Comparison

JamBase vs lydia.live

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

Head to head
About

JamBase

Discover local concerts and live music events happening in your area. Stay updated on upcoming shows for all your favorite artists across every musical genre. Find out who's playing near you and never miss a live performance.

Highlights
  • Find local concerts
  • Discover upcoming shows
  • Browse all musical genres
  • Stay updated on live music
  • Concert information on the go
Features
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Go See Live Music!! Find local concerts for all your favorite artists! JamBase is the premiere destination for live music concert information, offering tens of thousands of upcoming shows across all musical genres. Now you can stay in the loop on local shows while on the go by finding out who's playing in your area.

About

lydia.live

Connect local musicians, venues, and fans to discover and create live music experiences. Artists can find bandmates and gigs, venues can book talent, and fans can find shows happening near them.

Highlights
  • Artist profiles with streaming and social links
  • Direct venue booking applications
  • Gig management for artists and bands
  • Venue talent discovery and booking
  • Live show map with filters
  • Follow artists, bands, and venues
  • Save upcoming shows
Features
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Lydia is the app for your local music scene. Fans, artists and venues, all in one place. Something changes when they're all in the same app. A coffee shop that has never booked a band can host one this week. A bedroom guitarist can start playing in public. The drummer your band has been missing turns out to live three doors down. And the show you'd never have heard about is right there on your map. FOR ARTISTS AND BANDS Build a profile that's about your music — streaming and social links, genres, where you're based. Apply to venues directly instead of sending cold emails and hoping. Accept invites to bills and keep every upcoming gig in one place. Search artists near you by instrument, genre and location, connect with them, and start a band together — with real admin controls over who's in it. FOR VENUES You don't need booking experience or a promoter's contact list. If you have a room and a night, you can put music in it. Open your venue up to applications and receive applications from local acts. Or browse talent and reach out to the ones you want to play at your spot. Invite the artists and bands you already trust, build the bill, and confirm it — the show goes public the moment you do. FOR FANS See what's on tonight, this weekend or next month on a map of your city. Filter to find the perfect spot. Follow the artists, bands and venues you care about and hear about shows as they're booked. Save the shows you don't want to miss. Lydia is built one scene at a time. If yours isn't on the map yet, it's up to you! Start building it!

Screenshots

JamBase4 screens
lydia.live3 screens

Verdict

The call

JamBase and lydia.live both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of lydia.live's written reviews are positive against 55% of JamBase's. JamBase's advantage is ratings volume (1.7K vs 1) and update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). On price, rating, 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for JamBase against 5.0 for lydia.live. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: JamBase has 1.7K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 55% of JamBase's written reviews are positive against 100% of lydia.live's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

JamBase ships an update fortnightly, lydia.live monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
JamBase versus lydia.live: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJamBaselydia.live
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (1.7K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews54.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.7K — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB64 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperJamBaseKD Creative LLC

Customer experience

JamBase

All ratings1,528 ratings
Positive97.6%
Neutral1.0%
Negative1.4%
Written reviews82 reviews
Positive54.9%
Neutral8.5%
Negative36.6%

lydia.live

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

JamBase

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Location finder keeps placing user in wrong location
  • Login issues, unable to log in on app
  • Crashes frequently, especially when trying to view shows
  • Incompatible with newer iOS versions
  • Missing venue and ticket price details when viewing shows

Requested features

9 requests
  • Add ability to view past shows in the app
  • Increase search radius beyond 200 miles
  • Integrate with native calendar apps
  • Add map view of shows
  • Add ability to sort shows by distance or popularity
Show 4 more
  • Add news/article section
  • Show number of users who have saved a show
  • Add ability to add shows to phone calendar
  • Fix the app

lydia.live

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

JamBase

No in-app purchases

None

lydia.live

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is JamBase free?
JamBase is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is lydia.live free?
lydia.live is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, JamBase or lydia.live?
lydia.live is rated higher. JamBase averages 4.9 out of 5 from 1.7K ratings, while lydia.live averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do JamBase or lydia.live have ads?
Neither JamBase nor lydia.live shows ads.
Which is updated more often, JamBase or lydia.live?
JamBase ships an update fortnightly, and lydia.live monthly. Most recently, JamBase was updated on October 31, 2026 and lydia.live on October 25, 2026.

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