Dancemaker vs The Dance Process
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dancemaker
This app provides resources and activities for dance educators and learners. Create movement sequences, access creative suggestions from a community, and connect with institutional resources and educational materials.
- Create thematic "Movement Sentences"
- Utilize Laban Movement Analysis
- Access community suggestions
- Find tips for lesson planning
- Connect with institutional resources
- Access sample materials and documentaries
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Featuring activities and resources for anyone teaching, learning or otherwise enjoying the art of dance, Dance Maker is made available for free by Dance Education Laboratory at the 92Y Harkness Dance Center. - Create thematic "Movement Sentences" using Laban Movement Analysis from DEL's teacher-certified approach. Use for lesson planning, live workshops or fun at home. - Support your creative process with quick & easy suggestions from a broad community of choreographers and teachers. Tips on everything from using props to inspiring 8th graders. - Get connected to DEL's community through a wealth of institutional resources and journals, sample materials and dance education documentaries.
The Dance Process
This app offers a structured methodology for dancers to improve technique, build strength, and enhance performance. It provides daily exercises, assessments, and tools to break down movements, test knowledge, and foster creativity. The program aims to help dancers achieve their full potential and reignite their passion for the art form.
- Daily technique-building exercises
- Progress tracking and assessments
- Movement and style breakdown tools
- Dance knowledge quizzes and trivia
- Creativity and musicality challenges
- Habit-forming lessons
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The Dance Process is a proven methodology to help you grow in every aspect of your dance life. It will work as a support system to complement your studio’s curriculum and training. The Dance Process helps you find consistency and accountably to unlock your full potential as a student of dance. What's included: • Daily exercises to refine your technique, change your mindset, build strength over time and get you focused by tracking your progress. • Assessments to identify areas of growth • Tools to break down movement and styles of dance, hone specific skills and enhance your performance. • Quizzes, Trivia, and fun activities to test and expand your dance knowledge • Challenges to foster your creativity, musicality and movement quality • Detailed tasks and lessons to help create the habits needed to reach the full potential you have as a dancer. We believe that by going through The Process, you will see that growth and transformation will come with time and commitment to your craft. Working through our courses, resources and available coaching, you will that The Dance Process has given you the growth and transformation that you have been looking for as a dancer - no matter your skill or competition level. We want all dancers to fall back in and stay in love with dance. INFORMATION ABOUT THE APP AND PURCHASE OPTIONS By signing up, you will get access to subscription(s) that include features such as progress tracking, and offline sync. The download of The Dance Process is free of charge. Should you use The Dance Process to access in-app content via available subscription(s), a payment will be charged to your credit card after the trial period ends and when a subscription renews. A subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours prior to the end of the subscription period. There is no increase in price when renewing. Subscription(s) can be managed and auto-renewal turned off in Account Settings in the App Store after purchase. Read our full Terms of Service and our Privacy Policy: https://passion.io/terms-of-service https://passion.io/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: The Dance Process at 4.9 against Dancemaker's 3.2. Dancemaker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. The Dance Process sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Dancemaker asks for nothing beyond the download.
The Dance Process holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 11 respectively.
Dancemaker ships an update every 6 weeks, The Dance Process every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dancemaker | The Dance Process |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (17 ratings) | 4.9 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 89 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 92Y | The Dance Process LLC |
Customer experience
Dancemaker
The Dance Process
In-app purchases
Dancemaker
No in-app purchases
The Dance Process
- Exercise Membership3 Days trial$9.991 Month
- iOS Daily Process7 Days trial$16.991 Month
- The Process Membership7 Days trial$38.991 Month
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- Upgrade to Premium$38.991 Month
- Peter Chu's Portal$59.00
- Competition Excellence$99.00
- Comp Ex Scholarship$99.00
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