Encore vs HearHear
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Encore
This app allows music fans to track and rate every concert they've attended, building a personal concert history with photos and videos. Users can discover top-rated shows, connect with other music lovers, and share their live music experiences.
- Rate concerts on a 0-10 scale
- Build concert history with photos/videos
- Track concert statistics
- Share concert memories on social media
- Connect with other music fans
- Discover top-rated concerts
- Add concerts to wishlist
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The ultimate concert tracker and live music diary for real music fans. Encore is the social rating platform for live music. Rate every concert you attend, build your show archive with setlists and photos, and discover top-rated live performances through your friends. Whether you're tracking your 5th local gig or your 100th festival, Encore helps you remember every set, venue, and memory. WHY CONCERT LOVERS USE ENCORE RATE & TRACK EVERY SHOW • Score concerts on a detailed 0–10 rating scale • Build your complete concert history with setlists, photos, and videos • Track your live music stats: total shows, top artists, venues, and states visited • Add personal notes, ticket stubs, and favorite songs from every set SHARE & RELIVE MEMORIES • Share customized concert cards directly to Instagram, Messages, and socials • Tag friends you went to shows with • Keep a clean, visual timeline of every live music experience DISCOVER & CONNECT • Follow friends to see what shows they're attending and how they rate them • Browse top-ranked concerts by state, venue, and genre • Check upcoming tour dates via Ticketmaster & auto-sync setlists via Setlist.fm • Search thousands of artists with native Spotify integration COMPLETELY FREE & COMMUNITY-FIRST • No aggressive paywalls or locked memory limits • Clean, dark-mode visual interface built for music enthusiasts • Privacy controls to keep your concert diary public or private Download Encore today and never forget a live show again.
HearHear
Log every concert you attend, from major festivals to intimate shows. Capture memories with photos and notes, and see live music through your friends' experiences. Discover upcoming shows and build a personal history of your live music journey.
- Log every concert attended
- Tag friends you went with
- Add notes, photos, and videos
- Discover upcoming shows
- Build a live music profile
- Follow trusted music sources
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HearHear is a diary for every concert you've ever been to, and a way to see live music through your friends. Log the show. Tag who you went with. Capture the moments you'll want to remember in ten years. And see who else was in the room. LOG EVERY SHOW Find any show by artist, venue, or date and add it in a few taps. Openers, festival days, the DIY basement show nobody else remembers. BRING YOUR CONCERT BUDS Tag the friends you went with. Follow friends, writers, and photographers whose taste you trust, and see what they're logging. KEEP YOUR MEMORIES Add notes, photos, videos, merch, posters, and more. SEE WHAT'S NEXT Mark the shows you're going to or have your eye on. Local scene experts point you to what's worth leaving the house for. YOUR LIFE IN LIVE MUSIC Every show you log adds to your profile, all the way back to your first concert ever. HearHear is built independently in New York by fans who still show up for the openers. Hear hear! Terms: https://hearhear.fm/terms Privacy: https://hearhear.fm/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Encore at 37 against HearHear's 7. Encore also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.6). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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 Encore against 5.0 for HearHear. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Encore has 37 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Encore ships an update every 6 days, HearHear every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Encore | HearHear |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (37 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 37 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Encore Live, Inc. | Encore Concerts, Inc. |
Customer experience
Encore
HearHear
In-app purchases
Encore
No in-app purchases
HearHear
No in-app purchases









