Comparison

Pocket Bard vs imgoing2

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

Head to head
About

Pocket Bard

Enhance your tabletop RPG sessions with an immersive audio experience. Instantly change soundscapes to match the mood of your game, dynamically adjusting music and sound effects to perfectly complement your gameplay.

Highlights
  • Immersive audio experience
  • Dynamic soundscape changes
  • Match session tone
  • Alter music intensity
  • Adjust sound effects
Features
Currently charting
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Pocket Bard is a fully immersive audio experience for your D&D or tabletop RPG session. With just a tap, change your entire soundscape to match the tone of your session. From moment to moment, alter the intensity of the music, ambience, and sound effects to pair perfectly with your gameplay. Free to download, no ads. The free library gives you 20+ complete scenes, including the full Fantasy Essentials collection (tavern, town, forest, cave, swamp, graveyard, dungeons, and more), enough to run an entire fantasy campaign without paying a thing. HOW IT WORKS More than a soundboard or a background playlist, every scene is a complete, layered soundscape you control live at the table. • Intensity slider (patented): one control reshapes the arrangement of the music in real time, from minor encounter to intense battle. • Music state controls: jump from exploration to combat with a single tap, and trigger a victory stinger when the fight ends. • Layered ambience: rain, wind, crowds, and creatures, each with its own intensity control. • Ambience variations: step indoors or out, into open fields or forest paths. • One-shot sound effects: a door slam, sword clash, thunderclap, or howl right on cue. • A mix that's already balanced: music, ambience, and effects are mastered to sit together at any volume. No mixing required. PREP LESS, PLAY MORE Built for game masters and dungeon masters, Pocket Bard runs on the phone, tablet, or desktop computer you already bring to the table. The controls stay out of your way, so you can shift the mood without breaking the flow of the story. When the party moves on, switch scenes with one tap, and the music and ambience automatically adapt. No more interrupting ads, juggling browser tabs, or clunky UI. No files to manage, no audio know-how needed. WORKS WITH ANY GAME Your weekly DnD group, a Pathfinder campaign, a Sci-fi one-shot, Blades in the Dark, Mothership, or your own homebrew. Scenes are built around places and moods, not rulebooks, so they fit any TTRPG and any setting. WORLDS TO EXPLORE Free with Fantasy Essentials: Tavern, Town, City, Village, Dark Streets, Mountains, Plains, Forest, Cave, Ancient Grove, Swamp, Graveyard, Dungeon Entrance, Dungeon Corridors, Dungeon Lair, Dwarven Kingdom, and more. Your free library also includes select scenes from other collections, like Deep Space and Shipwreck Cove. Open Worlds unlocks many more collections: Sci-Fi, Horror, Seafaring, Desert, Feywild, Northern, Cyberpunk, and Modern Urban. Think starships and derelict stations, haunted libraries and cursed lands, frozen harbors, buried tombs, enchanted glades, and high-speed chases. New scenes are added throughout the year. MADE BY HUMANS Every note, sound, and piece of art in Pocket Bard is thoughtfully crafted by real humans. Scenes are composed by professional musicians and mastered by our audio team. No AI-generated music or art. STREAM IT Pocket Bard owns the rights to its music, and you're welcome to use it in your streams and videos. A credit is always appreciated. OPEN WORLDS Open Worlds is our subscription: every collection, plus every new scene as it's released, billed monthly or yearly. One subscription, everything included. Immersive audio, made simple. With Pocket Bard, you can focus on what matters most: your story. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Service: https://www.pocketbard.app/terms-of-service.html Privacy Policy: https://www.pocketbard.app/privacy-policy.html Pocket Bard is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wizards of the Coast, Paizo, Chaosium, or any other game publisher. Dungeons & Dragons and D&D are trademarks of Wizards of the Coast LLC. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners.

About

imgoing2

Discover concerts and festivals your friends are attending. Organize your festival schedules, share photos, and chat about shows. Get personalized recommendations based on your music taste and friends' plans.

Highlights
  • Find shows friends are attending
  • Discover concerts and festivals
  • Build festival schedules
  • Share concert photos
  • Import Spotify artists
  • Event comment section
  • Personal concert diary
Features
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FIND SHOWS YOUR FRIENDS ARE GOING 2 - View events that your friends are going 2 and keep track of which you're interested in - Discover upcoming concerts, festivals, and dj sets in your city + invite your friends - Share concert photos and yap about the show in the event comments - Get notified when your friends are making concert plans CURATED EVENT FEED - Import your most-listened-to Spotify artists from your profile - Get recommended events your friends are going to & shows by your favorite artists - Filter by city, event type, genre, promoter, and more BUILD YOUR OWN FESTIVAL SCHEDULES - Track which specific artists and sets you want to see before a festival - See which sets your friends are going to overlaid on your schedule - Save your personal schedule for easy access on festival day YOUR PERSONAL CONCERT DIARY - Keep track of all the concerts you've been to - View a gallery of all your concert photos from your profile - Go back to see event details, setlists, and chat about the event

Screenshots

Pocket Bard4 screens
imgoing24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: imgoing2 at none against Pocket Bard's 2. imgoing2 also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 weeks) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Pocket Bard's advantage is ratings volume (1.6K vs 1) and chart position (#195 vs unranked). On price, ads, device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pocket Bard sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. imgoing2 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

imgoing2 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pocket Bard has 1.6K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Pocket Bard's written reviews are positive against 100% of imgoing2's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pocket Bard ships an update every 4 weeks, imgoing2 every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Pocket Bard versus imgoing2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocket Bardimgoing2
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.6K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.6K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#195 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size109 MB5 MB
Age rating9+17+
DeveloperPocket Bard Inc.Sabrina Selleck

Customer experience

Pocket Bard

All ratings1,638 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral2.1%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews361 reviews
Positive85.9%
Neutral6.6%
Negative7.5%

imgoing2

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Pocket Bard

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Downloading content causes crashes
  • Repeated terms of service pop-ups
  • One-shot sound effects not working
  • Inconsistent audio quality and balance

Requested features

6 requests
  • More sound effects (creature sounds, weather, etc.)
  • Ability to import custom music and sounds
  • AirPlay support for streaming to speakers
  • Offline mode or caching for downloaded content
  • Customizable scenes and soundscapes
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  • Shortcut integration for quick access

imgoing2

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Pocket Bard

Subscriptions2
  • Pocket Bard Open Worlds14 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Pocket Bard Open Worlds Yearly14 Days trial$49.991 Year
None

imgoing2

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pocket Bard free?
Pocket Bard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is imgoing2 free?
imgoing2 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pocket Bard or imgoing2?
imgoing2 is rated higher. Pocket Bard averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.6K ratings, while imgoing2 averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Pocket Bard or imgoing2 have ads?
Neither Pocket Bard nor imgoing2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pocket Bard or imgoing2?
Pocket Bard ships an update every 4 weeks, and imgoing2 every 2 days. Most recently, Pocket Bard was updated on October 15, 2026 and imgoing2 on October 1, 2026.

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