Comparison

Helping Friendly App vs Arcadia Atlas

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
Read full description

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

Arcadia Atlas

Features
Read full description

Arcadia Atlas: Goose Tracker is a fan-built show-night companion for fans of Goose the band. Use the app to: - See the next official Goose show and venue details. - Follow live setlist updates checked against ElGoose once per minute during the venue-local show window. - See the existing Next Song AI forecast update after every posted song. - At the venue, swipe Jam Pulse to mark a live song as building, intense, or peak. Short, medium, and full swipes respond locally with sparks, fire, and a celebratory explosion. - See a flying-goose notice when another verified fan reacts. It carries a generated show-local alias, never a real or account name. - Keep the app open with a current venue pass to see coalesced crowd bursts as one gentle screen pulse. Reduce Motion replaces the luminance and flight animation with a static reaction badge. - Keep the app open at the show to feel a Crowd Peak haptic when several GPS-checked phones peak together. - Make opener, closer, and jam-watch picks without creating an account. - Share your show and picks with friends. - Sign in with your Arcadia Atlas account. - Mark shows you attended. - Check in on show night when the current show window is open. - Find friends with Flock Beacon: the same group code lights every phone the same solid color. - Use Flock Beacon without GPS, precise location, an account, or rapid flashing. Jam Pulse is the only location-based feature. It asks for foreground location only after you tap Verify at venue. The server checks the current venue boundary, immediately discards the coordinates, and returns a temporary show-specific pass. Location is never used in the background, linked to an account, or used for tracking. Recent reaction polling is also foreground-only and requires that valid pass. Other phones receive only a bounded current-song feed whose events contain an opaque reaction-event ID, generated show-local alias, intensity, and time; no response exposes a raw device ID, device hash, account, real name, or location. Reaction bursts are deduplicated and coalesced rather than flashed in rapid succession. The app uses the same Arcadia Atlas data and account system as arcadiaatlas.com. Arcadia Atlas is an independent fan-made project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Goose or its representatives. Predictions are informational and are not guarantees.

Screenshots

Helping Friendly App4 screens
Arcadia Atlas2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Arcadia Atlas at 15.1 against Helping Friendly App's 17.6. On price, update cadence, 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Helping Friendly App ships an update every 3 weeks, Arcadia Atlas every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Helping Friendly App versus Arcadia Atlas: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHelping Friendly AppArcadia Atlas
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (61 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings61 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRichard WollackEDMUND T MACIEJEWSKI

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
Show 36 more
  • 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

Arcadia Atlas

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Helping Friendly App

No in-app purchases

None

Arcadia Atlas

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Helping Friendly App free?
Helping Friendly App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Arcadia Atlas free?
Arcadia Atlas is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Helping Friendly App or Arcadia Atlas have ads?
Neither Helping Friendly App nor Arcadia Atlas shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Helping Friendly App or Arcadia Atlas?
Helping Friendly App ships an update every 3 weeks, and Arcadia Atlas every 2 weeks. Most recently, Helping Friendly App was updated on October 20, 2026 and Arcadia Atlas on September 28, 2026.

Other comparisons