Switched vs Ballroom Plus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Switched
A social networking app designed for gay kinksters to connect, socialize, and find relationships. It offers customizable profiles, direct messaging, and discovery features to express kinks and create experiences.
- Customizable profiles
- Interactive timeline
- Picture galleries
- Direct Messaging
- Matchmaking
- Nearby discovery
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Switched is a brand new social network with matchmaking for gay kinksters. Launched in 2023, we want to change how kinky people connect, socialise, and create lifelong experiences (and even find love!), all while offering a modern design and functionality to fully express their kinks. * Your very own fully customisable profile * An interactive timeline * Beautiful picture galleries * Direct Messaging * Discover and Daily Matches * Nearby and Search
Ballroom Plus
Discover and engage with the ballroom dance community. Find events, go live, chat with others, shop for related items, and create short-form videos. Request verification to enhance your profile.
- Find Balls (events)
- Go Live streaming
- Chat functionality
- Shop for ballroom items
- Create short-form videos
- Request verification
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Users can Find Balls, Go Live, Chat, Shop, Request Verification and Create Short Form Videos!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ballroom Plus at 100% against Switched's 55%. Ballroom Plus also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.2) and in-app purchases (none vs 4). Switched's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, device support and iOS requirement 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. Switched sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Ballroom Plus asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ballroom Plus holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of Switched's written reviews are positive against 100% of Ballroom Plus's.
Switched ships an update weekly, Ballroom Plus every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Switched | Ballroom Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (23 ratings) | 4.8 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 142 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Ed2 Digital | EJH CONSULTING LLC |
Customer experience
Switched
Ballroom Plus
In-app purchases
Switched
- 1 Month Subscription$9.991 Month
- 3 Month Subscription$24.993 Months
- 6 Month Subscription$44.996 Months
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- 12 Month Subscription$79.991 Year
Ballroom Plus
No in-app purchases
