LivePhish vs Deadtapes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Stream entire live concert catalog
- Gapless playback
- Scrubbing within tracks
- Social sharing of songs/shows
- Offline playback
- Archival video releases
- LivePhish Radio
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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
Deadtapes
Identify the Grateful Dead concert your music tape originated from. Input a sequence of up to three songs, and the app will find shows from 1972-1995 that feature that exact song order.
- Song sequence search
- Grateful Dead show identification
- 1972-1995 show coverage
- Tape origin discovery
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Finds which Grateful Dead show your dead tape was created from. You enter up to three songs, in sequence, that you hear on your tape. It reports which shows have that sequence played at the show. For all shows from 1972 through 1995.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: LivePhish at 78% against Deadtapes's 0%. LivePhish also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 46 months). Deadtapes's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). 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. LivePhish sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Deadtapes asks for nothing beyond the download.
LivePhish holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LivePhish has 42K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of LivePhish's written reviews are positive against 0% of Deadtapes's.
LivePhish ships an update every 2 months, Deadtapes every 46 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LivePhish | Deadtapes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (42K ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 42K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 46 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #32 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | nugs.net enterprises, LLC | Thomas Maher |
Customer experience
LivePhish
Deadtapes
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
Deadtapes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
LivePhish
- LivePhish$9.991 Month
- LivePhish With$24.991 Month
- LivePhish$99.991 Year
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- LivePhish With$149.991 Year
Deadtapes
No in-app purchases







