Etree Mobile vs Volume.com
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Etree Mobile
Access a vast collection of live music recordings from over 6,100 bands. Stream or search for over 250,000 live performances, including Taper's Section recordings and FLAC file playback.
- Live Music Archive access
- Over 250,000 live performances
- Taper's Section recordings
- FLAC file playback
- Searchable collection
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Etree Mobile gives you easy streaming access to the Live Music Archive on your iOS device - over 6,100 bands and more than 250,000 live performances. Listen to the latest recordings or search the collection to find those hidden gems. New features include Taper's Section recordings and FLAC file playback.
Volume.com
Watch live performances from your favorite creators on this streaming platform. Subscribe for exclusive content and connect with friends to share the experience.
- Live streaming platform
- Creator performances
- Exclusive content subscriptions
- Social sharing
- Connect with friends
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Live music. Worldwide. In your pocket! Stream professionally produced shows from venues around the world with the new Volume.com app. Catch your favorites live and replay standout performances on demand. Download Volume.com. Your next show is a tap away!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Volume.com at 5.0 against Etree Mobile's 4.0. Volume.com also leads on device support (4 vs 2). Etree Mobile's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8) and review sentiment (75% vs 50%). On price, update cadence, ads and iOS requirement 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. Volume.com sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Etree Mobile asks for nothing beyond the download.
Volume.com holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Etree Mobile has 84 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Etree Mobile's written reviews are positive against 50% of Volume.com's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Etree Mobile ships an update every 3 weeks, Volume.com monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Etree Mobile | Volume.com |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (84 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.7% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 84 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Dan Tepper | Volume Media, LLC |
Customer experience
Etree Mobile
Volume.com
Bugs and requests
Etree Mobile
Reported bugs
31 issues- Playback controls behave oddly
- Cannot filter by year for concert recordings
- Show reviews aren't accessible
- Lost all favorites in transition
- App crashes when opening
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- Cannot stream any music
- App stopped working months ago
- Crashes every time I open it
- Not pulling all artists from LMA
- Won't show set one, only set two
- Crashing before the app even opens
- Crashes when I select a show to download
- Hangs or shuts off when phone goes to Home Screen or switches apps
- Crashes if you attempt to search for an artist using the icon at the bottom
- Crashes every time I try to download a show
- Hangs forever trying to load a song
- Crashes once I've selected a show and need to download it
- Shuts down when my phone sleeps
- Cannot share shows from the app
- App stops playing when you switch to something else
- Music stops anytime I switch off the app or my phone screen turns off
- App shuts down when phone screen goes dark/sleeps
- Music stops playing when phone sleeps or is turned off
- Cannot play while screen locked/off the app
- Plays running in the background or after phone locks again
- App freezes upon selecting the Dead
- App always crashes when I try selecting a show and/or song
- App won't rotate on original iPad
- Playback pauses for a split second when switching to another app
- Many shows appear with songs out of order
- When clicking on a year in the GD catalogue, the app often shuts down
Requested features
19 requests- Bring back filter by year
- Bring back show reviews
- Bring back ability to sort by year
- Bring back avg star rating for shows
- Link fill info files
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- Ability to filter downloads
- Ability to sort downloads
- Ability to remove downloads
- Share feature (copy URL)
- Apple Carplay use
- Add Community Audio recordings
- Create an account to save favorites
- Add Dead and Company shows
- Volume control via Apple Watch Digital Crown
- Add Band to favorites on Apple Watch
- Add Tape to favorites on Apple Watch
- Single entry for each date with source choice
- Fix songs appearing out of order
- Background downloading
Volume.com
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Etree Mobile
No in-app purchases
Volume.com
- 85 AMPs$4.99
- 170 AMPs$9.99
- 125 AMPs$14.99
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- 340 AMPs$19.99
- 510 AMPs$29.99
- 500 AMPs$45.99
- 850 AMPs$49.99
- 1000 AMPs$89.99
