Bandcamp vs 4' 33"
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bandcamp
Discover and purchase music directly from artists worldwide. Support creators by buying their merchandise and instantly access your purchased music, both online and offline.
- Explore global music catalog
- Direct artist support
- Purchase merchandise
- Wishlist albums and tracks
- Online and offline listening
- Connect with artists
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Bandcamp is an online record store and music community where passionate fans connect with and directly support the artists they love. The Bandcamp app lets fans explore a vast catalog of music by artists from every corner of the globe, allows them to directly support artists by buying their merch (and wishlisting albums & tracks for purchase at a later time), and lets them instantly listen to the music they've purchased, online or offline.
4' 33"
Experience and share a unique musical performance. Explore over 2,500 existing renditions of a conceptual piece. This app allows you to create and contribute your own silent performance.
- Create performances
- Share performances
- Listen to existing performances
- Explore 2,500+ renditions
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Create a performance of John Cage's 4' 33" and share the results with the world. Listen to the more than 2,500 performances that have already been created.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Bandcamp at Free against 4' 33"'s $0.99. Bandcamp also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 11 months) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). 4' 33"'s advantage is review sentiment (64% vs 51%) and device support (3 vs 1). On 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
Bandcamp is free to download; 4' 33" costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Bandcamp holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bandcamp has 38K ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 51% of Bandcamp's written reviews are positive against 64% of 4' 33"'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Bandcamp ships an update every 3 weeks, 4' 33" every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bandcamp | 4' 33" |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (38K ratings) — better | 4.5 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.7% of reviews | 64.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 38K — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #110 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bandcamp | Larson Associates |
Customer experience
Bandcamp
4' 33"
Bugs and requests
Bandcamp
Reported bugs
4 issues- Tracks randomly skipping or not playing
- App crashing after updates
- Purchases not syncing across devices
- Login issues and account problems
Requested features
5 requests- Dark mode option
- Playlist creation and management
- Improved artist/genre discovery
- Offline listening and caching
- Chromecast/AirPlay support
4' 33"
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bandcamp
No in-app purchases
4' 33"
No in-app purchases
