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Find your band. Find your engineer. Find your shot.
Bandmates, gear, studios, feedback, press kits, your whole music life in one app instead of ten. Drop what you need or offer, local or remote, and link up direct. No DMs, no inbox chaos, no algorithm deciding who sees your post.
How it works
3 Core Actions. No DMs. No algorithm.
Post what you need or what you offer. Light it 🔥 if you're into it. 🔗 to share contact. That's the whole app.
Drop a post
Drummer wanted. Engineer for hire. Photog for press shots. Set your radius, pick local or remote. Posts auto-expire after 30 days so the feed stays honest, renew once if your search runs longer.
Light the 🔥 on stuff you're into
One tap. No follower count, no streak. Just a raw count of who's into a post, and a soft signal back to whoever dropped it. Free whether or not you subscribe.
🔗 to share contact
Tap link up. Your contact info goes to the poster, and only the poster. They hit you up off-platform. No DMs, no in-app inbox to babysit.
Connections
Who wants in.
Someone wants in on your post, they tap 🔗 and they show up here. You see who they are and the contact info they chose to share. Reach out on your own terms, or don't. Nothing to manage, no notifications hanging over your head.
- · Fresh ones stand out, so you spot what's new right away
- · Open a connection to see their info, then tap to reach out direct
Showcase
Honest feedback on your music.
Drop a link to your track and your scene weighs in. 🔥 out front, real critique in private, honest tags and notes only you ever see. You earn your spot by reviewing other people's tracks, so the feedback flows both ways. No comment section to perform for, no pay-to-play.
- · Share a link, no uploads, Spotify, Apple Music, SoundCloud, Bandcamp, YouTube. Every review sends a real listen to your platform
- · 🔥 stays public; the written feedback is private and anonymous, so it's honest, not polite
- · A reviewer who can help can pin one of their posts, tap through and 🔗 direct
Market
Where gear changes hands.
Tap the title at the top of the feed and the Bulletin flips to Market. Buy, sell, or trade gear with real musicians instead of strangers, local for pickup or remote if they'll ship. Snap a few photos so the condition shows honest, set a price or a budget, or just drop your Reverb or eBay link. Then 🔗 to take the deal off-platform. No middleman, no fees, no shipping label we forced on you.
- · Shoot photos on your phone, or just drop a Reverb, eBay, or Marketplace link
- · Listing photos are processed on-device and stripped of location data before they post
- · Set a price, name a budget, or trade straight up, mark it negotiable if you want
- · Three active listings at a time, so the board stays fresh, not cluttered
Mixtapes
The playlists your scene is on.
Tap the Showcase title and it flips to Mixtapes. Share a public playlist, Spotify, Apple Music, SoundCloud, Bandcamp, or YouTube, and it lands on a board of what your scene is actually playing. No uploads, so every play is a real stream on the artist's own platform. "Mixtapes for you." lines up to the genres you're into; rows below sort the rest by genre.
- · Share the link, the cover art pulls in on its own, the way a track preview unfurls
- · "Mixtapes for you." matches the genres you tag on your profile, no algorithm guessing
- · Tap the 🔥 to back one; tap a cover to see who made it and jump to their profile
- · Up to 3 at a time, so the board stays fresh, not flooded by one curator
Know who's the real thing, before you reach out.
Anyone can say they've toured or worked on records. Bandry profiles wear a curated set of credibility badges, released work, session credits, touring, studios, teaching, sync placements, and you can tap any one to see the proof behind it. No follower counts, no flexing, just what someone's actually done.
- · Six curated badges, the same on every profile, so they actually mean something
- · Released Work adds itself the moment you link a streaming profile, so it can't be faked
- · Tap any badge, yours or anyone's, to see the music, studio, or placement behind it
- · No follower or monthly-listener counts anywhere, credibility is about what you've done
- · Set yours in a minute on your profile, or right when you sign up
- · Read a collaborator at a glance before you spend a link-up on them
It's the fast, honest read the music world runs on, finally on a profile instead of buried in a DM thread. See how credibility badges work.
A press kit that gets you booked, built right in.
An electronic press kit is the one page every venue, promoter, and label asks for first. Most platforms charge a separate monthly fee just to host one. Bandry builds yours, hosts it on a clean professional link, and exports a PDF one-sheet, all included free in your subscription.
- · A professional link, bandry.app/your-band-name, any booker can open in a browser, no app or account needed
- · A downloadable PDF one-sheet to attach to an email or print for the room
- · Leads with your music, real shows, real press, and peer feedback you choose, no follower or play-count flexing
- · Private view analytics, just for you, who opened it and roughly where from
- · It's its own thing, separate from your profile, so build your band's kit, or more than one
- · Pick an accent color and the whole page themes to match your brand
The services built just for this charge another five to twenty dollars a month. On Bandry it's included free, part of the one subscription that already finds your band, your gear, your studio, and your scene. One place. One bill. See everything Bandry replaces.
Built for the project, not the network
One band. One project. One hub.
Right now every step means a separate app, a different platform, and another fee structure. Bandry covers the whole chain. A band forms locally. Books the room. Tracks. Mixes. Masters. Shoots the cover. Same hub, same scene, same energy from start to drop date.
- 01 Lock in the lineup Local Drummer, bassist, axe, vocals, all in your zip code, not three cities over.
- 02 Book the room Local Find the studio. Find the engineer who runs it. Track the songs.
- 03 Mix the cut Remote OK Mix engineer in your city? Cool. In Berlin? Also cool. Stems travel.
- 04 Master it Remote OK Stems out, master back. 48-hour turnaround if you find the right person.
- 05 Press shots + art Local Photographers, designers, and videographers ready to ship the visuals.
Your profile
The pitch you don't have to rewrite every time.
Bio, role chips, and the work itself. Drop a Spotify artist link or a YouTube reel and it unfurls into a rich card right on your profile, the same way a track preview shows up in iMessage. Anyone considering a 🔗 sees what you actually sound like before they ever pull the trigger. And on any post you drop, pull up the insights, 🔥, link-ups, and views charted over time, with your peak day flagged, so you can see exactly what's connecting and when.
- · Multi-role: stack vocalist + producer + songwriter, whatever fits
- · Social links unfurl with cover art + title (Spotify, YouTube, Instagram, websites)
- · Private contact methods (phone, email) stay locked until somebody 🔗s on your post
Who's on Bandry
The whole chain. Not just the front of the stage.
From the band that's forming to the engineer mastering the final cut to the guitar tech keeping the rig alive on the road.
Resources
Places you can actually walk into.
Studios, repair shops, rehearsal spaces, venues, pressing plants, the brick-and-mortar half of the scene, pulled live from Apple Maps. Tap a category, see what's near you, get the address. No reviews to bait, no rankings to game.
Every screen
One account. Every screen.
iPhone in your pocket. iPad on the couch. Any browser at your desk, on a Mac, a PC, or Android. One account, the same scene, the same full app, nothing cut down. Sign in with Apple or Google, nothing to install.
The whole app runs in any browser at app.bandry.app. Same posts, same inbox, same subscription, wherever you sign in.
The shape of the product
Privacy first. Friction off.
Bandry is opinionated about what it isn't. No DMs. No comments. No follower count. The bulletin is the product.
Your number stays yours
Phone, email, whatever you set as private, locked until somebody 🔗s on one of your posts. Then it goes to that one person. No scrape, no list, no spam.
No DMs. No comments.
Two interactions, both deliberate: light the 🔥 on a post, or hand over your contact. No in-app chat to manage, no comment threads to moderate.
No follower count, no algorithm
Sorted by recency. Local posts get filtered to your radius, nothing more. Your reach isn't gated by how many fans you've collected on some other app.
Approximate location only
Approximate area only, never precise GPS. The local feed works without leaking exactly where you live.
Sign in with Apple only
No passwords to forget, no email lists for us to leak. Delete your account and we revoke Apple's token on your behalf.
Block and report on every surface
Tap the dots on any post or profile. Blocking is instant and bidirectional. Reports route to us within 24 hours.
Who made Bandry
Built by a working musician.
I'm Justyn Gomez, a drummer in DFW bands for almost twenty years. I built Bandry because I kept hitting the same wall: there was no single place to find the people a music career runs on.
Read the story
Pricing
One plan. No games.
$9.99 a month or $79.99 a year (about $6.67/month). No per-message fees, no tiered feature gates, no pay-to-be-seen mechanics. Sign in with Apple (three seconds, no password). 14-day trial of everything. After it ends, reading and 🔥 stay free; posting and 🔗 keep going on a subscription.
Free, after sign-in
Read + 🔥
No charge, no time limit.
- Read the full bulletin
- Browse the gear Market
- Browse public profiles
- Light the 🔥 on anything
- Set up your profile + showcase social links
- Resources map
Subscription
Post + 🔗
$9.99 / mo · $79.99 / yr ($6.67 / mo) , managed in iOS Settings.
- Drop posts, seeking or offering, local or remote
- 🔗 directly with anyone whose post fits
- Receive linkups in your inbox when others 🔗 you
Cancel anytime in iOS Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions.
Questions
What people ask first.
How much does Bandry cost?
Bandry is $9.99/month or $79.99/year (about $6.67/month on the annual plan). There's a 14-day free trial of everything when you first sign in. After the trial, reading the bulletin and endorsing posts stay free forever. Posting and linking up require an active subscription. Manage your subscription in iOS Settings on iPhone, or from your account on the web.
How is Bandry different from BandMix or SoundBetter?
BandMix is a classifieds site that hasn't meaningfully changed since the mid-2000s: inactive profiles, pay-to-message mechanics, and recurring billing complaints. SoundBetter (owned by Spotify) is a remote hiring marketplace, not a local band-formation network. Bandry covers both: local bandmate finding and remote music services in one app, no per-message fees, no dormant-profile clutter, and a real free trial before you commit.
Is Bandry like Tinder for musicians?
No. Bandry is a bulletin board for real, current needs and offers, no swiping on people. You post what you need or what you offer, and interested people raise their hand by linking up. The project comes first, the person second.
How does linking up work on Bandry?
Tap the link icon on any post. Your private contact info (phone, email, whatever you've set) goes to that one poster only. Nobody else. They reach out off-platform. There's no in-app chat to manage.
Does Bandry work for remote music services like mixing and mastering?
Yes. Posts are tagged as local (radius-filtered, for bandmates, studios, photographers) or remote (visible globally, for mixing, mastering, production, design, and other services that don't require being in the same room). Form a band locally. Hire a mastering engineer worldwide. Same app.
Is my location and contact info private on Bandry?
Yes. Bandry stores approximate location only, never precise GPS. Your contact info stays locked until someone links up on one of your posts, at which point it goes to that one person only. You sign in with Apple or Google, so there's no password stored anywhere. Delete your account and Bandry wipes your data and revokes Apple's token on your behalf.
Do I need to sign up to browse Bandry?
Yes. Signing in with Apple or Google is required to use Bandry. The 14-day free trial starts the moment you sign in, and reading posts and endorsing them stay free forever after that, subscription or not.
Can I use Bandry on Android or in a browser?
Yes. Bandry runs in any modern browser at app.bandry.app, on Android, desktop, or iPhone, with the same account, posts, and link-ups as the app. The native iPhone app is the richest experience, but you don't need it to use Bandry.
Which iPhone and iOS version does Bandry require?
The Bandry iPhone app requires iOS 26 or later, taking full advantage of Liquid Glass and the latest SwiftUI capabilities. Not on iPhone? Use Bandry on the web at app.bandry.app instead.
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