Giigs vs The Beat Drop App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Giigs
Connect with local musicians for instant booking or post gig opportunities. Discover talent, listen to samples, and manage bookings seamlessly. Ideal for venues, event planners, and anyone seeking live music.
- Instant musician booking
- Smart discovery with genre filtering
- Listen to music samples
- Real user reviews
- Seamless messaging
- Professional musician profiles
- Flexible booking options
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Giigs. Discover Live Music & Book Musicians Giigs is two things in one app: the fastest way to find live music happening near you right now, and the industry's first direct-booking marketplace for hiring musicians. Discover the night's lineup across your city, then book talent for your own event - all in a few taps. Discover Live Music Near You Open the map and see what's playing tonight. Giigs pulls together live shows from venues across the city into one real-time feed so you never miss a set. • Live Now - see the shows happening this very moment • Tonight, Tomorrow & This Weekend. plan your nights out • Map-first discovery - browse gigs by neighborhood and distance • Filter by genre, vibe, price & distance - find exactly your scene • Venue perks — unlock deals and offers at participating spots • Save shows. keep track of the gigs you don't want to miss Now live in New Orleans and rolling out city by city. Book Musicians Directly Need live music for your own event? Skip the waiting and applications. • Browse musician profiles with audio samples, photos, video, and ratings • Book directly from a profile for instant confirmation • Search and filter by genre, location, and rating • Or post your event and let musicians apply to you For Musicians Turn your profile into a booking engine. • Showcase your sound with music samples, photos, and video • Build Artist Asset Packs - comprehensive media packages and promotional materials for a standout profile • Set your rates, genres, and availability • Get booked directly, and grow your reputation through real client reviews For Venues • Reach new fans by getting your live shows in front of every nearby listener • Google Calendar Sync (Beta) - connect your calendar to automatically surface availability and manage bookings • Offer perks to drive foot traffic How It Works 1. Discover live shows near you, or browse musician profiles 2. Book directly for instant confirmation (or post your event) 3. Message to finalize the details 4. Rate your experience to build community trust Giigs isn't just another booking app, it's a thriving ecosystem connecting fans, musicians, and venues around live music. Whether you're chasing tonight's best set, planning a wedding or corporate event, or running a venue, Giigs puts live music a tap away. Ready to find your next show or book the perfect act? Join the community bringing unforgettable live music experiences to life. Terms of Use: https://giigsapp.com/termsofservice
The Beat Drop App
Discover local live music events happening near you with a map-based interface. See who's playing, where, and when, and connect with other attendees through live chat rooms. Artists and promoters can easily post their own events to reach local fans.
- Live music map discovery
- Event details (who, where, when)
- Save and share events
- Live chat rooms for events
- Artist and promoter event posting
- Personalized event recommendations
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The Beat Drop is the easiest way to find local live music in your city. Open the map. Every dot is a show happening near you. Tap one to see who is playing, where, when, and who else is going. Save it, share it, or buy a ticket if the venue has one. For fans See every live show in your area on the map. Get a daily story rail picked for your taste. Save events to your profile and share them with friends. Connect Spotify to pin your favorite tracks to your profile. Join The Pit, a live chat for everyone in the room with you during the show. For artists and promoters Post your own event in under a minute with a poster, location, and link. Reach people who actually live nearby and like your sound. See who is going before doors open. Get a profile that lives on the map so fans can find you between shows. The Pit Every event has its own live chat room. Open it before the show to find friends, during the show to share what you are seeing, and after to keep the night going. The room closes a few hours after the venue closes so the moment stays the moment. Two cities at launch The Beat Drop is live in Atlanta and Denver. More cities are coming. If you are outside our cities, you can still post events and we will route them to whoever is closest. Built for the underground We started this app because the best shows in a city are almost never the ones at the top of search results. The Beat Drop puts small rooms, house shows, late sets, and the artists you have not heard yet at the same level as the big venues. Your taste, your city, in real time. Sign in with Apple, Google, or email. Your data is yours.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Beat Drop App at none against Giigs's 10. Giigs's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Giigs sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. The Beat Drop App asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Giigs against 5.0 for The Beat Drop App. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Giigs has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Giigs | The Beat Drop App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 129 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | BCB Labs L.L.C | Ashten Barber |
Customer experience
Giigs
The Beat Drop App
In-app purchases
Giigs
- Pro$4.991 Month
- Purple Plan$9.991 Month
- Premier$9.991 Month
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- Giigs Silver$24.991 Month
- Gold$39.991 Month
- Small App Token Pack$2.99
- Small Post token pack$2.99
- Large Application Token Pack$4.99
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- Large Post Token Pack$4.99
- Add A Venue profile$8.99
The Beat Drop App
No in-app purchases








