Hype vs Live Fan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hype
This platform connects artists with venues for streamlined bookings and expanded exposure. Artists can showcase their talent and build portfolios, while venues can discover emerging performers. The app facilitates seamless management and secure payments within a global marketplace.
- Global marketplace for talent discovery
- Customizable calendars for scheduling
- Personalized artist listings with media
- Portfolio building for performance history
- Secure payment and payout system
- Streamlined booking management
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Get onboard with HYPE, a single destination for venues and talent to streamline bookings. A platform where artists can expand their exposure, and venues can discover emerging talent. HYPE’s seamless management and payment system allow both artists and venues to connect to a wider network! - Explore Hype’s global marketplace to find the perfect talent around you - Take advantage of Hype’s customizable calendars, allowing you to set your schedule - Personalize your listing with photos, videos, and descriptions of your talent - Build your portfolio showing places you have performed - Set your own prices and receive payout in secured payment platform
Live Fan
This app allows users to send real-time reactions like cheers, claps, laughs, and boos directly to live performers. It aims to provide a live audience experience for any stage, ensuring performers feel the energy of their fans. Engage with shows as they happen and make your presence known.
- Real-time audience reactions
- Send cheers, claps, laughs, boos
- Connect directly to live shows
- Enhance live performance energy
- Interactive fan experience
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Live Fan by Fan2Stage makes sure there is "A Live Audience For Any Stage". Live Fan is the only live audience app that sends your real energy right to the show. All live performers live for their fans, make sure they know what you think about the show. Laugh, clap and cheer in real time. They bomb? Yes you can even boo.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hype at 4.2 against Live Fan's 3.7. Hype also leads on ratings volume (10 vs 3). Live Fan's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hype holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Hype's written reviews are positive against 100% of Live Fan's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Hype ships an update every 4 weeks, Live Fan every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hype | Live Fan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (10 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Byrone Collins | Fan2Stage Ltd. |
Customer experience
Hype
Live Fan
In-app purchases
Hype
No in-app purchases
Live Fan
No in-app purchases
