SwingDancer vs danceConvention
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SwingDancer
Stay updated with real-time competitor and staff announcements during dance events. Access past notifications and alerts, and discover nearby dancers. This tool provides instant scoring information on behalf of your vendor.
- Real-time competitor updates
- Staff announcements
- Callbacks and judge marks
- Event results
- Push notification history
- Nearby Dancers feature
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This app provides timely competitor and staff updates throughout the dance event weekend, including callbacks, judge marks and results. Please create an account to review previous push notifications for content and alerts; and to use our Nearby Dancers feature. Provided to the event on behalf of your instant scoring vendor. Event Express Pro, LLC Fast. Accurate. Flexible.
danceConvention
Manage dance events with this app, offering features for attendees, promoters, staff, and judges. It provides mobile registration, instant electronic scoring, QR code check-in, and real-time event notifications to enhance the dance event experience.
- Event attendee features
- Mobile registration desk
- Instant electronic scoring
- QR code based check-in
- Real-time event notifications
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Mobile application for users, promoters, event staff and judges using danceConvention.net event management and scoring solution. App includes: - event attendee features; - mobile registration desk; - instant electronic scoring; - QR code based check-in; - real-time event notifications. Plus many other features to upgrade your dance event experience to the next level.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: danceConvention at 3.5 against SwingDancer's 3.0. danceConvention also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 8 months). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
danceConvention holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively.
SwingDancer ships an update every 8 months, danceConvention every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 24, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SwingDancer | danceConvention |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (4 ratings) | 3.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Paul Stoddard | Ilya Obshadko |
Customer experience
SwingDancer
danceConvention
In-app purchases
SwingDancer
No in-app purchases
danceConvention
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is SwingDancer free?
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