Helping Friendly App vs Gizz Tapes
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.
Gizz Tapes
Explore a vast collection of live concert streams from a popular rock band. Relive legendary performances and discover rare shows from extensive archives. Enjoy an ever-growing library of electrifying sets.
- Live concert streams
- Extensive archive access
- Curated performances
- Discover rare shows
- Relive legendary sets
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Dive into the electrifying world of King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard with Gizz Tapes - your one-stop app for live concert streams! Curated from the vast archives of the Internet Archive, Gizz Tapes lets you relive the band's legendary performances at the tap of a button. Queue up a blistering set from 2019, explore a rare intimate show, or just let it run - there's always more Gizz to discover.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Gizz Tapes at 5.0 against Helping Friendly App's 3.9. Gizz Tapes also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 60%) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). Helping Friendly App's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Gizz Tapes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 61 and 25 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Helping Friendly App's written reviews are positive against 100% of Gizz Tapes's.
Helping Friendly App ships an update every 3 weeks, Gizz Tapes every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Helping Friendly App | Gizz Tapes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (61 ratings) | 5.0 (25 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 61 — better | 25 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Richard Wollack | Ghost Apps LLC |
Customer experience
Helping Friendly App
Gizz Tapes
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
Gizz Tapes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Helping Friendly App
No in-app purchases
Gizz Tapes
No in-app purchases
Questions
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