NearHear vs HiddenTrack

NearHear is a music event calendar, designed for discovery and exploration. With seamless Spotify integration, you can easily explore unfamiliar artists while filtering by genre and venue to find your next favorite show. Why NearHear? - Playlists with a Purpose: Build your own playlists or follow ours—all featuring artists with upcoming shows. - Upcoming Shows: Every artist featured on NearHear has an upcoming live performance. - Smart Filters: Narrow down events by date, venue, and genre to find exactly what you're looking for. - Listen Before You Go: Browse upcoming shows by ear and get a feel for the artists you'll see live. - Add Your Events: Add your own shows to the calendar to share them with the NearHear community. - Venues of All Sizes: From parks and dive bars to arenas, discover shows at venues big and small. - Free and Ad-Free: Enjoy all these features without any cost or interruptions. - Spotify Integration: Link your account for to see shows for artists you already love. Deep dive into your local scene and discover more shows with NearHear.

HiddenTrack is a small, slow app for the people who still care what's on the B-side. Curated crates of handpicked vinyl — themed, rotating, made with intention. Swipe through cards like you're flipping through a bin. Preview tracks instantly. Save the ones that speak to you. Share the ones you can't keep to yourself. THE EXPERIENCE • Swipe right to keep, left to pass, up to listen • 30-second previews built in — no Spotify or Apple Music needed • Buy links to Bandcamp, Discogs, eBay, and Amazon — support artists directly when you can • Save records to your personal collection • Build your own crates and publish them to the community WHY HIDDENTRACK • No algorithm — every crate is hand-picked by real people • No account needed — your collection is yours • No ads, no noise, no upsells • A mobile-first experience designed for taste, not scale WHO IT'S FOR • Vinyl collectors looking for their next pickup • Crate diggers who miss flipping through bins • Music heads who want to share what they're loving • Anyone tired of "recommended for you" feeds WHAT YOU CAN DO • Browse today's editorial crates — fresh themes, refreshed regularly • Build a personal crate from records you save • Make it public — your friends see a beautiful web page with previews and buy links • Discover crates from other heads in the community feed • Follow the discovery — what's playing, what's new, what's making people stop A hidden track is the song nobody told you about. The reward for staying through the credits. The good stuff for the people who pay attention. This is for them.