SwingPoints vs Tell the DJ
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SwingPoints
Track competitive dance history for yourself and friends. View dancer and event profiles, see friend placements, and get notified of new points. Create your own dancer profile and stay updated.
- Dancer profiles with timeline
- Event placement history
- Friends list and newsfeed
- Push notifications for new points
- Account creation and profile setup
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SwingPoints allows you to stay up to date with your and your friends' WSDC competitive dance history. Features: • Comprehensive dancer profiles with timeline graph, map, and list of your competitive dance history • Comprehensive event profiles with history of yearly placements and finalists • Friends list to keep track of your friends' placements • Newsfeed of your friends' latest competitive events • Push notifications to notified when you or any of your friends have received new points • Ability to create an account and set up your own dancer profile Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Tell the DJ
Control the music at any event by requesting songs directly to the DJ in real-time. Create custom sessions with friends, set genre or artist restrictions, and see the ranked request queue. Supports Apple Music and Spotify playback.
- Real-time song requests
- Browse and search music catalog
- View request queue
- Create and share custom sessions
- Artist and genre restrictions
- In-app DJ tipping
- Chromecast playlist casting
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Tell the DJ is the full experience for hosts and guests. Host or join a session in the app, shape a live ranked request list, and decide what plays next. If a guest prefers not to download the app, they can open the invite in a browser, sign in to Tell the DJ, see what’s playing, and request a song. No shouting over the music. Start a session, share one QR code or link, and let the room help choose the soundtrack while you stay in control. FOR HOSTS AND DJS — PLAY IT YOUR WAY • Run the night from your phone: reorder, remove, and see what’s playing. • Play requests through Apple Music (requires your own Apple Music subscription), Shazam, or any setup you prefer. • Limit requests to certain artists, genres, or a public Spotify playlist. • Set a PIN, participant limit, start and stop times, and repeat-request rules. • Show the live request list on a TV with Chromecast. • Invite up to 3 co-hosts with Tell the DJ Pro. • Track tips, your balance, and payment history in the app. FOR GUESTS • Join in Tell the DJ for the full experience, or choose the optional browser path. • Open the invite in a browser — no app download needed if you prefer it. • Sign in to Tell the DJ, see the live queue, and request a song. • Add a message, vote for other requests, and boost the songs you want to hear. • Get a notification when your song is up next. • No music service subscription is required to request songs. TELL THE DJ PRO Monthly or yearly, with a 7-day free trial: • Unlimited participants instead of 200 • Up to 3 co-hosts • More artist and genre filters • Recurring sessions and pre-join • Export the night's playlist to Spotify • No banner ads AD-FREE, YOUR WAY Remove ads for yourself with a one-off purchase, or remove the banner ad for everyone in your session with a single tap. Weddings, clubs, bars, house parties, and BBQs. Anywhere there’s a speaker and an audience, Tell the DJ makes the music a conversation.
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Verdict
SwingPoints and Tell the DJ both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 63% of SwingPoints's written reviews are positive against 40% of Tell the DJ's. SwingPoints also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Tell the DJ's advantage is ratings volume (40 vs 7). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. SwingPoints sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Tell the DJ sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for SwingPoints against 4.3 for Tell the DJ. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tell the DJ has 40 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 63% of SwingPoints's written reviews are positive against 40% of Tell the DJ's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | SwingPoints | Tell the DJ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (7 ratings) — better | 4.3 (40 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 40 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 140 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Joseph Tong | Bart van Zeist |
Customer experience
SwingPoints
Tell the DJ
In-app purchases
SwingPoints
- Ad Free Supporter$4.991 Month
- SwingPoints Supporter$9.991 Month
- SwingPoints Sponsor$49.991 Month
Tell the DJ
- Pro Subscription7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Remove Ads$0.99
- 1 Boost$0.99
- Ad-Free Session$1.99
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- 5 Boosts$3.99
- 10 Boosts$6.99
