RA Guide vs Submerge
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
Submerge
Discover a world of underground music with curated radio stations featuring indie, electronic, hip-hop, and experimental genres. Enjoy seamless streaming on the go with Apple CarPlay and AirPlay support, and stay updated with smart notifications for new releases and events.
- Curated underground music stations
- Apple CarPlay support
- AirPlay streaming
- Smart notifications for new tracks
- Real-time listener interaction
- Dark mode and minimal UI
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Submerge – Underground Music Radio Go deeper than the mainstream. Submerge connects you with a world of underground music radio stations, streaming the freshest indie, electronic, hip-hop, and experimental sounds from across the globe. Features: Stream Curated Stations: Handpicked underground stations featuring emerging artists and niche genres. Apple CarPlay Support: Take your listening experience on the road with a seamless CarPlay interface. Now with AirPlay: Stream directly to your favorite speakers, Apple TV, and AirPlay-compatible devices. Smart Notifications: Be the first to know when new tracks drop or special events go live—tailored to your listening tastes. Interact in real time with listeners from around the globe. Dark Mode & Minimal UI: Designed for distraction-free listening, day or night. Whether you're discovering new sounds or following your favorite underground scenes, Submerge puts the culture at your fingertips.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: RA Guide at weekly against Submerge's every 5 months. RA Guide also leads on ratings volume (8.1K vs 3) and chart position (#118 vs unranked). Submerge's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for RA Guide against 5.0 for Submerge. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RA Guide has 8.1K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
RA Guide ships an update weekly, Submerge every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RA Guide | Submerge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (8.1K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8.1K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #118 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Resident Advisor | Submerge, Limited Liability Company |
Customer experience
RA Guide
Submerge
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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- Include News and Articles
Submerge
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
RA Guide
No in-app purchases
Submerge
No in-app purchases
