Comparison

REQ vs Request

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

Head to head
About

REQ

Features
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REQ is a request management tool for DJs playing live. Instead of people shouting at the booth mid-mix, your crowd scans a QR code you display and sends a request from a web page. Nothing to install on their side, no account. It lands on your phone, and you handle it from one screen, in the two seconds you get between two mixes. WHAT A REQUEST LOOKS LIKE The track title, the artist when it was typed in, and the amount attached to it, read-only. If the person left a first name, you see it. If they already sent one tonight, the card tells you it is their second, or their third. They can also attach one short word, up to 140 characters. One word, not a conversation: there is no thread, no reply box on their side, and it is gone with the night. THREE BUTTONS Pass, and the request is closed. Accept, and the track drops into your "to play" queue right under the inbox. Or accept and charge nothing at all: the track still joins your queue, the authorization on the card is released, and the person is told you are covering it. Nothing enters your set without your yes. The amount is only authorized when the request is sent: accepting collects it, passing releases the authorization. That call is made on our servers, never inside the app. A countdown on each card shows how long you have left to decide. It turns red under five minutes. YOU ANSWER WITHOUT A KEYBOARD After you decide, a sheet opens with phrases you wrote at home, at your own pace. One tap sends one. Write "{prenom}" in a phrase and it is replaced by the person's first name — or it disappears cleanly if they did not leave one. You can also tap "no reply" and move on. Your answer appears within seconds on the page they kept open. That page is the only channel back to them, and it is the whole point: a no is no longer a silence. YOU STAY IN CONTROL OF WHAT YOU RECEIVE Anything the crowd writes goes through a term filter before it ever reaches you. If something gets through anyway, one tap reports it: the word leaves your inbox and does not come back. And a single switch in Settings turns the whole thing off — the field stops being offered to the crowd entirely. YOU DON'T MISS ONE A push notification hits your phone on every incoming request, with the track, the artist and the amount. The inbox also refreshes itself every 10 seconds and vibrates when something new lands. YOUR QR, READY FOR THE BOOTH A full-screen QR with a headline sized to be read from two metres away, in the dark, and a language switch for the room that does not change the language of your app. The link is copyable in one tap. The app also renders twelve ready-made visuals: three print formats and three social formats, each in French and in English. WHAT YOU KEEP TRACK OF A history of everything you decided on. And three figures on their own screen: today, this month, all time, shown net of the 20% REQ keeps on an accepted request. SET UP ONCE Sign in with your email and a one-time code. No password. Set your DJ name, your Instagram handle, and the minimum amount a request has to carry, between 3 and 200 euros. Payouts run through Stripe: the app opens Stripe's own pages in your browser. No banking form inside the app. Until payouts are active, the QR stays locked. You never spend a cent inside this app, and nothing is sold in it. Amounts are read-only, everywhere. Full English and French, picked up from your phone at first launch, switchable in Settings. REQ is in beta. Brought to you by VYBZ & DirtyLab.

About

Request

This app connects fans directly with artists, allowing fans to request songs and set a price. Artists can manage requests, set their own prices, and earn money for playing music. Fans are only charged if their requested song is played.

Highlights
  • Fans request songs
  • Artists set prices
  • Accept/decline requests
  • Earn money for playing
  • Withdraw earnings
  • Track requests live
  • Leaderboard
Features
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Request App lets fans request their favorite song to Artists !! For Artists: Set your price, share your QR code. Accept, Decline, or Counter requests. Earn money when you play. Withdraw to bank or e-wallet. For Fans: Pick a song, name your price. Track requests live and climb the leaderboard. Only charged if your song is played. No app download required for fans!

Screenshots

REQ4 screens
Request4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Request at weekly against REQ's every 2 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

REQ ships an update every 2 weeks, Request weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
REQ versus Request: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterREQRequest
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB70 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperErwan AndreRequesta LLC

In-app purchases

None

REQ

No in-app purchases

None

Request

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is REQ free?
REQ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Request free?
Request is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do REQ or Request have ads?
Neither REQ nor Request shows ads.
Which is updated more often, REQ or Request?
REQ ships an update every 2 weeks, and Request weekly. Most recently, REQ was updated on October 31, 2026 and Request on November 5, 2026.

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