Dancing Decibels vs Sort'nGo ACRD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dancing Decibels
This live music and festival app helps you navigate event schedules with multiple viewing options. Easily favorite artists, set alarms, and discover new music with genre filtering and search functionality. Enjoy a night mode for comfortable viewing in low light.
- Multiple schedule views (grid, time, stage)
- Favorite artists and set alarms
- Artist search and genre filtering
- Night mode for low-light viewing
- Mark artists as seen
- Rank favorite artists
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ShambaTimes is now Dancing Decibels! Your live music / festival event app with Dancing Decibels! Now more than just Schedules for Shambhala! With Dancing Decibels you have multiple ways to view and search the schedule and can easily favorite an artist with a simple tap. Don't miss that can't miss set! Set an alarm! Schedules by Grid - The grid view gives a great overview of the whole schedule, making it easy to see conflicts and who's playing. Zoom in and out with the pinch gesture to see more times at once. Schedules by Time - View which artists are playing in 30 minute increments, swipe left / right to change the time, or select from the time list on the left. Tap a stage to jump to Schedules by Stage. Schedules by Stage - Lists of who is playing at each stage for each day. If they're currently playing, it will show it. Tap an artist to jump to it in Schedules by Time. Favourites - Flag artists as your favourite and you can keep an eye on them here so you don't miss them! You can rank your favorites to provide more depth to your schedule. Artist List - A full list of all the artists playing, with the ability to filter them by genre to explore what's out there. Search - From any page you can search for the artist by typing in their name. Clicking on the results will take you to the artist on that screen. On the settings screen, it will jump you to Time. Night Mode - No more straining your eyes on white backgrounds at 2AM. With an always on, or automatic switching mode, your eyes are set! Really like an Artist you just heard? Favourite it! No more trying to remember, who that really awesome artist was at 3:00 AM in the morning. Don't want to forget who you saw? You can flag artists as seen by long pressing any heart once their set has begun. See you all at Shambhala!
Sort'nGo ACRD
This app provides waste collection schedules and sorting guides for the Alberni Clayoquot Regional District. Users can check their collection dates, receive timely notifications, and learn how to properly dispose of various items.
- Collection schedule lookup
- Waste sorting guides
- Customizable notifications
- Item disposal information
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Helping you Sort'nGo: Garbage, recycling and organics collection schedules and waste sorting guides for Alberni Clayoquot Regional District. Check your collection schedule, receive notifications, and check how to properly sort items with this app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Dancing Decibels at fortnightly against Sort'nGo ACRD's every 5 months. Dancing Decibels also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Sort'nGo ACRD's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Dancing Decibels holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of Dancing Decibels's written reviews are positive against 86% of Sort'nGo ACRD's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Dancing Decibels ships an update fortnightly, Sort'nGo ACRD every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 3, 2026 and July 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dancing Decibels | Sort'nGo ACRD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better | 4.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Benjamin Abramovitch | Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District |
Customer experience
Dancing Decibels
Sort'nGo ACRD
In-app purchases
Dancing Decibels
No in-app purchases
Sort'nGo ACRD
No in-app purchases
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