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title: "Play Dead: Grateful Dead App - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in United States | Apple App Store"
description: "Play Dead is the official Grateful Dead streaming app, offering unprecedented hi-res access to the Grateful Dead Vault of live recordings.  For the first time, the band’s live legacy is brought togeth"
---

# Play Dead: Grateful Dead App — United States
> Official Live Concerts & Music

![Play Dead App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple211/v4/5d/fb/b0/5dfbb006-d4da-9c11-1aeb-e08764a9fb1e/AppIcon-0-1x_U007ephone-0-1-0-85-220-0.png/434x0w.png)

**Developer:** [nugs.net enterprises](https://apptail.io/developer/nugsnet-enterprises-EJwb)
**Category:** Music
**Rating:** 4.3/5 (92 ratings)
**Price:** Free
**Bundle ID:** net.nugs.playdead
**Store:** Apple App Store
**Country:** United States
**Version:** 1.2 (released 2026-09-23)
**Original Release:** 2026-04-15
**Languages:** English

**App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/app/id6747825801)
**AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/play-dead-grateful-dead-app-boqz/united-states](https://apptail.io/app/play-dead-grateful-dead-app-boqz/united-states)

## Play Dead Description
Play Dead is the official Grateful Dead streaming app, offering unprecedented hi-res access to the Grateful Dead Vault of live recordings.

For the first time, the band’s live legacy is brought together in a single official streaming service, with newly transferred and mastered recordings from the original sources.

Previously unreleased shows - called Dead Drops - will be available every Tuesday, augmenting the catalog of official live Grateful Dead releases, many of which have never been available on any streaming service.  

The Vault Unlocked
Exclusive Hi-Res Recordings
Access new high resolution transfers, mastered for the first time and available exclusively on Play Dead.

Dead Drops Every Tuesday
Previously unreleased recordings added, every Tuesday, curated by Grateful Dead archivist and legacy manager David Lemieux, mastered for the first time by David Glasser.

CD-Only Releases, Now Streaming
Shows previously available only on CD from box sets and Dave’s Picks are now streaming for the first time -only on Play Dead- in higher-than-CD-quality.

The Vault by Year
Live recordings are presented in order of performance date for the first time in the band’s history.
Play Dead brings together three decades of live recordings into a single, evolving app designed for both longtime Dead Heads and those who just got on the bus.

Listen Anywhere
Listen and resume listening across devices, including Apple CarPlay.

Subscription
Subscriptions available starting at $9.99/month or $99.99/year.

Official Access to the Grateful Dead Vault 
Created for Grateful Dead Productions and Rhino Entertainment, longtime stewards of the Grateful Dead catalog. Built by nugs, the leading platform for live music.

For nugs Subscribers
Play Dead is also available as an add-on to nugs.

PlayDead Payment and Auto-Renewal Terms:
Play Dead offers auto-renewing monthly and annual subscriptions to stream music from the Play Dead catalog.
Two subscription types are available, monthly (30 days) and annual (365 days). All subscriptions auto-renew.
A Play Dead monthly subscription is $9.99 per month or $99.99 per year for new users. Plans auto-renew at $9.99 per month or $99.99 per year after the first year. Payment will be charged to the iTunes Account at the time of your purchase.
Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period.
Accounts will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period.
Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the users Account Settings after purchase.
Terms of Use at 
Privacy Policy at 

## Play Dead Screenshots
- [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/b7/dc/47/b7dc4715-4f0d-8c3e-75ad-da542593ade5/1.png/1284x2778.png)
- [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/7c/50/34/7c503480-bc7c-8853-a076-d51a7bc239ea/2.png/1284x2778.png)
- [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/e2/02/81/e20281f6-6410-67da-02fe-f57b4ecc6c0a/3.png/1284x2778.png)
- [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/fc/5d/9f/fc5d9f70-7f7c-b18c-ee31-fc23883a4c0a/4.png/1284x2778.png)
- [Screenshot 5](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/ac/43/4d/ac434dd7-96cf-20a5-1612-d916f0158494/5.png/1284x2778.png)

## Play Dead Rating Breakdown in United States
- 5 stars: 64 (70%)
- 4 stars: 10 (11%)
- 3 stars: 8 (9%)
- 2 stars: 3 (3%)
- 1 stars: 7 (8%)

## Play Dead Reviews in United States

### ****- "Could be better"
I noticed some of the Dick’s Picks disappeared (i.g. - Volume 9 - 9/16/90) and that made my rating lower.
-- Bullswave, 2026-09-09

### ***** "The Music Never Stopped"
High quality Dead!
-- mountainsdesertsforests, 2026-09-07

### ***** "‘85! Amazing!"
We asked and Play Dead listened. Thank you for the 85 drops!
-- ZJones91, 2026-09-01

### **--- "Eh. Sound is mids"
People online will go on and on about how great the app is and especially how amazing the sound quality is. It’s not that great. Many shows sound exactly like they do on Relisten or archive. Slow show uploads and too many around the exact same time. I tried it for a month and it’s not worth it. The shows I listen to on Relisten or Nugs sound as good or better than most I checked out on the new app. I thought we were gonna get “Without A Net” kind of sound. It’s not like that.
-- ___Andrew___, 2026-08-19

### ***-- "Content Great App needs work"
The content and quality are great.  The app is very buggy.  I’ve had it for five days and it has froze up six times.   Need to restart phone to get it working.  Now I get an error that says ‘Something went wrong’.  Restarted phone and it just spins.  Support is virtually non existent.
-- Srngfldguy, 2026-08-09

### ***** "Amazing"
Unbelievable app for dead heads quality is amazing no glitches worth every cent!
-- Barry and Dan, 2026-08-07

### ***** "I really love the new search options"
Endless entertainment.
-- Jazz KCSM, 2026-07-25

### ***** "Fantastic app with wonderful quality"
The latest update for mid July 2026 gave all the app UI tweaks that were missing. As a developer I love how the app is navigated. Much better than Nugs. Good job!
-- scarfire todd, 2026-07-22

### ***** "This is the best thing since sliced bread"
Kudos as it picked up my complex password from Password / iCloud right away.  So now I can run PlayDead and Nugs from one account on AppleTV, iPhone, iPad, MacBook whatever, they got it all to work in the garden the way it should!
-- Frog Granite, 2026-07-07

### ***** "FINALLY"
I’ve been waiting 16 years for this since I first got on the bus after seeing Furthur at All Good 2010. My only complaint is that the chromecast option is hit or miss, 9/10 miss.
-- dvh609, 2026-07-05

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## Play Dead In-App Purchases
| Item | Price |
|------|-------|
| Monthly | $9.99 |
| Yearly | $99.99 |

## Play Dead Store Rankings
| Chart | Country | Category | Rank |
|-------|---------|----------|------|
| Top Grossing | United States | Music | #99 |


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