Ottawa Bluesfest vs Osheaga
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ottawa Bluesfest
Access all essential festival information offline. Plan your schedule, explore performer details, and navigate the grounds with an interactive map. Discover food options and stay updated with alerts and news.
- Offline schedule access
- Personalized schedule creation
- Performer and vendor details
- Interactive festival map
- Food vendor menus
- In-app alerts and notifications
- News and social feed
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The Official Ottawa Bluesfest 2026 Mobile App is here! View the lineup, create your personalized schedule, navigate the festival site with our interactive map, check out our food & beverage menus, and much more.
Osheaga
Plan your festival experience with this official music and arts festival app. Access tickets, create a personalized schedule, and stay updated on artist performances and news. Discover the lineup and listen to the official playlist to prepare for the event.
- Access tickets
- Create custom schedule
- View full festival schedule
- Discover lineup
- Listen to official playlist
- Artist performance notifications
- Festival news updates
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The official OSHEAGA 2026 app From July 31st to August 2, 2026 at Parc Jean-Drapeau -Access your tickets -Browse and create your personalized schedule -Discover the lineup and listen to the official playlist -Get the latest news on shows and activities by enabling notifications
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ottawa Bluesfest at 5.0 against Osheaga's 4.4. Ottawa Bluesfest also leads on ads (none vs shown). Osheaga's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 11 months) and ratings volume (8 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Ottawa Bluesfest holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Osheaga has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 18% of Ottawa Bluesfest's written reviews are positive against 23% of Osheaga's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Ottawa Bluesfest ships an update every 11 months, Osheaga every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ottawa Bluesfest | Osheaga |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.4 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 17.6% of reviews | 23.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ottawa Bluesfest | L'Aréna des Canadiens, Inc. |
Customer experience
Ottawa Bluesfest
Osheaga
Bugs and requests
Ottawa Bluesfest
Reported bugs
9 issues- App crashes constantly
- Lineup and schedule sections crash
- App freezes often
- Cannot check lineup or schedule
- Map is not updated
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- Artist face obscured on iPhone
- Missing festival day information
- Star function not working
- No direct shortcut to update Facebook
Requested features
4 requests- Setting to turn off ad notifications
- Connect app to wristband account for balance
- Add Facebook integration for sharing
- Fix artist profile access from lineup
Osheaga
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ottawa Bluesfest
No in-app purchases
Osheaga
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Ottawa Bluesfest free?
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