Facts as of Oct 2026
A festival tracker app to log the festivals you’ve been to
Encore is an iPhone diary (iOS 18 or later) for festivals you have already been to. Create a festival with its dates and city, then add or link the shows you saw, grouped by day, each with a rating, notes and photos. Share it with friends by invite link. Free up to 10 concerts; each set counts as one.
Last reviewed: . Prepared by Encore Archives, the maker of Encore.
Competitor facts come from each product’s own public pages, linked at the bottom, read on 2026-10-19. We read them; we did not run the competitor apps. Encore facts come from this site and from Encore version 1.6.0.
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 festival logging works in Encore
Encore has no festival database, so you build each festival yourself. This is the flow in version 1.6.0.
1. Create the festival
In your archive, long-press the add tile to switch from adding a concert to adding a festival. Enter a name, the dates (three days by default), a city and, if you like, notes, and pick a poster from your photo library.
2. Add the sets you saw
Open the festival and add a concert from there: the date, the city and any friends you tagged on earlier sets are filled in. Or link concerts already in your diary; Encore suggests the ones that fall on the festival’s dates. Each set is a normal Encore concert: artist, venue, date, rating, notes, photos and videos.
3. Read it day by day
The festival page groups the sets by day, like a lineup, under its poster. The poster, dates and lineup are what you entered; Encore does not look up lineups, stages or set times.
4. Share it with friends (optional)
Publish the festival to a shared group and send an invite link. Friends who join see the crew and the lineup and mark which sets they attended. The poster is uploaded only if you agree, and any member can leave the group.
5. See it in your stats
Each set is a concert in your diary, so it counts in your stats and in your year-end wrapped.
6. Keep it
Photos and videos stay on your iPhone. If you sign in, the text details of your concerts (artist, venue, date, rating, notes) are backed up to Encore’s servers. This version cannot restore that backup after a reinstall or a new phone, and nothing syncs between devices.
Is it a good fit?
Good fit if you
- have an iPhone on iOS 18 or later and want a private record of festivals you have already been to
- are fine typing the festival name and adding each set you saw yourself (nothing is pre-loaded)
- want each set to be a full diary entry, with a rating, notes, and photos and videos that stay on the iPhone
- want to share a festival with friends and see which sets each of them marked
Not a fit if you
- use Android or want a web app: Encore is iPhone only
- want lineups, stages and set times filled in for you: Encore has no festival database
- want setlists filled in: Encore has no setlist feature (you can write one by hand in a set’s notes)
- want to scan a ticket to add a festival: Encore does not scan tickets
- want to find festivals, check the lineups of upcoming ones or buy tickets: Encore is not a tour finder
- want to import your history from another app: this site describes no import
Worth knowing first
- Each set you add is a concert in your diary, so it counts toward the free plan’s 10-concert limit and toward your stats. The festival itself is not counted as a concert. A weekend with eight sets uses eight of the ten.
- Sets you only mark in a friend’s shared festival are not added to your own diary and do not count toward your limit.
- Joining from an invite link requires signing in.
How other diaries handle festivals
Checked October 2026 (pages read 2026-10-19), 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. Pages change, and this is not a ranking.
| Diary | How it logs a festival | Where the lineup comes from | Do festival sets count in its stats? | Platforms and price, per the page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Encore | You create the festival (name, dates, city) and add or link the shows you saw. The festival page groups them by day. | You. There is no festival database and no pre-loaded lineup. | Yes: each set is a concert in your diary. The festival itself is not counted as a concert. | iPhone only, iOS 18 or later. Free with all features unlocked up to 10 concerts; US Premium removes the limit. | Encore (site) |
| Gigvault | Search the festival and the year, then tick the bands you saw. Each ticked band becomes its own logged concert. | Pre-loaded by day and stage, per its page. You can add a band that is missing, or a festival that is missing, which goes live after a short review. | Yes, per its page: every festival set counts toward total shows, Artist History and Wrapped. | iOS, Android and web. Its pricing page says the free plan includes festival tracking and has no cap on concerts; a paid Pro plan exists. Its festival page says 400+ festivals are pre-loaded. | Gigvault (festival page), Gigvault (pricing page) |
| Concerts Remembered | Add a festival from the add flow with a start date and an optional end date. It gets its own page, and you mark which acts you saw, rate them and add notes. | Lineup data from setlist.fm where available, or you add artists one at a time. | Its page says a festival counts as one concert in your total, and the acts you mark as seen count toward artist stats. | iOS and Android; the page header says “Free on iOS & Android. No Ads.” Its Festival Recap poster is part of Pro, which the page prices at $5.99 a month or $29.99 a year. | Concerts Remembered (festival page) |
| Mosh | Its homepage says you can log entire festival weekends as a single entry, with every act, stage and day, and that you search for the artist or festival when you log a show. | The page does not say whether lineups are pre-loaded or typed by you. | The page does not say how festival sets count in its stats. | iOS and Android. The page says it is free, with no subscriptions. | Mosh (homepage) |
| urShowList | Its homepage says a festival is a single event with every day and the full line-up, and that you mark which artists you saw. You find shows in its catalog. | Its catalog. If a show is missing you can suggest it, and the page says the community helps complete line-ups. | The page does not say how festival sets count in its stats. | Calls itself a free app, with sign-in through Google. The page does not list platforms. | urShowList (homepage) |
Related pages
For the whole app rather than just festivals:
Sources
Every competitor claim on this page comes from one of these pages, read on 2026-10-19.
Questions
Is festival logging free, or is it a Premium feature?
Festival logging is part of the free plan: 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.
Does each set I add count toward the limit and my stats?
Yes. Each set is a concert in your diary, so it uses one of the 10 free slots and counts in your stats. The festival itself is not counted as a concert. Sets you only mark in a friend’s shared festival are not added to your diary.
Can my friends join a festival I logged?
Yes. Share the festival with an invite link. Friends who join see the crew and the lineup and can mark which sets they attended. They need Encore on an iPhone with iOS 18 or later and must sign in. The poster is uploaded only if you agree, and any member can leave the group.
Is there an Android or web version for festivals?
No. Encore is iPhone only and needs iOS 18 or later. There is no Android app and no web app.
Do my festival photos leave my iPhone?
Photos and videos stay on your iPhone. The only images Encore uploads are a profile photo you set and, if you choose to share it, the poster of a shared festival. If you sign in, the text details of your concerts (artist, venue, date, rating, notes) are backed up to Encore’s servers; this version cannot restore that backup.
Does Encore fill in a festival’s lineup or setlists?
No. There is no festival database: you type the name and dates and add each set you saw yourself. Encore has no setlist feature (you can write one by hand in a set’s notes) and does not scan tickets.
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.