TheDeadly vs Hear Weir Here
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TheDeadly
Access and stream thousands of live concert recordings from the Internet Archive. Organize your favorite shows, explore curated collections, and enjoy background playback with lock screen and CarPlay controls.
- Stream live concert recordings
- Browse by year, venue, date
- Personal music library
- Curated collections
- Background audio playback
- CarPlay support
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TheDeadly is a modern streaming client for the Internet Archive's vast collection of live concert recordings. Stream thousands of shows — free, with no ads or subscriptions. FEATURES • Browse shows by year, venue, or date • Stream directly from the Internet Archive • Build your personal library of favorite shows • Explore curated collections of guest artists and acoustic sets • Background audio playback • Lock screen and Control Center controls • CarPlay support BUILT FOR LIVE MUSIC FANS This app exists to make listening to live recordings as easy as possible. No money is made from streaming. The app is completely open source — anyone can inspect the code or contribute. All recordings are streamed directly from the Internet Archive, a non-profit digital library. Recording availability is determined by the Archive and applicable rights holders.
Hear Weir Here
Stream any Bob Weir performance, from early Grateful Dead concerts to recent Dead & Company shows, all sourced from Archive.org. The app offers an intuitive interface for searching and playing music.
- Stream Bob Weir performances
- Access Grateful Dead shows
- Search by date
- Intuitive interface
- Sourced from Archive.org
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A few years back I bought a Grateful Dead Time Machine, an Arduino music player that streams GD shows available on Archive.org. My only complaint about it was that I couldn't take it with me when I was out of the house. So after Bob Weir passed earlier this year, I decided to take matters into my own hands and build one on my own. This player will stream any Bob Weir show, from the earliest Grateful Dead shows to his last Dead & Co, run, if it is available on Archive.org. The use of the app is meant to be intuitive as the GDTM: Dial in a date, click on search. If you get confused, listen to the music play!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: TheDeadly at every 6 days against Hear Weir Here's every 3 weeks. TheDeadly also leads on ratings volume (14 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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 TheDeadly against 5.0 for Hear Weir Here. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TheDeadly has 14 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
TheDeadly ships an update every 6 days, Hear Weir Here every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.
| Parameter | TheDeadly | Hear Weir Here |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Damian Silbergleith | Charles Sona |
In-app purchases
TheDeadly
No in-app purchases
Hear Weir Here
No in-app purchases
