Comparison

Deadsound vs Hear Weir Here

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

Head to head
About

Deadsound

Access and stream over 17,000 Grateful Dead live recordings. Search shows by date, venue, song, or source, and build a personal library of your favorite performances. Enjoy offline playback and daily historical discoveries.

Highlights
  • Search 17,000+ Grateful Dead recordings
  • Filter by date, venue, song, or source
  • Intelligent caching for offline playback
  • Background playback with lock screen controls
  • Gapless audio
  • Favorite and track listened shows
  • Daily historical discoveries
Features
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Every Dead show. One app. We built Deadsound because finding the best tapes on should be easy. Now you can search 17,000+ Grateful Dead recordings by date, venue, song, or source, and start listening in seconds. FIND ANYTHING Search by setlist to find every "Dark Star," or every show where they played "Dark Star" plus "Estimated" and also "Blow Away." Filter by Charlie Miller transfers or Betty Boards, or by AUD/SBD/Matrix. Narrow by year, city, or venue. LISTEN ANYWHERE Intelligent caching means your music keeps playing even when your signal doesn't. Full background playback with lock screen controls, all with gapless audio. BUILD YOUR LIBRARY Favorite the shows that matter. Track what you've heard. Pick up where you left off. DISCOVER DAILY See what happened today in Dead history. A new discovery every day. Completely free. No ads. No subscription. The music belongs to everyone. Streams from Archive.org. Not affiliated with the Grateful Dead.

About

Hear Weir Here

Stream any Bob Weir performance, from early Grateful Dead concerts to recent Dead & Company shows, all sourced from Archive.org. The app offers an intuitive interface for searching and playing music.

Highlights
  • Stream Bob Weir performances
  • Access Grateful Dead shows
  • Search by date
  • Intuitive interface
  • Sourced from Archive.org
Features
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A few years back I bought a Grateful Dead Time Machine, an Arduino music player that streams GD shows available on Archive.org. My only complaint about it was that I couldn't take it with me when I was out of the house. So after Bob Weir passed earlier this year, I decided to take matters into my own hands and build one on my own. This player will stream any Bob Weir show, from the earliest Grateful Dead shows to his last Dead & Co, run, if it is available on Archive.org. The use of the app is meant to be intuitive as the GDTM: Dial in a date, click on search. If you get confused, listen to the music play!

Screenshots

Deadsound4 screens
Hear Weir Here3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Hear Weir Here at 5.0 against Deadsound's 4.7. Deadsound's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.6). 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

Hear Weir Here holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Deadsound has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Deadsound ships an update fortnightly, Hear Weir Here every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Deadsound versus Hear Weir Here: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeadsoundHear Weir Here
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (7 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB1 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperJames BarnesCharles Sona

In-app purchases

None

Deadsound

No in-app purchases

None

Hear Weir Here

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Deadsound free?
Deadsound is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hear Weir Here free?
Hear Weir Here is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Deadsound or Hear Weir Here?
Hear Weir Here is rated higher. Deadsound averages 4.7 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Hear Weir Here averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Deadsound or Hear Weir Here have ads?
Neither Deadsound nor Hear Weir Here shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Deadsound or Hear Weir Here?
Deadsound ships an update fortnightly, and Hear Weir Here every 3 weeks. Most recently, Deadsound was updated on November 3, 2026 and Hear Weir Here on October 31, 2026.

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