Comparison

Edfringe vs Quadrate

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

Head to head
About

Edfringe

Discover and book tickets for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Find shows, view details, and manage your schedule. Get real-time notifications and personalized recommendations for performances happening near you.

Highlights
  • Search and discover Fringe shows
  • View show details, maps, and venue info
  • Book and access e-tickets
  • Receive start time notifications
  • Find nearby shows starting soon
  • Save favorites and manage planner
  • Get random show suggestions
Features
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The official app for Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026. Find Fringe shows using search. View show details, maps and venue information. Book and access e-tickets in the app. Be notified when your shows are about to start. ‘Nearby now’ helps you find shows near your location that are starting soon. Use ‘My planner’ to save your favourites and access your tickets. Feeling lucky? Shake your phone for a random show suggestion. Unleash your Fringe!

About

Quadrate

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Quadrate is one home for everything you watch, read and listen to — films, TV, books and music, together at last. Most apps make you pick one. Keep your films in one place, your books in another, your albums somewhere else, and never see the whole picture. Quadrate is the whole picture. LOG IT, RATE IT, SAY WHAT YOU THOUGHT Rate anything in half-stars and write a review worth keeping. Mark what you own, and be honest about what you didn't finish. RATE AT THE LEVEL YOU ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT Give a series one rating, or go season by season, or rate it episode by episode — whatever suits the show. Same with music: rate the album, or the songs on it. Pick your favourites and award your own gold, silver and bronze. PEOPLE, NOT ALGORITHMS Follow friends and see what they're watching and reading. React to their reviews, leave a comment, reply to a thread. Share any review as a link that unfurls properly wherever you paste it. LISTS, WATCHLISTS AND TAGS Build lists across every kind of media — keep them private, share them with friends, or publish them for everyone. Keep a watchlist for each medium, and tag things in your own words so you can find them again. YOUR YEAR IN NUMBERS See how much you've actually watched and read, a monthly calendar of everything you logged, your favourite directors, actors, authors and artists, your streaks and your rhythms — and how your ratings compare to everyone else's. A WEEKLY CHALLENGE Rank a curated set of titles against everyone else's picks. New one every week. BRING YOUR HISTORY WITH YOU Import from Letterboxd, IMDb, Goodreads, Apple Music and Spotify, so you start with your years of history rather than an empty shelf. Quadrate is made by one person, and every part of it comes from actually using it. If something's missing, tell us — that's how most of this got built.

Screenshots

Edfringe4 screens
Quadrate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Quadrate at every 4 days against Edfringe's every 2 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Edfringe ships an update every 2 weeks, Quadrate every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Edfringe versus Quadrate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEdfringeQuadrate
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (24 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews9.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings24 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB55 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperEquilibrium Interactive Pty LtdLiam Darrington

Bugs and requests

Edfringe

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Tickets disappearing from planner
  • Apple Pay not working
  • Inconsistent behavior across devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add show times to main list
  • Allow offline access to tickets
  • Improve venue mapping and directions
  • Integrate with calendars and planners

Quadrate

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Edfringe

No in-app purchases

None

Quadrate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Edfringe free?
Edfringe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Quadrate free?
Quadrate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Edfringe or Quadrate have ads?
Neither Edfringe nor Quadrate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Edfringe or Quadrate?
Edfringe ships an update every 2 weeks, and Quadrate every 4 days. Most recently, Edfringe was updated on October 4, 2026 and Quadrate on October 9, 2026.

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