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Android Apps > Music & Audio > Play Dead: Grateful Dead App
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Play Dead: Grateful Dead App

nugs.net
3.33
71 reviews
10,000+
Downloads
Free

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AppBrain's verdict

Rating on Google Play
3.33
71 ratings
Installs
10 thousand
Last updated
April 17, 2026
Ads
No ads
Size
N/A

Play Dead: Grateful Dead App has 10 thousand installs. It doesn't have enough ratings yet to judge what users think.

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Summary

Play Dead is the official Grateful Dead streaming app, delivering hi‑res access to the Grateful Dead Vault of live recordings. It combines newly transferred, mastered performances with weekly Dead Drops and CD‑only releases now streaming, all organized by year for easy browsing and across devices including Android Auto. Subscriptions are available starting at $9.99/month or $99.99/year for ongoing access.

Pros & Cons

  • Official, trustworthy access to the Grateful Dead Vault via nugs and partners
  • Exclusive hi‑res transfers mastered for the first time
  • Dead Drops deliver previously unreleased material on a regular schedule
  • CD‑only releases are now streaming in elevated audio quality
  • Very new launch (about 6 days old) means limited long‑term usage data
  • apk size shown as 0 bytes in the data could indicate an upload or parsing anomaly

User feedback

Ratings and reviews on Google Play

Comments on Play Dead: Grateful Dead App for Android

★★★★★ Jeremy Girdler · Apr 17, 2026
This is awesome. Newly mastered shows from the original reels, weekly releases, Dave's Picks and more. This is how the legacy continues. The exclusive releases sound fantastic. App is cool too.
★★★★★ Anthony Calvitti · May 8, 2026
I'm really loving this app with crisp sound quality and a great selection of shows and playlists to enjoy!
★★★★★ GDTRFB 78 · Apr 25, 2026
Great way for the Dead to live on! Nice to have so many CD releases available in the palm of my hand. I'm enjoying the Dead Drops very much.
★★★★★ Matthew Joy · Jun 15, 2026
Skeptical Audiophile perspective: I have been a regular archive streamer for years and augment with a hq Tidal/Soyuz subscription. I was skeptical I would find this app useful, but I was wrong. The remasters are fantastic and there's plenty of variety in eras I might not have fully explored, with more shows added weekly. Most importantly, the Estates of our boys are getting a much greater $ cut from this than from other subscription streaming platforms. Easily worth the $10 a month!
★☆☆☆☆ Thomas Schulze Jr · Apr 29, 2026
This app should be free. The grateful dead believed their recordings should be shared and free for everyone. Charging for their live music goes against what they believed in.
★☆☆☆☆ Josh Flentge · Jul 21, 2026
I would gladly pay the monthly payment for this Play Dead app as I already subscribe to Nugs, but for some reason Wide Vine has been implemented on all the Dead music. You go out create an awesome HiRez app and then implement Wide Vine DRM, so you can not play the HiRez app on HiRez music players. I'm not really sure how that makes sense. No other HiRez music apps use this DRM, not sure why Play Dead decided to.
★★☆☆☆ Simon hall · May 1, 2026
App looks great, probably sounds great too, but I will never know as I won't go behind the monstrous paywall. Is this really going with the spirit of the music and taper culture?
★☆☆☆☆ August Jennings · Sep 11, 2026
Loser behavior, removed shows from nugs to charge on another app. Jerry would have beat the tar out of you.

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Store listing

By nugs.net, from Google Play
Description by nugs.net Written by the developer, not by AppBrain. Click to read.
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 Android Auto.

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.

Safety and technology

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Price
Free
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App size
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Content rating
Everyone

Technologies used by Play Dead: Grateful Dead App

Trust & Safety: No specific permissions are listed in the data; the app is an official Grateful Dead streaming app built by nugs, suggesting standard streaming permissions and reputable backing.

Releases

Updates seen on Google Play
Launched
April 2026
  • Nov 10, 2026Installs10,000+ installs
  • Apr 24, 2026Installs5,000+ installs
  • Apr 20, 2026Installs1,000+ installs
  • Apr 17, 2026New AppVersion in MUSIC_AUDIO for Free
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Installs

Tracked by AppBrain
Last 30 days
510
Per day
17
30-day average
Play install range
10+ thousand
Launched
April 2026

Installs over time

Play Dead: Grateful Dead App has been installed 10 thousand times. Over the past 30 days, it averaged 17 installs per day.

Rankings

Google Play top charts
Highest rank
#180
Chart
Top Grossing
Music & Audio
Country
United States

Google Play Rankings for Play Dead: Grateful Dead App

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About the app and developer

About Play Dead: Grateful Dead App

Play Dead: Grateful Dead App is a music & audio app developed by nugs.net.

Download Statistics

Play Dead: Grateful Dead App has been downloaded 10 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 510 times.

User Ratings

Play Dead: Grateful Dead App is rated 3.33 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 71 ratings.

App Information

Play Dead: Grateful Dead App is freely available from Google Play. The last update was on April 17, 2026.

Technical Requirements

The app has a content rating of Everyone. The APK has been available on Google Play since April 2026.

Play Dead: Grateful Dead App is made and published by nugs.net. AppBrain is an independent app data site and isn't affiliated with nugs.net. The app name, icon, screenshots and description belong to nugs.net and are shown as published on Google Play.

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