Bop vs Heady Set
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bop
Share your daily song and discover what friends are listening to. Build a social network around music, join taste-driven groups, and preview tracks instantly. Save your favorites and connect through shared musical tastes.
- Share daily song posts
- Discover friend's music
- Join taste-driven groups
- Instant track previews
- Save favorite songs
- Cross-platform compatibility
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One song a day unlocks your world. Share the soundtrack to your day, discover what your friends are loving, and build a social network powered by music. - Share your daily Bop: Post one song every day to unlock your feed. Keep it authentic with album art and optional photos, then add a short caption to set the vibe. - Discover better music: Your feed opens to friends’ Songs of the Day with instant previews. Find hidden gems faster with a Trending view powered by the community. - Talk in taste-driven groups: Create group chats around genres, moods, or moments. Drop songs right into the conversation, react, and keep the music flowing together. - Preview instantly, play anywhere: Seamless 30‑second previews in-app. Jump to full tracks on Spotify or Apple Music with a tap. - Save what hits: Like to favorite and build your personal Library of Bops you’ll come back to. - Celebrate the moment: Comment, react, and share—because the best discoveries are the ones you pass on. Why Bop? - Better Music: A feed that only moves when you do—one honest pick a day makes discovery meaningful. - A real social network: Music-first connections, deeper conversations, and communities built around shared taste. - Cross‑platform by design: Wherever you listen, Bop fits in. Some features may vary by region or streaming availability.
Heady Set
Track your concert experiences and share them with friends. Get personalized statistics about your favorite artists, songs, and venues. This app is free and ad-free, built for music lovers.
- Setlist tracking
- Show history
- Friend sharing
- Personalized stats
- Artist tracking
- Song tracking
- Venue tracking
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Heady Set is the setlist tracker built for the jam band and live music community. Log every show you attend, keep a running history of the songs and venues you've experienced, and unlock personalized stats about the artists you love — Grateful Dead, Phish, Billy Strings, or whoever's on your tour list this year! TRACK YOUR SHOWS Build a complete log of every concert you've been to - venue, date, setlist, and who you went with. Your show history becomes a permanent, personal archive of your live music journey. PERSONALIZED STATS See how many times you've seen your favorite songs live, which venues you frequent most, how your most-seen artists stack up against each other, and how your concert-going has evolved over time. SHARE WITH FRIENDS Compare notes with friends, see who was at the same shows as you, and relive tours together. FREE. NO ADS. NO CATCH. Heady Set is a passion project built by a fan, for fans. It's free today and will stay free and ad-free - always. No paywalls, just a tool for people who love music. Have a question, feature request, or bug to report? Reach out to me directly at aaron@headyset.net - I love hearing from users and will do my best to make your ideas come to life!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Heady Set at none against Bop's shown. Heady Set also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Bop's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (10 vs 1). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Bop against 5.0 for Heady Set. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bop has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Bop ships an update every 3 weeks, Heady Set every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bop | Heady Set |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bop App LLC | AARON THEODORE KY-RIESENBACH |
Customer experience
Bop
Heady Set
In-app purchases
Bop
No in-app purchases
Heady Set
No in-app purchases









