Comparison

Spark Arena vs Liner.

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

Head to head
About

Spark Arena

Features
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Spark Arena is a world-class multipurpose 13,000+ capacity venue in the heart of Auckland’s city centre, hosting the biggest names in the world of entertainment & sports since 2007. The Spark Arena App is your one-stop-shop to organise your show experiences from purchase of tickets to event night, so you canΒ make the most out of your visit. Through the app, you can retrieve your tickets for events, stay in the loop on the latest announces and news, save your favourite upcoming shows and keep updated with what's coming up in the calendar. Also, you'll have access to all event information around getting to the venue, cloaking, food & drinks, sustainability, accessibility and accommodation all in one place. Plus, keep an eye out for exclusive event offers on show days - only available to app users!

About

Liner.

This app helps music lovers archive their concert experiences and album listening history. Log gigs with setlists and media, rate albums with detailed liner notes, and discover new shows based on your past attendance. Track your music taste evolution with personalized stats and shareable year-end reviews.

Highlights
  • Log gigs with setlists, photos, and videos
  • Rate and review albums with liner notes
  • Discover upcoming gigs from artists you like
  • Track lifetime music stats and earn badges
  • Build and share ranked music lists
  • Follow favorite venues and see community ratings
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Your life, on the record. Log the gigs. Review the records. Save what you're still chasing. Tell your friends what's worth it. Letterboxd changed how film lovers track films. Goodreads did the same for readers. Music β€” the gigs, the albums, the festivals that define you β€” never had its home. Gig memories scatter across camera rolls and fading ticket stubs. Album opinions vanish into group chats. Your taste lives everywhere and nowhere. Now it has an archive. BRING IN YOUR PAST Bring in the gigs you filmed. When you ask, Liner. checks the date and place of the videos in your camera roll and lines up the gigs, ready to add. Your photos and videos stay on your phone. Got a festival lineup or a tour poster? Choose a photo or screenshot and Liner. reads the acts, days and venues for you. Already keep your gigs on setlist.fm? Import them in one go, setlists included. GIGS & FESTIVALS Log every gig with real, accurate setlists. Attach photos and videos, then relive them in a full-screen reels view. Share ticket-stub cards worth posting. Your gig history, preserved exactly as it happened β€” including multi-day festivals. ALBUMS Rate and review albums, pick standout tracks, and dig into full credits with Liner Notes β€” who played what, who produced it. Save albums to your Listen Next queue. Build ranked and tier lists β€” your best of the year, your desert-island records, your guilty pleasures β€” and publish them for others to see. VENUES Follow your favourite venues. Rate them on sound, sightlines, and more β€” and see what the community thinks before you buy a ticket. DISCOVER Gig Radar surfaces upcoming gigs from artists you've actually seen live. Keep a bucket list of the artists you're still chasing, and watch each one tick off once you've been. SOCIAL See which friends are going to upcoming gigs before you commit. Find out who else was at the same gig, years later. Compare your rating against a friend's, side by side. Build a public profile that reflects your real taste β€” your gigs, your ratings, your lists. YOUR MUSIC, IN NUMBERS Everything you log adds up. Earn badges for the milestones along the way. See your lifetime stats β€” every gig, every album, every artist you've ever tracked. Watch your taste evolve, and explore breakdowns by genre, venue and era. Every December it comes together in a shareable Year in Review of the artists, gigs and albums that defined your year. Your life, on the record. Start your archive.

Screenshots

Spark Arena4 screens
Liner.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Liner. at every 9 days against Spark Arena's every 3 months. Liner. also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spark Arena ships an update every 3 months, Liner. every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 6 level
Spark Arena versus Liner.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpark ArenaLiner.
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviewsβ€”100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 9 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetizationβ€”Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” better
Requires iOS16.615.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size169 MB29 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperSpark ArenaSamuel McMillan

In-app purchases

None

Spark Arena

No in-app purchases

None

Liner.

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Spark Arena free?
Spark Arena is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Liner. free?
Liner. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Spark Arena or Liner. have ads?
Neither Spark Arena nor Liner. shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Spark Arena or Liner.?
Spark Arena ships an update every 3 months, and Liner. every 9 days. Most recently, Spark Arena was updated on October 24, 2026 and Liner. on October 24, 2026.

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