Comparison

Dour vs Bandcamp

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

Head to head
About

Dour

Access all the essential information for Dour Festival 2025. Discover the lineup, create a personalized schedule, navigate the festival grounds with a map, and enjoy the music.

Highlights
  • Festival lineup discovery
  • Personalized timetable creation
  • Interactive festival map
  • Real-time information updates
  • Music listening features
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Discover the lineup, get real-time info, create your own timetable, check the map, listen to music and enjoy all the features and information you need to fully experience your Dour Festival 2025 !

About

Bandcamp

Discover and purchase music directly from artists worldwide. Support creators by buying their merchandise and instantly access your purchased music, both online and offline.

Highlights
  • Explore global music catalog
  • Direct artist support
  • Purchase merchandise
  • Wishlist albums and tracks
  • Online and offline listening
  • Connect with artists
Features
Currently charting
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Bandcamp is an online record store and music community where passionate fans connect with and directly support the artists they love. The Bandcamp app lets fans explore a vast catalog of music by artists from every corner of the globe, allows them to directly support artists by buying their merch (and wishlisting albums & tracks for purchase at a later time), and lets them instantly listen to the music they've purchased, online or offline.

Screenshots

Dour4 screens
Bandcamp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Bandcamp at 38K against Dour's 2. Bandcamp also leads on chart position (#114 vs unranked). Dour's advantage is review sentiment (69% vs 51%). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dour holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bandcamp has 38K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Dour's written reviews are positive against 51% of Bandcamp's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Dour versus Bandcamp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDourBandcamp
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.8 (38K ratings)
Positive reviews69.4% of reviews — better50.7% of reviews
Number of ratings238K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank—#114 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size132 MB43 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperDour FestivalBandcamp

Customer experience

Dour

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive69.4%
Neutral16.7%
Negative13.9%

Bandcamp

All ratings37,683 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral1.8%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews680 reviews
Positive50.7%
Neutral15.9%
Negative33.4%

Bugs and requests

Dour

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Bandcamp

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Tracks randomly skipping or not playing
  • App crashing after updates
  • Purchases not syncing across devices
  • Login issues and account problems

Requested features

5 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Playlist creation and management
  • Improved artist/genre discovery
  • Offline listening and caching
  • Chromecast/AirPlay support

In-app purchases

None

Dour

No in-app purchases

None

Bandcamp

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dour free?
Dour is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bandcamp free?
Bandcamp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Dour or Bandcamp?
Dour is rated higher. Dour averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Bandcamp averages 4.8 from 38K ratings.
Do Dour or Bandcamp have ads?
Neither Dour nor Bandcamp shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dour or Bandcamp?
Dour ships an update every 3 weeks, and Bandcamp every 3 weeks. Most recently, Dour was updated on November 1, 2026 and Bandcamp on November 5, 2026.

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