The Show History Intersection vs Castria
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Show History Intersection
This app tracks Phish shows attended by you and your friends, highlighting shared concert history and favorite songs. It then uses AI to generate a personalized dream concert setlist based on your collective experiences and preferences.
- Shared setlist calculation
- Tiered song breakdowns
- AI-generated Dream Shows
- Customizable show preferences
- Links to Phish.net shows
- Visual themes
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The Intersection shows you exactly what you and your friends have seen Phish play together — and turns that shared history into your perfect Dream Show. Enter any number of Phish.net usernames, and The Intersection instantly calculates which songs you've all seen live at the same show. See your most-seen songs, your rarest shared moments, and a full breakdown of every show you've overlapped on. Then let the AI loose. The Dream Show generator uses your real shared setlist history — with song tiers, jam chart entries, and placement tendencies — to build a two-set show that actually fits your group. Tune it with three dials (era mix, deep cuts, jam heaviness) and regenerate until it's perfect. Features: • Instant shared setlist calculation across any number of friends • Tiered song breakdowns: Staples, Frequents, Occasionals, and Bustouts • AI-generated Dream Shows built from your real history • Customizable era, bustout, and jam factor preferences • Direct links to every shared show on Phish.net • Four visual themes to match your vibe • No account required — just Phish.net usernames
Castria
This podcast app automatically removes ads, sponsor reads, and commercial breaks from episodes. It also offers AI-powered summaries, searchable transcripts, and chapter navigation for a seamless listening experience. Enjoy offline playback and cross-device syncing for free.
- Automatic ad skipping
- AI episode summaries
- Searchable transcripts
- Tap-to-jump topics
- Offline downloads
- Cross-device syncing
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Castria is the podcast app that skips the ads for you. Press play and the ads, sponsor reads, and commercial breaks skip themselves. No fast-forwarding, no guessing where the show comes back. Just the show. Premium subscriptions remove an app's own ads, but not the ones inside the episode. Castria skips those, and skipping ads on your phone is free. Around the skip is a full podcast player: playlists, offline downloads, AI summaries, searchable transcripts, and sync across your devices. TOP FEATURES • Ads skip themselves: on every episode, hands-free, from the moment you press play • You stay in control: see every ad Castria found and why, keep a sponsor you want to hear, or turn skipping off in one tap • AI episode summaries: see what an episode covers before you commit • Tap-to-jump topics: go straight to the part you came for • Searchable transcripts: read along, search any word, tap to jump to that moment • Offline downloads: ad-skipping still works with no signal, and each show can auto-download, keep the newest few, or delete after playing • Playlists: build your own, in any order you like • Bring your shows: import from another app with an OPML file, or preview a show before you follow it • Sleep timer, speed up to 5×, and trim silences • Resume on any device: iPhone, iPad, and the web on one account • See your time saved: the minutes and ads Castria has skipped for you, by day, week, and month For serious podcast listeners: the more you listen, the more time you get back. The core is free: ad-skipping, the full player, and the AI features. And Castria shows no ads of its own. CASTRIA PREMIUM (optional, with a free trial) • Faster ad-skip: ads are found on our servers before you download, so your phone does none of the work • CarPlay: a dedicated app with Listen Now, Up Next, Playlists, and Shows (iOS 26.4 or later) • Apple Watch: your queue and Now Playing on your wrist, with ads skipped • Smart playlists that fill themselves • 20 GB of cloud storage for your saved episodes FAIR TO CREATORS Castria plays the publisher's own episode file and skips the ad segments as you listen, the same as fast-forwarding by hand. We never modify or re-host the audio. Don't interrupt what you're doing just to fast-forward through an ad. Castria skips them for you. Castria Premium is an auto-renewing subscription, billed monthly or yearly to your Apple Account. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://castria.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Show History Intersection at none against Castria's 2. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Castria sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. The Show History Intersection asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for The Show History Intersection against 5.0 for Castria. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
| Parameter | The Show History Intersection | Castria |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adam Nash | Extroverted Developer, LLC |
Customer experience
The Show History Intersection
Castria
In-app purchases
The Show History Intersection
No in-app purchases
Castria
- Castria Premium Monthly1 Month trial$4.991 Month
- Castria Premium Yearly1 Month trial$44.991 Year
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