Facts as of Oct 2026
Keep your concert photos and videos with the show, on your iPhone
Encore is an iPhone concert diary (iOS 18 or later) where each show you log carries its photos and videos, and they stay on the iPhone. You add each show yourself. Free with all features up to 10 concerts; Premium removes the limit (US App Store: $1.99 a week, $9.99 a year, $25.99 once).
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Competitor facts come from each product’s own public pages, linked at the bottom, read on 2026-10-20. We read them; we did not run the competitor apps. Encore facts come from this site.
Free to download, all features unlocked up to 10 concerts. US App Store, 5 Oct 2026: Premium removes the limit, $1.99 a week, $9.99 a year, or $25.99 once. iPhone, iOS 18 or later.
How it works
Encore does not fill shows in for you, so the flow starts with you. This is how a show and its photos come together.
1. Add the show
Log a show you went to: the artist, the venue, the date, then a rating and notes. You add it yourself; Encore does not scan tickets.
2. Keep its photos and videos with it
Encore keeps photos and videos with each show you log, next to its artist, venue, date, rating and notes. They stay on your iPhone.
3. Look back by show
Open a show in your archive and its photos and videos are with it, not mixed into a camera roll with everything else. Encore also builds stats, a year-end wrapped and a concert passport from the shows you log.
4. Festival days work the same way
A festival you log is made of sets, and each set is a normal Encore show with its own photos and videos. Festivals arrived in version 1.6.0.
5. Know what leaves the phone
Your concert photos and videos do not. The next section is the short list of what does.
Exactly what leaves your iPhone, and what does not
Stays on your iPhone
- Your concert photos and videos stay on the iPhone.
- Signing in is optional. Without it, nothing about your concerts is uploaded.
Leaves your iPhone
- The only images Encore uploads are a profile photo you set and, if you choose to share it, a festival poster for a shared festival group (new).
- If you sign in, Encore backs up your concert details (artist, venue, date, rating, and notes) to its servers.
Not part of Encore
- The app does not sync through iCloud.
- There is no sync between devices.
- This version cannot restore that backup after reinstalling or changing phones.
- Apple iCloud Photos, if you use it, is separate from Encore.
Is it a good fit?
Good fit if you
- have an iPhone on iOS 18 or later and want each show’s photos and videos kept with that show
- are fine adding each show yourself, with its artist, venue and date
- want your concert photos and videos to stay on the phone instead of being uploaded
- want a private diary, with a rating and notes next to the photos
Not a fit if you
- use Android or want a web app: Encore is iPhone only
- want Encore to find your concert photos in the camera roll or add past shows for you: this site describes no automatic matching or import
- want photos that sync between devices, or a backup that restores them on a new phone: Encore has neither
- want to publish your concert photos to a public gallery: Encore is a private diary and does not upload them
- want setlists filled in: Encore has no setlist feature (you can write one by hand in a show’s notes)
- want to scan a ticket to add a show: Encore does not scan tickets
Worth knowing first
- Encore does not back up your photos or videos, so keeping them safe is up to your iPhone’s own storage and backups.
- Each show you add counts toward the free plan’s 10-concert limit; Premium removes it.
- Other apps do more here. Gigtick says it finds past concerts in your camera roll and syncs shows between your devices through iCloud. Concerts Remembered says your history syncs to your account so you can switch phones. Encore does neither; the trade-off is photos that never leave the phone.
- Encore stores its own copy of each photo (HEIC) and video (up to 1080p60), so it takes space on top of the originals in Photos, unlike Gigtick, which keeps only references.
How other apps handle concert photos
Pages read 2026-10-20, from each product’s own public pages, linked in the last column. We read the pages; we did not run the apps. “The page does not say” means exactly that, not that the feature is missing. This compares photo handling only. Pages change, and this is not a ranking.
| App | How photos get onto a show | Where the photos are kept | Limits and price, per the page | Platforms, per the page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Encore | You add the show, and its photos and videos are kept with it. This site describes no automatic matching of camera-roll photos. | On your iPhone. Encore does not upload your concert photos or videos. | Free with all features unlocked up to 10 concerts. US Premium removes the limit. | iPhone only, iOS 18 or later. No Android or web app. | Encore (site) |
| Gigtick | Its homepage says it finds past shows in your camera roll by date and place and you type who played. It says that opening a concert offers the photos and videos from that night, and that Instant Track attaches what you shoot at a show to that concert. | In your Photos library. The page says Gigtick keeps a reference to each original, not a copy, that Smart Import runs on the device, and that no image is uploaded. | Free: 25 photos or videos per concert, 5 Smart Import concerts, and 7 Instant Tracks. Premium lifts all three; the page shows €2.99 a month or €19.99 a year, in euro, and says prices may differ by region. | iPhone and iPad on iOS or iPadOS 26. The page says shows sync between your own devices through iCloud, included in the free app. | Gigtick (homepage) |
| Gigvault | You upload from your camera roll in the app, and the photo lands on the concert entry with the artist, venue, city and date attached. Its concert diary page says you can attach 20 or more items to one show at once. | Its concert diary page says media is stored on Cloudflare R2. Each photo is private by default; you can set it to friends-only or public. | Its pricing page lists photo uploads as free and video uploads up to 5 minutes as Pro ($2.99 a month). Its App Store listing says the free plan includes two photos per show, so its pages differ. | iOS, Android and web. Its pricing page says logging is free with no cap on concerts. | Gigvault (photos page), Gigvault (concert diary page), Gigvault (pricing page), Gigvault (App Store listing) |
| Concerts Remembered | You add a show, then photos. Its pages say to pick one photo to stand in for the show and add the rest as a gallery, with every show’s photos in one gallery by night. | The pages do not say where photos are stored. They say your concert history syncs to your account, so you can switch phones without losing anything. | Photos are free; video on a show is part of Pro, which its app page prices at $5.99 a month or $29.99 a year. | iOS and Android. The pages say it is free to download, with no ads. | Concerts Remembered (concert memories page), Concerts Remembered (app page) |
| Stubs | Its homepage says you attach the photos and clips you took to a show. | The App Store privacy label lists Photos or Videos as linked data. | Free, with no in-app purchases. | iPhone, iOS 17 or later. | Stubs (homepage), Stubs (App Store listing) |
Related pages
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Sources
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Questions
Do my concert photos and videos get uploaded?
Not your concert photos or videos. The only images Encore uploads are a profile photo you set and, if you choose to share it, a festival poster for a shared festival group (new). If you sign in, Encore backs up your concert details (artist, venue, date, rating, and notes) to its servers. Photos and videos stay on your iPhone. This version cannot restore that backup after reinstalling or changing phones. The app does not sync through iCloud. Apple iCloud Photos, if you use it, is separate from Encore.
Does Encore find my concert photos automatically?
Encore does not add shows for you: you add the artist, the venue and the date yourself, and its photos and videos are kept with that show. This site describes no automatic matching or import of camera-roll photos, and Encore does not scan tickets. Gigtick says its Smart Import finds past concerts in your camera roll; see the table above.
Can I add videos as well as photos?
Yes. Encore keeps photos and videos with each show you log, and both stay on your iPhone.
What happens to my photos if I change phones?
Encore does not upload your photos or videos and has no sync between devices. This version cannot restore that backup after reinstalling or changing phones. Apple iCloud Photos, if you use it, is separate from Encore.
What does it cost?
Encore is free to download, with all features unlocked, limited to 10 concerts. Premium removes the limit. On the US App Store on 5 Oct 2026 it was $1.99 a week, $9.99 a year, or $25.99 once. Other countries can differ.
Is there an Android or web version?
No. Encore is iPhone only and needs iOS 18 or later. There is no Android app and no web app.
Try the diary
Free to download, all features unlocked up to 10 concerts. US App Store, 5 Oct 2026: Premium removes the limit, $1.99 a week, $9.99 a year, or $25.99 once. iPhone, iOS 18 or later.