autoplaying into a track you did not ask for. The scrubber is drawn from the track itself, so you can find the part you want by eye. PUT SOMEBODY ON TO IT Turn any track into a card and send it to Instagram or TikTok, artist credited. IF YOU MAKE THE MUSIC Your numbers on your phone: what sold, who bought it, where they came from, and the moments people go back to. Post to your fanclub from here. Listing and pricing stay on the web dashboard. Ninety percent of every sale goes to the artist.

Screenshots

Strive FM4 screens
FIRSTPRESS AUDIO4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: FIRSTPRESS AUDIO at 100% against Strive FM's 25%. FIRSTPRESS AUDIO also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0). Strive FM's advantage is ratings volume (32 vs 5) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FIRSTPRESS AUDIO holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Strive FM has 32 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Strive FM's written reviews are positive against 100% of FIRSTPRESS AUDIO's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Strive FM versus FIRSTPRESS AUDIO: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStrive FMFIRSTPRESS AUDIO
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (32 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings32 — better5
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size123 MB30 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperYash BolisettyDaytona Lab Agency LLC

Customer experience

Strive FM

All ratings32 ratings
Positive71.9%
Neutral6.3%
Negative21.9%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative65.0%

FIRSTPRESS AUDIO

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Strive FM

No in-app purchases

None

FIRSTPRESS AUDIO

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Strive FM free?
Strive FM is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FIRSTPRESS AUDIO free?
FIRSTPRESS AUDIO is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Strive FM or FIRSTPRESS AUDIO?
FIRSTPRESS AUDIO is rated higher. Strive FM averages 4.0 out of 5 from 32 ratings, while FIRSTPRESS AUDIO averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Strive FM or FIRSTPRESS AUDIO have ads?
Neither Strive FM nor FIRSTPRESS AUDIO shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Strive FM or FIRSTPRESS AUDIO?
Strive FM ships an update weekly, and FIRSTPRESS AUDIO weekly. Most recently, Strive FM was updated on October 25, 2026 and FIRSTPRESS AUDIO on October 24, 2026.

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