Helping Friendly App vs LivePhish
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Helping Friendly App
Access a comprehensive database of Phish setlists dating back to 1983. Track your personal concert statistics and compare them with friends. This app is essential for dedicated fans of the band.
- Phish setlist database
- Personal stats tracking
- Friend comparison
- Comprehensive data since 1983
- Phish.net integration
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The Helping Friendly App (HFA) is the must-have app for every Phish Phan! It is a comprehensive database of every Phish setlist since 1983 and it helps you keep track of your personal stats, compare your stats to your friends and much more. All setlist data provided courtesy of The Mockingbird Foundation / Phish.net.
LivePhish
Access a vast catalog of live concert recordings and stream them on demand. Enjoy features like gapless playback, song sharing, and offline listening with a subscription. Explore featured shows and radio for free.
- Stream entire live concert catalog
- Gapless playback
- Scrubbing within tracks
- Social sharing of songs/shows
- Offline playback
- Archival video releases
- LivePhish Radio
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Every night is a different show. Now you can watch all of them. LivePhish is the official streaming home of Phish and the only place to watch every concert live, replay sets on demand, and access the complete official archive. For more than two decades, LivePhish has been the direct connection between the band and the fans who follow every note. LivePhish With is the new, complete Phish experience: Now, every Phish concert is streamed live in 4K (where available), every night of the tour. On-demand replay access will be available (availability windows may vary), so you can go back to that second-set jam the morning after. Plus: -The complete official lossless audio archive: every show since 2002. -Exclusive releases from the Phish Archives. -Select archival concert video, with more on the way. Every Phish livestream is exclusive to LivePhish With members. One subscription covers every show and no more buying individual streams. LivePhish keeps you connected through the full audio archive and exclusive Phish Archives releases. LivePhish With $149.99/year · $24.99/month Annual rate locked for the first year of membership. Renews automatically at the then-current member rate unless canceled. LivePhish $99.99/year · $9.99/month LivePhish Subscription Payment and Auto-Renewal Terms LivePhish offers auto-renewing monthly and annual subscriptions to stream music from the LivePhish catalog. Two subscription types are available, each with two tiers: monthly (30 days) and annual (365 days). All subscriptions auto-renew. A LivePhish monthly subscription is $9.99 per month and the yearly subscription is $99.99 per year. A LivePhish With monthly subscription is $24.99 per month and the yearly subscription is $149.99 per year. Payment will be charged to the iTunes Account at the end of your trial period if applicable, otherwise at the time of your purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Accounts will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the users Account Settings after purchase. LivePhish Terms of Use - https://www.livephish.com/terms.aspx LivePhish Privacy Policy - https://www.livephish.com/privacy.aspx
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: LivePhish at 4.9 against Helping Friendly App's 3.9. LivePhish also leads on ratings volume (42K vs 60) and review sentiment (78% vs 60%). Helping Friendly App's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. LivePhish sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Helping Friendly App asks for nothing beyond the download.
LivePhish holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LivePhish has 42K ratings behind it against 60, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Helping Friendly App's written reviews are positive against 78% of LivePhish's.
Helping Friendly App ships an update fortnightly, LivePhish every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 3, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Helping Friendly App | LivePhish |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (60 ratings) | 4.9 (42K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 77.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 60 | 42K — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #35 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Richard Wollack | nugs.net enterprises, LLC |
Customer experience
Helping Friendly App
LivePhish
User reviews
Helping Friendly App
From 60 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great Phish companion app
- 📊 Useful stats tracking
- 💡 Real-time updates (when working)
- ✨ Definitive Phish stats nerd app
- 📱 Syncs with phish.net
Room to improve
- 🐛 Set lists not always correct
- 🐛 Import shows option fails
- 🐛 Syncing issues with .net
- 🐛 App deleted stats/shows
- 🐛 Cannot manually add shows
LivePhish
From 42K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Instant access to shows
- 🎶 Excellent sound quality
- 📂 Comprehensive library of content
- 🔍 Robust search and browsing
- 🔖 Useful 'My Stash' feature
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent bugs and glitches
- 🔄 Inconsistent playback and resume
- 🔍 Clunky navigation and UI
- 🔋 High battery consumption
- 🔒 Restrictive offline access
Bugs and requests
Helping Friendly App
Reported bugs
41 issues- NYE 2025/6 incorrect setlist
- Cream & Sincere missing
- Me & Bobby McGee not played
- Import shows option fails
- Syncing issues with .net
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- App deleted all stats/shows
- Cannot resync
- Error message 'try again'
- Human Nature not showing on July 20 2024 show
- Encore missing for 5/28/22
- Oct 29th 2021 date missing
- 10/29/21 missing from Vegas '21 Halloween run
- Login not working
- Password not working on app but works on website
- Cannot refresh or update during tour to add new shows
- Contrast issues (black on black font)
- Not importing 2020 show stats from phish.net
- Bugs prevent login or registration
- App crashing
- Cannot register as a user
- Black font on black background in night mode
- Crashing issues
- Dark appearance setting makes text unreadable
- Horrible font and background color choices
- Dark mode not working
- Setlist updates are infrequent
- Latest shows not updated in a timely manner
- App won't open
- Baker's Dozen populated incorrectly
- August 6th show listed several times
- Last two Dicks shows never added
- App crashes when trying to look up shows
- Tabs in search feature crash the app
- Stats only works sometimes
- Stats deleted twice by updates
- No shows after 2017
- App not updated since 2017 tour
- Shows after 2010 not appearing without in-app update
- Crash last Halloween, developer fixed it
- App not updated regularly
- App not updated since 9/1
Requested features
8 requests- Count NYE shows as January
- Link out to Phish.net pages
- Integration with phish.in, Relisten, or LivePhish+
- Update for 2024 stats
- Manually enter shows
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- Add NYE 18 run and Mexico 19 to stats
- Ability to add friends and compare shows
- Tap on a song to see overall stats
LivePhish
Reported bugs
5 issues- Playback stops unexpectedly
- Inconsistent behavior when switching networks
- Search and browsing issues
- Syncing problems with 'My Stash'
- Compatibility issues on older devices
Requested features
5 requests- Improved playlist management and sorting
- Native CarPlay and Apple TV integration
- Gapless playback and scrubbing controls
- Better offline listening options
- More historical content from early Phish eras
In-app purchases
Helping Friendly App
No in-app purchases
LivePhish
- LivePhish$9.991 Month
- LivePhish With$24.991 Month
- LivePhish$99.991 Year
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- LivePhish With$149.991 Year
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