ArrangeUs vs CS 8
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ArrangeUs
This app simplifies dance formation planning for choreographers. Easily create, visualize, and save complex stage arrangements with animated transitions and customizable dancer details. Streamline your creative process and bring performances to life.
- Animated transitions
- Name and color dancers
- Add comments to positions
- Customize stage settings
- Undo actions
- Synchronize with music
- Save formations as presets
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Do you think that planning formations for your performances is difficult and boring? You wish this took less time? If so, ArrangeUs is perfect fit for you! Easy, fast and stylish ArrangeUs has everything to help choreographers to move their formations from paper to the App. With this App you can: - watch animated transitions; - name your dancers and change their colors; - leave comments for each position; - customize stage with various settings (including its size); - undo any of your actions; - synchronize your performance with music; - save your best ideas in Presets collection. Bring you performances to the next level and stay tuned for more!
CS 8
Create and manage cheerleading 8-count sheets efficiently on your mobile device. Add color-coded sections and custom markers to your routines. Export formatted sheets for music production.
- Create color-coded routine sections
- Add custom routine markers
- Save and edit multiple sheets
- Export to Excel format
- Designed by cheer coaches
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Quickly and easily create perfect 8-count sheets on your phone at cheer practice with Clarke Specialties' 8-Count Sheet Creator app! This fast, simple, efficient, app takes the hassle out of creating 8-counts sheets for cheerleading coaches and choreographers, letting you: - Add color-coded routine sections with simple button taps - Add markers with buttons (Clean, Dip, Toss, etc) or custom text. - Save multiple 8-count sheets within the app for easy reference and editing. - In-app purchase to export, save and/or send your perfectly formatted Excel 8-count sheet to yourself and your music producer for production. The CS app was created by cheer coaches and choreographers, FOR cheer coaches and choreographers because a well-formed 8-count sheet is the ultimate tool in helping bring your routines to life. If you have any problems or suggestions, let me know at leighton@clarkespecialties.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ArrangeUs at 80% against CS 8's 33%. ArrangeUs also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.4) and ratings volume (4.5K vs 10). CS 8's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. ArrangeUs sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and CS 8 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ArrangeUs holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ArrangeUs has 4.5K ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of ArrangeUs's written reviews are positive against 33% of CS 8's.
| Parameter | ArrangeUs | CS 8 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4.5K ratings) — better | 3.4 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.2% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4.5K — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andriy Stefanchuk | Clarke Specialties, LLC |
Customer experience
ArrangeUs
CS 8
Bugs and requests
ArrangeUs
Reported bugs
3 issues- Sharing files not working as expected
- Formations not saving/syncing properly
- Keyboard disappearing during use
Requested features
5 requests- Add pathways/routes for dancer movement
- Allow syncing across devices
- Implement collaboration features
- Add more customization options (backgrounds, dancer shapes, etc.)
- Improve music integration and timing
CS 8
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ArrangeUs
- ArrangeUs Premium7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- ArrangeUs Premium7 Days trial$14.996 Months
- ArrangeUs Premium7 Days trial$23.991 Year
CS 8
- Create Excel Sheet$1.99
