Comparison

Helping Friendly App vs LivePhish

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Phish setlist database
  • Personal stats tracking
  • Friend comparison
  • Comprehensive data since 1983
  • Phish.net integration
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Stream entire live concert catalog
  • Gapless playback
  • Scrubbing within tracks
  • Social sharing of songs/shows
  • Offline playback
  • Archival video releases
  • LivePhish Radio
Features
Currently charting
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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

Screenshots

Helping Friendly App4 screens
LivePhish4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Helping Friendly App versus LivePhish: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHelping Friendly AppLivePhish
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (60 ratings)4.9 (42K ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews77.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6042K — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#35 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB61 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRichard Wollacknugs.net enterprises, LLC

Customer experience

Helping Friendly App

All ratings60 ratings
Positive73.3%
Neutral5.0%
Negative21.7%
Written reviews80 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral11.3%
Negative28.7%

LivePhish

All ratings41,585 ratings
Positive97.0%
Neutral1.3%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews338 reviews
Positive77.5%
Neutral5.9%
Negative16.6%

User reviews

Helping Friendly App

From 60 App Store ratings

What 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 ratings

What 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
Show 3 more
  • 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

None

Helping Friendly App

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

LivePhish

Subscriptions4
  • LivePhish$9.991 Month
  • LivePhish With$24.991 Month
  • LivePhish$99.991 Year
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  • LivePhish With$149.991 Year

Questions

Is Helping Friendly App free?
Helping Friendly App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LivePhish free?
LivePhish is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Helping Friendly App or LivePhish?
LivePhish is rated higher. Helping Friendly App averages 3.9 out of 5 from 60 ratings, while LivePhish averages 4.9 from 42K ratings.
Do Helping Friendly App or LivePhish have ads?
Neither Helping Friendly App nor LivePhish shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Helping Friendly App or LivePhish?
Helping Friendly App ships an update fortnightly, and LivePhish every 2 months. Most recently, Helping Friendly App was updated on August 3, 2026 and LivePhish on October 1, 2026.

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