Comparison

Hear Weir Here vs Dead Sets

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

Head to head
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!

About

Dead Sets

Features
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Every Grateful Dead setlist. And now, the music. Dead Sets is the fastest way to dive into the Dead's live catalog: 1,600+ shows from 1972 to 1995, every setlist searchable by song, venue, city, or year โ€” entirely offline, no account, no ads. LISTEN โ€” Almost every show links to its recordings in the archive.org Grateful Dead collection. Dead Sets auto-picks the best-rated soundboard and streams it right on the setlist page โ€” or flip between every tape of the night, soundboards, audience recordings, and matrixes, even mid-song. The mini-player follows you through the app, and playback continues with the screen locked. SEARCH โ€” Type "Scarlet Begonias" and see every performance. Filter by year, state, or country. Tap any song in a setlist to trace it across two decades. TODAY IN DEAD HISTORY โ€” What did the band play on this date in '77? In '89? One tab, every year. SAVED โ€” Heart your favorite shows, and mark the ones you attended with a ticket stub. Your whole trip, tallied, stored only on your device. CHAT WITH A DEAD HEAD (subscription) โ€” A virtual dead head who's seen 300+ shows and followed the whole Europe '72 tour. Ask him anything โ€” "best Dark Star of '73?", "what happened today in Dead history?" โ€” and tap the shows he mentions to jump right to them. $1.99/month after a 7-day free trial, 30 messages a day, cancel anytime. Setlist data from the Grateful Dead Setlist Archive (cs.cmu.edu), cross-checked against archive.org and setlist.fm, with hundreds of hand-restored corrections. Recordings stream from the archive.org Grateful Dead collection, where the band has long blessed fan recordings. Not affiliated with Grateful Dead Productions. Just built by someone who gets it. Terms of Use: https://bowtiedjungle.dev/terms Privacy Policy: https://bowtiedjungle.dev/privacy

Screenshots

Hear Weir Here3 screens
Dead Sets4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hear Weir Here at none against Dead Sets's 1. Dead Sets's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Dead Sets sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Hear Weir Here asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hear Weir Here ships an update every 3 weeks, Dead Sets every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Hear Weir Here versus Dead Sets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHear Weir HereDead Sets
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS18.615.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size1 MB13 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperCharles SonaMatt Selph

In-app purchases

None

Hear Weir Here

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Dead Sets

Subscriptions1
  • Dead Sets7 Days trial$1.991 Month

Questions

Is Hear Weir Here free?
Hear Weir Here is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dead Sets free?
Dead Sets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Hear Weir Here or Dead Sets have ads?
Neither Hear Weir Here nor Dead Sets shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hear Weir Here or Dead Sets?
Hear Weir Here ships an update every 3 weeks, and Dead Sets every 2 days. Most recently, Hear Weir Here was updated on September 14, 2026 and Dead Sets on September 15, 2026.

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