Indie Developer Hidde van der Ploeg Launches His Gigs App on IOS
Edited by Adam Harrie — April 28, 2026 — Tech
This article was written with the assistance of AI.
References: techcrunch
Gigs is a new iOS app from indie developer Hidde van der Ploeg that turns ticket images, emails, screenshots and links into a searchable personal concert archive, featuring Apple’s on-device Foundation Models to extract dates, venues and lineups.
The app launched this week for iOS 26 and was designed with a Liquid Glass aesthetic, Home Screen widgets and Siri shortcuts for quick access to upcoming shows. Users can import histories from Setlist.fm or Concert Archives, sync events to calendars, browse expected set lists and receive post-show prompts to rate performances and upload photos or videos. A stats dashboard tracks most-seen artists, favorite venues, busiest years and milestones, while a paid tier adds data export, unlimited media storage and deeper insights.
By organizing live music memories and surfacing patterns, Gigs aims to help fans revisit past shows and better plan future concerts.
Image Credit: Shutterstock/Poetra.RH
The app launched this week for iOS 26 and was designed with a Liquid Glass aesthetic, Home Screen widgets and Siri shortcuts for quick access to upcoming shows. Users can import histories from Setlist.fm or Concert Archives, sync events to calendars, browse expected set lists and receive post-show prompts to rate performances and upload photos or videos. A stats dashboard tracks most-seen artists, favorite venues, busiest years and milestones, while a paid tier adds data export, unlimited media storage and deeper insights.
By organizing live music memories and surfacing patterns, Gigs aims to help fans revisit past shows and better plan future concerts.
Image Credit: Shutterstock/Poetra.RH
How people track concerts and setlists
Informs decisions on whether to build content and products around concert-tracking habits, app adoption, and the most valued features in the next 1–2 weeks.
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Trend Themes
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Personal Concert Archives — Rich, searchable records of individual live music attendance expose longitudinal fan behavior and memorabilia value that can reshape ticketing and secondary-market experiences.
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On-device Foundation Models — Local AI extraction of dates, venues and lineups reduces reliance on cloud services and enables privacy-preserving, real-time metadata generation for personal media.
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Experience-centric Uis — Interfaces focused on memories, widgets and contextual prompts surface emotional and social patterns that can be monetized through curated content and nostalgia-driven features.
Industry Implications
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Music Technology — Artist promotion and live-event platforms stand to be transformed by aggregated fan archives that reveal touring impact, discovery pathways and monetizable engagement metrics.
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Consumer Cloud Storage — Demand for unlimited, indexed media storage tied to personal event histories creates opportunities for differentiated storage plans emphasizing searchability and timeline-based retrieval.
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Social Media and Fan Communities — Community-driven sharing of concert memories and stats can shift social features toward private or semi-private fandom networks that prioritize shared experiences over broad virality.
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