Oriora Encore vs Concert Archives
Encore is a private ledger of the shows you go to, kept on your device, with insights and a written year in live music. Concert Archives is a social network, database and diary for concert lovers with Pro subscriptions. Here is how they differ, with every claim about Concert Archives linked to their own listing.
Written by Oriora, the maker of Oriora Encore. Every claim about Concert Archives is taken from Justin Thiele's own published pages, linked per row, and was last checked on 6 September 2026. Concert Archives is the name of Justin Thiele's product and is used here only to identify it.
- Oriora Encore logs the shows you go to, on your device, and shows who you saw most, where you keep going back, and what live music costs you, with a written year in live music on request. No subscription.
- Concert Archives is a social network and database for concert lovers: share photos and videos, follow friends, see setlists, with Pro listed at $3.99 a month or $39.99 a year and Pro+ at $8.99 a month or $89.99 a year.
- Encore has no feed, no friends and no setlist database. Your ledger stays on your device and backs up to your own cloud.
Feature by feature
“Verify” opens the Concert Archives page each row was read from.
| Feature | Concert Archives | Oriora Encore | Has it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free download. Pro listed at $3.99 monthly and $39.99 annual; Pro+ at $8.99 monthly and $89.99 annual.Prices as listed on the US App Store on 6 September 2026.Verify ↗ | Free app, no subscription. Logging and insights are free; only the written year in live music is billed per use. | Different |
| Log a show with photos and notes | Yes.Verify ↗ | Yes: date, artists, venue, city, cost, who you went with, a rating, a photo and notes. | Both |
| What live music costs you | Not on the listing.Verify ↗ | Yes: cost per show, festival versus regular spend. | Encore |
| Insights: most-seen artists, venues, spend, gaps | Not described on the listing.Verify ↗ | Yes, computed on your device. | Encore |
| A written year in live music | Not on the listing.Verify ↗ | Yes, when you ask for it. | Encore |
| Setlists from the show | Yes: see the setlists the bands played.Verify ↗ | Your own notes only. | Concert Archives |
| Share photos and videos, follow friends | Yes: the core of the product.Verify ↗ | No. | Concert Archives |
| Flashback notifications | Yes: "5 years ago you saw…".Verify ↗ | No. | Concert Archives |
| Bucket list of future concerts | Yes.Verify ↗ | No. | Concert Archives |
| Chat and voice | Not on the listing.Verify ↗ | Yes: log the gig on the way home by voice. | Encore |
| Where your data lives | In your Concert Archives account; sharing photos and videos with others is a listed feature. Where data is stored is not stated on the listing.Verify ↗ | On your device, backed up to your own Google Drive or GitHub, with CSV export. | Different |
- ✓You want a private record, not a social network.
- ✓You want to see what live music costs you and who you keep going back to see.
- ✓You do not want a subscription and you want the ledger on your device.
Concert Archives has setlists, a social feed with photos and videos, friends, flashback notifications and a bucket list. Encore is a private ledger with none of those.
Questions people ask
Is Oriora Encore a social app like Concert Archives?
No. Encore is a private ledger on your device. Concert Archives is a social network and database where you share photos and videos, follow friends and see setlists.
Is Encore free?
Yes. Logging and insights are free with no subscription; only the written year in live music is billed per use. Concert Archives lists Pro at $3.99 a month or $39.99 a year and Pro+ at $8.99 a month or $89.99 a year.
What does Concert Archives have that Encore does not?
Setlists, a social feed, friends, flashback notifications and a concert bucket list.
The Concert Archives column is read from Justin Thiele's own App Store listing, in-app purchase list and privacy policy, not from reviews or third-party articles, and was last checked on 6 September 2026. The Oriora Encore column is read from the app as shipped. Where Concert Archives's listing does not mention a feature, the row says so rather than claiming they lack it. Drafted with AI assistance and reviewed by the Oriora team. If anything here is out of date, write to [email protected] and it will be corrected.