Encore vs hapjam
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.
hapjam
Discover live music happening near you, from bars and breweries to patios and wineries. See who's playing now and tonight, filter by vibe, and get real-time updates on schedules and set times.
- Real-time venue schedules
- Discover local performers
- Filter venues by vibe
- Follow favorite bands/venues
- Customizable vibe searches
- Get venue set times and directions
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hapjam shows you live music happening right now, near you. Not arena tours — the everyday live music at the bars, breweries, patios, wineries, and restaurants around you. See who's on stage tonight, who's playing right now, how far it is, and when the music starts — all in one place, updated in real time. WHY HAPJAM • Live, not stale — real venue schedules updated continuously, so you never show up to a canceled show or last week's flyer. • Built around tonight — the feed leads with what's on now and coming up today near you, not a giant calendar to dig through. • Discover, don't search — find venues and performers you've never heard of, playing five minutes away. • Free for fans, always. WHAT YOU CAN DO • See what's playing live right now and tonight near you, sorted by distance. • Browse by area, or filter venues by vibe — on the water, breweries, outdoor, no cover. • Open any venue or performer for their full schedule, set times, and directions. • Follow your favorite bands and venues and get a heads-up when they're playing near you. • Ask for a vibe — "acoustic on a patio, no cover" — and get real picks from what's actually on tonight. FOR VENUES & PERFORMERS Own a venue or play out? Get listed free, claim your page, and put your live schedule in front of people the moment they're deciding where to go tonight. Live music happening right now, near you. Open hapjam and go.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Encore at every 6 days against hapjam's every 3 weeks. Encore also leads on ratings volume (36 vs 4). 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 Encore against 5.0 for hapjam. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Encore has 36 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Encore ships an update every 6 days, hapjam every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Encore | hapjam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (36 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 36 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Encore Live, Inc. | hapjam |
Customer experience
Encore
hapjam
In-app purchases
Encore
No in-app purchases
hapjam
No in-app purchases
