Comparison

Groupmuse vs Sidebop

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

Head to head
About

Groupmuse

Discover and attend intimate live music performances hosted in homes by professional musicians. The app simplifies finding local concerts and organizing your own house shows, bringing music back to its roots.

Highlights
  • Discover local house concerts
  • Organize your own concerts
  • Find professional musicians
  • Intimate live music experiences
  • Global concert listings
Features
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Groupmuse is bringing live music back where it began: the living room. We organize intimate house shows with professional musicians, in your neighborhood and around the world. Bring your own drinks, sit on the floor next to a stranger, and dig into timeless music. Our mobile app is the easiest way to find upcoming shows and arrange your own concerts.

About

Sidebop

Discover events in Los Angeles, from movies to live music and markets. Get personalized recommendations based on your preferences and save your favorites. The app helps you find activities tailored to your mood, timing, and location.

Highlights
  • Live event board
  • Personalized recommendations
  • Filter by mood, timing, neighborhood, price
  • Save favorite events
  • Local reminders
  • AI-powered event suggestions
Features
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LA has a lot going on. Find something you can actually get to. A show nearby. A movie across town. A happy hour after work. sidebop puts Los Angeles events on a map, so you can spend less time figuring out where to go and more time being there. START WHERE YOU ARE. OR WHERE YOU'LL BE. Choose a starting point, a travel mode and how much time you want to spend getting there. Your ring shows what's in range. Starting somewhere else? Search for a place or move your pin. SEE MORE OF YOUR CITY Explore LA takes you beyond your ring to browse across the city. Go back to your ring whenever you want. Filter by day and category, or tell sidebop what you're looking for using Voice. KNOW BEFORE YOU GO See the venue map, address, event time and available price and entry details. Open the source listing for more information or get directions when you're ready to head out. KEEP YOUR MAYBES Bookmark an event and find it again in Saved. See listed updates to your saved events and new listings from venues you follow. When an event has a ticket link, Check tickets opens its ticket page so you can see what's available. Browse without creating an account. Use your location if you want, or choose an address instead. Built for Los Angeles. For the little gap in your afternoon, the spontaneous detour and the night you haven't figured out yet.

Screenshots

Groupmuse4 screens
Sidebop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Groupmuse at 56% against Sidebop's 0%. Groupmuse also leads on rating (4.5 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (24 vs 1). Sidebop's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 3 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Groupmuse holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Groupmuse has 24 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Groupmuse's written reviews are positive against 0% of Sidebop's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Groupmuse ships an update every 3 months, Sidebop daily. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Groupmuse versus Sidebop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGroupmuseSidebop
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (24 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews55.6% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings24 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB54 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperGroupmuseKevin Showkat

Customer experience

Groupmuse

All ratings24 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative44.4%

Sidebop

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Groupmuse

No in-app purchases

None

Sidebop

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Groupmuse free?
Groupmuse is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sidebop free?
Sidebop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Groupmuse or Sidebop?
Groupmuse is rated higher. Groupmuse averages 4.5 out of 5 from 24 ratings, while Sidebop averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Groupmuse or Sidebop have ads?
Neither Groupmuse nor Sidebop shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Groupmuse or Sidebop?
Groupmuse ships an update every 3 months, and Sidebop daily. Most recently, Groupmuse was updated on October 4, 2026 and Sidebop on October 1, 2026.

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