Comparison

Shindig! Magazine vs Dead Sets

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

Head to head
About

Shindig! Magazine

Explore obscure TV, film, and music from the 60s and 70s. This app features in-depth articles and critiques from international experts on genres like psychedelia, garage rock, and soul. Access current and back issues, with subscription options available.

Highlights
  • Obscure TV and film coverage
  • Psychedelia, folk, rock, funk, and soul music articles
  • Expert international writer contributions
  • Critiques of 60s and 70s culture
  • Purchase current and back issues
  • Subscription options available
Features
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Shindig! is an eclectic cornucopia overflowing with obscure TV and film, psychedelia, folk, garage rock, folk rock, progressive rock, funk and soul. Contributions from its team of international expert writers ensure that new and intriguing tales about influential artists fill every issue. Shindig has established itself as a cutting edge forum and critique of the glories of 60s and 70s music, film and culture. ---------------------------------------------- This is a free app download. Within the app users can purchase the current issue and back issues. Subscriptions are also available within the application. A subscription will start from the latest regular issue at the time of purchase. -The subscription will renew automatically unless cancelled more than 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will be charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the current period, for the same duration and at the current subscription rate for the product. -You may turn off the auto-renewal of subscriptions through your Account Settings, however you are not able to cancel the current subscription during its active period. -Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when a subscription to that publication is purchased. -If a subscription offers a free trial, at the end of the trial period, you will be charged the full price of the subscription. You may cancel a subscription during its free trial period via the subscription settings on your iTunes account. This must be done 24 hours before the end of the subscription period to avoid being charged. Users can register for/ login to a pocketmags account in-app. This will protect their issues in the case of a lost device and allow browsing of purchases on multiple platforms. Existing pocketmags users can retrieve their purchases by logging into their account. We recommend loading the app for the first time in a wi-fi area so that all issue data is retrieved. If your app will not load past the splash page after a first install or an update, please delete and reinstall the app from the App Store Help and frequently asked questions can be accessed in-app and on pocketmags. If you have any problems at all please do not hesitate to contact us: help@pocketmags.com -------------------- You can find our privacy policy here: http://www.pocketmags.com/privacy.aspx You can find our terms and conditions here: http://www.pocketmags.com/terms.aspx

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 — entirely offline, no account, no ads. LISTEN — 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 — 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 — 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 — What did the band play on this date in '77? In '89? One tab, every year. SAVED — 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) — A virtual dead head who's seen 300+ shows and followed the whole Europe '72 tour. Ask him anything — "best Dark Star of '73?", "what happened today in Dead history?" — 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

Shindig! Magazine1 screens
Dead Sets4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Dead Sets at every 2 days against Shindig! Magazine's every 8 months. Shindig! Magazine's advantage is iOS requirement (11.2 vs 15.0). 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. Shindig! Magazine sells 37 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Dead Sets sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shindig! Magazine ships an update every 8 months, Dead Sets every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Shindig! Magazine versus Dead Sets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShindig! MagazineDead Sets
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (31 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings31 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.2 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size94 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJellyfish Connect LimitedMatt Selph

In-app purchases

37 purchases

Shindig! Magazine

Subscriptions3
  • Shindig!$4.991 Month
  • Shindig$14.993 Months
  • Shindig Auto-Renewable Subscription$39.991 Year
One-time34
  • Issue 40 (id:381390)$5.99
  • Issue 37 (id:381215)$5.99
  • Issue 53 (id:419597)$5.99
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  • Issue 54 (id:419599)$5.99
  • Issue 55 (id:419601)$5.99
  • Issue 56 (id:419603)$5.99
  • Issue 57 (id:419605)$5.99
  • Issue 58 (id:419607)$5.99
  • Issue 60 (id:419611)$5.99
  • Issue 62 (id:419657)$5.99
  • Issue 63 (id:435695)$5.99
  • NO 144 (id:715102)$5.99
  • NO 145 (id:715100)$5.99
  • NO 150 (pp:1017701)$5.99
  • Issue 50 (id:380907)$5.99
  • Issue 52 (id:371973)$5.99
  • Shindig! (pp:1115866)$5.99
  • Shindig! (pp:1115860)$5.99
  • Shindig! (pp:1115852)$5.99
  • Shindig! (pp:1115850)$5.99
  • NO 141 (id:715108)$5.99
  • Shindig! (pp:1115846)$5.99
  • NO 159 (pp:1017647)$5.99
  • NO 158 (pp:1017653)$5.99
  • NO 157 (pp:1017659)$5.99
  • Issue 68 (id:435705)$5.99
  • NO 156 (pp:1017665)$5.99
  • NO 155 (pp:1017671)$5.99
  • NO 154 (pp:1017677)$5.99
  • NO 153 (pp:1017683)$5.99
  • NO 151 (pp:1017695)$5.99
  • NO 152 (pp:1017689)$5.99
  • The Shindig! Gu... (id:798058)$6.99
  • Shindig! Compen... (id:806093)$7.99
1 purchases

Dead Sets

Subscriptions1
  • Dead Sets7 Days trial$1.991 Month

Questions

Is Shindig! Magazine free?
Shindig! Magazine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dead Sets free?
Dead Sets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Shindig! Magazine or Dead Sets have ads?
Neither Shindig! Magazine nor Dead Sets shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Shindig! Magazine or Dead Sets?
Shindig! Magazine ships an update every 8 months, and Dead Sets every 2 days. Most recently, Shindig! Magazine was updated on September 23, 2026 and Dead Sets on September 15, 2026.

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