Comparison

LivePhish vs Live Music Archive

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

Head to head
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

About

Live Music Archive

Explore a vast collection of live concert recordings spanning decades. Discover and listen to performances from thousands of artists, from classic rock to contemporary acts. Download music for offline playback and sync your favorites across devices.

Highlights
  • Search thousands of artists, tapers, festivals, and venues
  • Download music for offline listening
  • Browse recordings from the 1960s to today
  • Sync favorites across devices
  • View in-depth recording information
  • Infinite shuffle for continuous playback
  • Stream music over Bluetooth and AirPlay
Features
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The world's live music, in your pocket. Stream the Internet Archive's massive collection of concert recordings, plus a huge archive of live Phish shows from Phish.in. Thousands of artists from the 1960s to today: Grateful Dead, Billy Strings, Goose, String Cheese Incident, and so many more. Discover. Search by artist, taper, venue, festival, date, or song. Browse recent shows or dive deep into decades of music. Listen your way. Let Infinite Shuffle keep the music going, queue up what's next with Play Next and Add to Queue, or hand off playback between your devices. Stream over Bluetooth and AirPlay, in lossless FLAC if you like. Set a sleep timer to drift off. Scrobble to Last.fm or Libre.fm. Take it on the road. CarPlay puts your shows right on the dash, and Siri starts them hands-free: just say "Play a show on Live Music Archive." See the music. The visualizer turns any concert into a live light show that reacts to every note. And the whole app comes in Light or Dark. Always have something to listen to. Download shows for offline play. Offline Refresh automatically swaps out finished shows for new ones, so your library stays fresh, even without a connection. Make it yours. Favorite artists, shows, tapers, and venues sync across your devices and your archive.org account. Track your listening history. Share concerts with friends. Terms and Conditions: https://livemusicarchive.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://livemusicarchive.app/privacy

Screenshots

LivePhish4 screens
Live Music Archive4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Live Music Archive at every 8 days against LivePhish's every 2 months. Live Music Archive also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (95% vs 78%). LivePhish's advantage is ratings volume (41K vs 1.7K) and chart position (#37 vs unranked). On price, rating, 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. LivePhish sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Live Music Archive sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for LivePhish against 4.9 for Live Music Archive. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LivePhish has 41K ratings behind it against 1.7K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 78% of LivePhish's written reviews are positive against 95% of Live Music Archive's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LivePhish ships an update every 2 months, Live Music Archive every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
LivePhish versus Live Music Archive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLivePhishLive Music Archive
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (41K ratings)4.9 (1.7K ratings)
Positive reviews77.5% of reviews94.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings41K — better1.7K
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#37 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developernugs.net enterprises, LLCAstral Engineering LLC

Customer experience

LivePhish

All ratings41,442 ratings
Positive97.0%
Neutral1.3%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews338 reviews
Positive77.5%
Neutral5.9%
Negative16.6%

Live Music Archive

All ratings1,735 ratings
Positive98.6%
Neutral0.5%
Negative0.9%
Written reviews130 reviews
Positive94.6%
Neutral2.3%
Negative3.1%

User reviews

LivePhish

From 41K 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

Live Music Archive

From 1.7K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great app
  • 👍 Fantastic library
  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 👍 Awesome interface
  • 🚀 Smooth playback

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes or unavailability
  • 🔋 Drains battery quickly
  • 🔍 Missing some newer shows
  • 🔍 Limited playlist functionality
  • 🔍 No login or review features

Bugs and requests

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

Live Music Archive

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes on launch for some users
  • Buggy offline download feature
  • Incompatibility with older devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add Carplay support
  • Implement an equalizer
  • Allow playlist creation
  • Add login and review functionality

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
10 purchases

Live Music Archive

Subscriptions5
  • Monthly Nice Tip$0.991 Month
  • Monthly Generous Tip$2.991 Month
  • Monthly Amazing Tip$4.991 Month
Show 2 more
  • Monthly Wonderful Tip$9.991 Month
  • Monthly Astronomical Tip$19.991 Month
One-time5
  • Nice Tip$0.99
  • Generous Tip$2.99
  • Amazing Tip$4.99
Show 2 more
  • Wonderful Tip$9.99
  • Astronomical Tip$19.99

Questions

Is LivePhish free?
LivePhish is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Live Music Archive free?
Live Music Archive is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, LivePhish or Live Music Archive?
LivePhish and Live Music Archive are both rated 4.9 out of 5 on the App Store, from 41K and 1.7K ratings respectively.
Do LivePhish or Live Music Archive have ads?
Neither LivePhish nor Live Music Archive shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LivePhish or Live Music Archive?
LivePhish ships an update every 2 months, and Live Music Archive every 8 days. Most recently, LivePhish was updated on September 24, 2026 and Live Music Archive on September 23, 2026.

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