Coachella Official vs RA Guide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Coachella Official
Discover the official lineup and plan your festival journey. Create personalized schedules, explore curated music playlists, and select your favorite artists to enhance your experience.
- Explore official lineup
- Plan festival experience
- Curated music playlists
- Select favorite artists
- Personalized schedules
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Explore the lineup and plan your festival experience. Discover curated music playlists, select your favorite artists & more.
RA Guide
Discover the world's best dancefloors and electronic music events, personalized to your tastes and location. Find your favorite artists, buy tickets instantly, and never miss a gig.
- Personalized event discovery
- Find DJs and electronic music events
- Buy tickets instantly
- Listings in 120+ countries
- Follow favorite artists and clubs
- Add artists from music library
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The world has thousands of good dancefloors. RA Guide helps you discover the great ones. Entirely personalised to your tastes and location, the RA Guide helps you find the world's best parties. The app ensures you never miss a show from your favourite artist and allows you to buy tickets in seconds with Apple Pay. RA Guide: The ultimate guide to DJs, clubs and events. - Personalised events discovery based on your favourite artists - Find the best DJs and electronic music events near you - Buy tickets to 1000s of selected events and download to Apple Wallet - Pay with Apple Pay, PayPal or debit/credit card - Listings in 120+ countries - Log in with your Apple Account or your RA account - Add your favourite DJs and artists from your iTunes and Apple Music library - Follow your favourite DJs, artists and clubs to get custom listings - Never miss a gig from your favourite artists
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Coachella Official at free against RA Guide's free with in-app purchases. RA Guide's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and chart position (#60 vs unranked). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Coachella Official against 4.9 for RA Guide. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10K and 8.1K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 44% of Coachella Official's written reviews are positive against 52% of RA Guide's.
Coachella Official ships an update every 3 weeks, RA Guide weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Coachella Official | RA Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (10K ratings) | 4.9 (8.1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 44.0% of reviews | 52.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10K — better | 8.1K |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #60 — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 308 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Goldenvoice | Resident Advisor |
Customer experience
Coachella Official
RA Guide
User reviews
Coachella Official
From 10K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Helpful and intuitive app
- 🚀 Efficient and easy to use
- 💡 Useful features like schedule reminders and food locations
- 🎉 Great festival experience enhancer
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy and crashes frequently
- 🔋 Drains battery life
- 🤔 Confusing UI and navigation
- 🤷♀️ Unreliable sync between app and website
RA Guide
From 8.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💯 Always Great
- 🌟 Awesome App
- 🌍 Great for Travel
- 🎉 Excellent for Events
- 🤖 Helpful App
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy
- 🔒 Unable to Unsubscribe
- 🤯 Complicated
- 💸 Price Manipulation
- 🤖 Terrible Customer Service
Bugs and requests
Coachella Official
Reported bugs
4 issues- Incorrect set times displayed
- Issues with wristband activation
- Login and account problems
- Compatibility issues with older devices
Requested features
4 requests- Offline map and schedule access
- Ability to search for artists
- Better integration with social media
- More comprehensive festival information
RA Guide
Reported bugs
5 issues- App Crashes
- Ticket Resale Issues
- Payment Integration Problems
- Verification Failures
- Inconsistent Functionality
Requested features
6 requests- Add Genre and Event Type Filters
- Save Recent Searches
- Allow Typing in Locations
- Integrate with Apple Wallet
- Add Artist Links and Sounds
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In-app purchases
Coachella Official
No in-app purchases
RA Guide
No in-app purchases
Questions
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