RA Guide vs Primavera Sound
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RA Guide
Discover the world's best dancefloors and electronic music events, personalized to your tastes and location. Find your favorite artists, buy tickets instantly, and never miss a gig.
- Personalized event discovery
- Find DJs and electronic music events
- Buy tickets instantly
- Listings in 120+ countries
- Follow favorite artists and clubs
- Add artists from music library
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The world has thousands of good dancefloors. RA Guide helps you discover the great ones. Entirely personalised to your tastes and location, the RA Guide helps you find the world's best parties. The app ensures you never miss a show from your favourite artist and allows you to buy tickets in seconds with Apple Pay. RA Guide: The ultimate guide to DJs, clubs and events. - Personalised events discovery based on your favourite artists - Find the best DJs and electronic music events near you - Buy tickets to 1000s of selected events and download to Apple Wallet - Pay with Apple Pay, PayPal or debit/credit card - Listings in 120+ countries - Log in with your Apple Account or your RA account - Add your favourite DJs and artists from your iTunes and Apple Music library - Follow your favourite DJs, artists and clubs to get custom listings - Never miss a gig from your favourite artists
Primavera Sound
Access comprehensive details for music festivals and events. Plan your schedule, discover artists and set times, and receive real-time updates to enhance your festival experience.
- Festival information
- Artist and concert details
- Personalized schedule builder
- Minute-by-minute route planning
- Notification system
- Real-time news and updates
- Interactive maps
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Primavera Sound official application for mobile devices with information about the festivals and other events organised by Primavera Sound all year round. Choose the festival of your interest and find all the information about artists, concerts and schedules, create your own personalised minute-by-minute route and use the notification system to optimise your time and avoid missing any of your favourite bands. Find out before anyone else and at all moments all the news and any last-minute changes thanks to the “push” service. Stay tuned for surprises! Find the different areas on the maps. Available for download free in English, Spanish and Catalan.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: RA Guide at 52% against Primavera Sound's 6%. RA Guide also leads on rating (4.9 vs 2.4) and ratings volume (8.2K vs 40). Primavera Sound's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
RA Guide holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RA Guide has 8.2K ratings behind it against 40, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of RA Guide's written reviews are positive against 6% of Primavera Sound's.
RA Guide ships an update every 11 days, Primavera Sound every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RA Guide | Primavera Sound |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (8.2K ratings) — better | 2.4 (40 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 52.0% of reviews — better | 5.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8.2K — better | 40 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #62 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Resident Advisor | Primavera Sound, S.L. |
Customer experience
RA Guide
Primavera Sound
Bugs and requests
RA Guide
Reported bugs
5 issues- App Crashes
- Ticket Resale Issues
- Payment Integration Problems
- Verification Failures
- Inconsistent Functionality
Requested features
6 requests- Add Genre and Event Type Filters
- Save Recent Searches
- Allow Typing in Locations
- Integrate with Apple Wallet
- Add Artist Links and Sounds
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Primavera Sound
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
RA Guide
No in-app purchases
Primavera Sound
No in-app purchases
