Gigs Creates Your Personal Concert Archive
▼ Summary
– Gigs is a new iOS app that helps users create a personal archive of their concert history by importing tickets, emails, or links, using Apple’s on-device AI to extract event details.
– The app allows users to sync concert dates to their calendar, get ticket reminders, browse setlists, and later rate the show and upload photos and videos.
– It includes a stats dashboard for users to track insights like most-seen artists and favorite venues, and offers milestones to celebrate their concert-going journey.
– The app features iOS integration like Siri commands, Home Screen widgets, and Spotlight search, and was built by indie developer Hidde van der Ploeg.
– Gigs is free to download with a subscription option that unlocks features like unlimited photo storage, data export, and importing history from other services.
For dedicated live music fans, the experience doesn’t end when the house lights come up. Countless photos and videos captured on phones often fade into digital obscurity, leaving personal concert histories fragmented and forgotten. A new iOS app called Gigs, launching this week, aims to solve this by transforming scattered memories into a beautifully organized, AI-powered personal archive. It leverages Apple’s on-device Foundation Models to help users build a comprehensive timeline of their live music journey.
Building your archive is designed to be effortless. Users can add a past or upcoming show by importing virtually any digital record: a ticket confirmation email, a screenshot, a website link, or a ticket file itself. The app’s on-device AI then intelligently extracts key details like the date, venue, artist lineup, and other relevant information to populate a clean, detailed listing automatically. For those who already maintain a history on platforms like Setlist.fm or Concert Archives, Gigs offers a seamless import option by linking those accounts, instantly populating years of concert and festival attendance.
Once shows are in the system, Gigs becomes a powerful concert companion. It can sync dates to your personal calendar, provide reminders for upcoming ticket sales, and offer insights like expected setlists. After the event, the app prompts you to rate the performance and upload your personal photos, videos, and artwork, attaching those memories directly to the show’s entry. The goal is to create a rich, multimedia scrapbook for every live music experience.
The app is the creation of indie developer Hidde van der Ploeg, known for previous projects like the AI-driven Apple Music playlist app Petey and the music discovery tool NowPlaying. With Gigs, he focused on building a tool for passionate concertgoers who want to preserve and reflect on their live music history without the manual hassle.
Beyond simple archiving, Gigs provides meaningful data insights and personal statistics. A dedicated dashboard tracks your concert-going patterns, highlighting your most-seen artists, favorite venues, most-visited cities, and busiest years. The app also introduces celebratory milestones and achievements, recognizing when you hit personal landmarks like attending your first ten shows or surpassing one thousand.
Designed for iOS 26 with a distinctive Liquid Glass aesthetic, Gigs integrates deeply into the Apple ecosystem. Features include Home Screen widgets for countdowns, Siri integration for voice-controlled access to tickets and show info, and system-wide indexing via Apple Spotlight for instant search. The app also supports multiple custom icons for personalization.
Gigs is free to download with core functionality. A subscription unlocks advanced features through a $2.99 monthly or $19.99 yearly plan. This premium tier includes unlimited photo and video storage, data export capabilities, deeper analytical insights, full achievement tracking, and support for importing history from additional services or CSV files. Users can also bundle a Gigs subscription with the NowPlaying app for a combined discount.
(Source: TechCrunch)
