Arcade Fire vs Show Primer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Arcade Fire
Access exclusive content and get early access to concert tickets. This app provides a direct connection to artists for fans.
- Exclusive content
- Early ticket access
- Direct fan connection
- Artist updates
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Download for exclusive content, early access to tickets, and more.
Show Primer
Create an Apple Music playlist based on an artist's recent setlists. Learn every song before a concert by discovering what they've been playing on tour and easily adding them to your music library.
- Create Apple Music playlists
- View artist setlists
- Learn songs before concerts
- Discover expected and rare tracks
- One-tap playlist creation
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Get ready for the show! Show Primer builds you an Apple Music playlist from a band's recent setlists — so you can learn every song before the show. Here's how it works: 1. Search for the artist you're going to see 2. Show Primer pulls their latest setlists and figures out what they've been playing on tour 3. Pick your songs — or just grab them all 4. One tap creates an Apple Music playlist, ready to play on repeat until showtime Songs played at every show? They're in there. Deep cuts that only come out once in a while? Those too. You'll know which songs to expect, which ones to hope for, and — most importantly — you'll know all the words. Stop scrambling to Shazam songs at the venue. Start showing up prepared!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Show Primer at none against Arcade Fire's shown. Show Primer also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (100% vs 86%). Arcade Fire's advantage is ratings volume (20 vs 4) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Show Primer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Arcade Fire has 20 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Arcade Fire's written reviews are positive against 100% of Show Primer's.
| Parameter | Arcade Fire | Show Primer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (20 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 days |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Arcade Fire Music, LLC | Joshua Larson |
Customer experience
Arcade Fire
Show Primer
In-app purchases
Arcade Fire
No in-app purchases
Show Primer
No in-app purchases
