Strathmore vs PhishTD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Strathmore
Experience location-aware music compositions mapped to a specific campus. Users must be on-site with headphones to play the music, which unfolds as they explore.
- Location-aware music compositions
- Campus-specific mapping
- Geo-tagged musical works
- Interactive exploration
- Headphone-required experience
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Strathmore: Sonic Trails is a collection of Location Aware Music compositions mapped for the campus in North Bethesda, Maryland. In order to experience the works within you must be on the Strathmore campus and a pair of headphones is required. The first geo-tagged composition is “The Imagined Forest” from composer Grace-Evangeline Mason. Due to the amount of music contained within the experience we recommend downloading this app before you arrive. When you arrive at Strathmore • Open the app • Put on headphones • Press play Begin exploring the park and the music will unfold depending on your chosen path.
PhishTD
Stay connected to the current tour with real-time setlist data, song statistics, and tour trends. Get instant insights after each show and receive notifications for updates. This app is your reliable companion for following live music events.
- Real-time setlist updates
- Song statistics (longest songs, gaps)
- Tour debut and repeat tracking
- Automatic tour transitions
- Push notifications for new data
- Clean, focused layout
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Phish Tour Dashboard is built for fans who want to stay closely connected to the current Phish tour. Instead of focusing on deep historical setlist archives, PhishTD offers a simple, one-page view of what’s happening on the road right now. Whether you’re on tour, couch touring, or listening to the boards night after night, PhishTD serves as a reliable tour companion—providing clear, data-driven insight after every show. After each show, the app surfaces the latest setlist, longest songs, song gaps, tour debuts, repeats, and overall tour trends, all presented in a clean, focused layout designed for quick understanding. PhishTD updates automatically after each night of tour and seamlessly transitions when a new tour begins, keeping everything current without requiring any action from you. You can also opt in to receive iOS notifications when new show data is added, so you’re always up to date as the tour unfolds. Setlist and tour data are provided with thanks to the teams behind Phish.net and Phish.in, whose work makes accurate, up-to-date tour information possible.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PhishTD at 100% against Strathmore's 0%. PhishTD also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). Strathmore's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
PhishTD holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PhishTD has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Strathmore's written reviews are positive against 100% of PhishTD's.
Strathmore ships an update every 10 days, PhishTD every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Strathmore | PhishTD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 630 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BLUEBRAIN | Dylan Suhr |
Customer experience
Strathmore
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In-app purchases
Strathmore
No in-app purchases
PhishTD
No in-app purchases
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