Met Opera vs Dream Machine Experience
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Met Opera
Access rush ticket lotteries and purchase regular tickets for Metropolitan Opera performances. Discover productions, browse the calendar, and secure exclusive discounts. Digital tickets are delivered directly within the app.
- Enter rush ticket lotteries
- Purchase regularly priced tickets
- Access exclusive discounts
- Buy same-day or advance tickets
- Digital ticket delivery
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The official Metropolitan Opera app is the only way to access rush ticket lotteries for every Met performance. You can also purchase regularly priced tickets for any production at the Metropolitan Opera House in Lincoln Center, and gain access to exclusive discounts on select performances throughout the year. Don’t know which opera to see? Use the app to learn about every production this season, and peruse the performance calendar to see what’s on stage on a day that works for you. Features: • Enter rush ticket lotteries for your chance to purchase $25 tickets • Purchase regularly priced tickets instantly • Access exclusive discounts on select performances • Purchase same-day tickets, or book in advance • Digital tickets are delivered directly in the app, so you never have to worry about misplacing an email or a paper ticket.
Dream Machine Experience
An augmented reality music experience blending Afro-Futurism with inter-generational storytelling. Explore a world where community, growth, and healing are central to envisioning a better future.
- Augmented Reality experience
- Music-driven content
- Afro-Futurist themes
- Inter-generational storytelling
- Community gathering and healing focus
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THE DREAM MACHINE EXPERIENCE. A music-driven Augmented Reality experience by Nona Hendryx, rooted in Afro-Futurism where communities can identify, gather, grow, and heal. The Past and the Present for the Future. An ambitious synthesis of future-forward and inter-generational storytelling, THE DREAM MACHINE EXPERIENCE invites us to imagine another world is possible.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dream Machine Experience at 100% against Met Opera's 57%. Dream Machine Experience also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). Met Opera's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (3.8K vs 5). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Met Opera holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Met Opera has 3.8K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 57% of Met Opera's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dream Machine Experience's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Met Opera ships an update fortnightly, Dream Machine Experience weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and June 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Met Opera | Dream Machine Experience |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (3.8K ratings) — better | 4.2 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.8K — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #37 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 197 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc. | EYEJACK PTY LTD |
Customer experience
Met Opera
Dream Machine Experience
Bugs and requests
Met Opera
Reported bugs
3 issues- Seats available online not shown in the app
- Online ticket purchase not working
- App does not recognize member status
Requested features
2 requests- Alphabetical list of what's on for the season
- Allow login with ID number like website
Dream Machine Experience
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Met Opera
No in-app purchases
Dream Machine Experience
No in-app purchases
Questions
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