Comparison

Scarlet>Fire vs Hear Weir Here

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

Head to head
About

Scarlet>Fire

Access a vast archive of live Grateful Dead performances. Organize your favorite shows and songs, discover curated lists, and share your listening journey with friends. Enjoy seamless playback and explore the band's entire catalog.

Highlights
  • Stream every Grateful Dead show
  • Organize favorite shows and songs
  • Powerful sorting and filtering
  • Discover curated lists and radio mode
  • Track listening history
  • Share shows and collections
  • Seamless gapless playback
Features
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Stream Every Grateful Dead Show Ever Recorded Dive into 30 years of live Grateful Dead performances. Every show. Every venue — right in your pocket. EXPLORE THE ARCHIVE - Browse: Listen to thousands of shows from the Internet Archive, organized and ready to stream. Explore top-rated shows and discover the best individual song performances across the entire catalog. - Curate: Playlists and Shows Collections let you organize and save your favorite songs and shows - Powerful sorting & filtering: Find exactly what you're looking for with powerful filters for year, era, or official release series (i.e. Dave's Picks), or sort by popularity or date. - Explore each song: See every performance of a song in one place, go through them in chronological order, or sort by rating to find the very best versions. TRACK & SHARE YOUR JOURNEY - Your library: Save your favorite shows and songs to your library - Play counts: See your play counts and listening history for individual shows and song performances - Share: Send your friends shows, songs, collections, and playlist via text message, link, and more - Public profiles: Let your friends see your recent listens, top 10 lists, and saved shows/songs. Follow them back to see what they're into. - Activity feed: See what your friends are listening to, saving, and creating DISCOVER - Show of the day: A fresh classic to explore daily - Classic shows: A curated list of legendary performances - Radio mode: An endless stream of top-rated performances, handpicked from across the band's entire catalog. Just press play and let the Dead take the wheel. - Shuffle mode: Shuffle play your saved songs and shows. - Popular collections & playlists: View the most saved Show Collections and Playlists from across the community BUILT FOR LISTENING - Gapless playback for seamless song transitions - Choose your favorite archive source - Background video visualizers - No account required, only sign in if you want to back up your favorites to the cloud or use social features Whether you're a longtime Deadhead or just discovering the magic, this is your gateway to the greatest band in history.

About

Hear Weir Here

Features
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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!

Screenshots

Scarlet>Fire4 screens
Hear Weir Here3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Scarlet>Fire at 17 against Hear Weir Here's 1. Scarlet>Fire also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.6). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Scarlet>Fire against 5.0 for Hear Weir Here. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scarlet>Fire has 17 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scarlet>Fire ships an update weekly, Hear Weir Here every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Scarlet>Fire versus Hear Weir Here: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScarlet>FireHear Weir Here
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (17 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings17 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB1 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperJESSE JOHNSTON BISIGNANOCharles Sona

In-app purchases

None

Scarlet>Fire

No in-app purchases

None

Hear Weir Here

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Scarlet>Fire free?
Scarlet>Fire is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hear Weir Here free?
Hear Weir Here is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Scarlet>Fire or Hear Weir Here?
Hear Weir Here is rated higher. Scarlet>Fire averages 4.9 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while Hear Weir Here averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Scarlet>Fire or Hear Weir Here have ads?
Neither Scarlet>Fire nor Hear Weir Here shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Scarlet>Fire or Hear Weir Here?
Scarlet>Fire ships an update weekly, and Hear Weir Here every 3 weeks. Most recently, Scarlet>Fire was updated on October 24, 2026 and Hear Weir Here on October 24, 2026.

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