Outside Lands 2026 vs Last Chinatown
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Outside Lands 2026
Navigate the festival with ease. Discover the full lineup, create your personalized schedule, and explore diverse food and drink options. Find information on curated experiences and essential festival details.
- Up-to-date set times
- Browse full lineup
- Create personal music schedule
- Browse food and drinks
- Explore curated experiences
- Festival FAQ section
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Whether you're joining us for one day or all three, you'll never miss a minute of the unique experiences with the official Outside Lands festival app. The Outside Lands app is the best place to find up-to-date set times, browse the lineup and use the My Schedule feature to create your personal music schedule, as well as browse the hundreds of delicious food and drinks on offer. You can also use the app to explore all of the curated experiences that Outside Lands has to offer from Grass Lands to Cocktail Magic. Be sure to check out the FAQ section for info on the best way to get to the festival, our bag policy, health + safety info and more.
Last Chinatown
Experience a site-specific augmented reality memorial that explores the history and erasure of Santa Cruz's last Chinatown. This interactive journey uses historical photos, interviews, and virtual recreations to bring the past to life at significant locations.
- Augmented reality experience
- Historical photos and interviews
- Virtual recreations
- Performative interpretation
- Site-specific locations
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“Watermarks of the Last Chinatown” is an interactive public memorial in the form of a site-specific augmented reality experience that speaks to the rich narrative landscape of Santa Cruz, California, through the lens of historical erasure with a focus on its last Chinatown. The work is a collaboration between Huy Truong, Susana Ruiz, and Karen Tei Yamashita. It includes interviews with community members, historical photographs, virtual recreations, and a performative interpretation of an original story by Yamashita. The work incorporates documentary, holographic film, and gameplay and is experienced on mobile devices at historically important sites in downtown Santa Cruz to render visible the lives, legacies, and labors of those who lived there.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Last Chinatown at 5.0 against Outside Lands 2026's 2.8. Last Chinatown also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Outside Lands 2026's advantage is ratings volume (101 vs 2). On price, ads, 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.
Last Chinatown holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Outside Lands 2026 has 101 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Outside Lands 2026 ships an update every 2 months, Last Chinatown every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Outside Lands 2026 | Last Chinatown |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (101 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 39.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 101 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 124 MB | 1.7 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Outside Lands | Susana Ruiz |
Customer experience
Outside Lands 2026
Last Chinatown
Bugs and requests
Outside Lands 2026
Reported bugs
45 issues- Information and schedules disappearing
- Artists marked with no events
- Map not available
- Schedule hard to navigate and read
- App released too soon with bugs
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- Schedule not present
- Cannot add artists
- Cannot sync with others
- App won't download due to billing problem
- Random scrolling in schedule
- Map poorly designed and unreadable
- No 2022 update available
- App is less useful than paper schedule
- Schedule builder doesn't show artist location
- Save button doesn't save artist
- Hamburger menu is outdated
- Personal schedule not saving
- App relies too heavily on connection
- App keeps crashing
- Lineup not always saved
- Sunday schedule not visible
- No way to highlight food and drink options
- No way to look back at prior shows
- App drains battery quickly
- Map not working
- App is clunky and doesn't flow smoothly
- "Read More" link not working
- Schedule view doesn't work correctly
- Cannot log back in after logging out
- Forgot password and no reset email received
- Terrible user interface
- App info is for last year's festival
- App constantly prompts to turn on Bluetooth
- No data for current year's festival
- Manual/forced sync does nothing
- Sharing schedules with friends doesn't work
- Cannot see friend locations on site
- App fails to update
- App shuts down immediately upon opening
- Lineup resets when creating personal lineup
- Too many screens, not intuitive
- App not updated before festival
- Shuttle ticket information unclear
- Food vendor reviews not visible
- App crashes when sharing location
Requested features
31 requests- Link to terms for discounts
- See vendor locations when making food list
- Mobile ordering functionality
- Share schedule with friends
- Dedicated app for food vendors
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- Improve map scaling and readability
- Printed brochures available
- Fix sound at stages
- Add artist locations to schedule builder
- Improve schedule navigation and readability
- Allow users to add artists to schedule
- Allow syncing schedules with others
- Improve app download process
- Improve app stability and reduce scrolling issues
- Update app content for current year's festival
- Improve search functionality for food vendors
- Add ability to look back at prior shows
- Improve password reset functionality
- Streamline homepage
- Add playlists for musicians
- Improve app's Twitter integration
- Add dark mode
- Improve food vendor review system
- Allow searching food by location
- Improve app's iCal sync feature
- Improve friend location sharing accuracy
- Add shuttle ticket information clearly
- Improve app's user interface and flow
- Make app more intuitive
- Improve app's responsiveness and reduce crashes
- Ensure app is updated well in advance of the festival
Last Chinatown
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Outside Lands 2026
No in-app purchases
Last Chinatown
No in-app purchases
Questions
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