Helping Friendly App vs iTour.phish
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.
iTour.phish
This app is a comprehensive tour companion for fans, providing essential information for every show. Access directions, setlists, seating charts, showtimes, tickets, local weather, and videos. It integrates with navigation and ride-sharing apps, offers venue and band information, and includes an interactive tour map and calendar view.
- Tour event information
- Directions and navigation integration
- Setlist and seating chart access
- Ticket finding
- Interactive aerial tour map
- Calendar view with reminders
- Venue and band Wikipedia info
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The must-have app for fans on the road, or at home. This application helps you find all the information that you need for the current Phish tour. Access directions, setlists, seating charts, showtimes, tickets, local weather and videos for every show in the run. > Integrated with Maps, Uber, Lyft and Waze for additional ways to help you get to each venue > Wikipedia information about the band and every venue of the tour > Fly from show to show via the interactive aerial tour map > Plan your shows via the calendar view > Find tickets with CashorTrade.org > Review the setlists from phish.net > View where you're sitting with venue seating charts > Watch videos on YouTube NEW! - Settings screen to configure app settings (appearance, units, and map style) NEW! - Dark / Light mode support. Pick one and stick with it, or sync with your iOS Appearance setting NEW! - Event list shows grouped by tour NEW! - Add event information to your iOS calendar NEW! - Pick from 19 different map styles NEW! - Push notification reminders on the day of an event IMPROVED! - Event calendar display IMPROVED! - Weather information display IMPROVED! - Interactive aerial tour map IMPROVED! - Browsing experience IMPROVED! - Screens are more accessible for every user IMPROVED! - Directions to venue options UPDATED! - Loading screen and app icons ** Review ** "Perfect for both on-the-fly adventure and advance tour planning, iTour is the touring companion that has been begging to be made since Phish and iPhones collided." - Mr. Miner's Phish Thoughts Works on devices running iOS11.0+, optimized for devices running iOS14
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Helping Friendly App at none against iTour.phish's 4. Helping Friendly App also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (60 vs 9). iTour.phish's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 3.9) and review sentiment (83% vs 60%). On price, ads and device support 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. iTour.phish sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Helping Friendly App asks for nothing beyond the download.
iTour.phish holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Helping Friendly App has 60 ratings behind it against 9, 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 83% of iTour.phish's.
Helping Friendly App ships an update fortnightly, iTour.phish every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 3, 2026 and July 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Helping Friendly App | iTour.phish |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (60 ratings) | 4.3 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 60 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Richard Wollack | Sugarloaf App Company |
Customer experience
Helping Friendly App
iTour.phish
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
iTour.phish
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Helping Friendly App
No in-app purchases
iTour.phish
- WTF it's just a buck$0.99
- Unlock Premium Features$2.99
- Buy me a coffee$2.99
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- Buy me a beer$5.99
Questions
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