Comparison

Dance Jot vs PDC Tally

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Dance Jot

Easily track your dance scores, competition standings, awards, and adjudications. Log details for any dance style and category, then record your performance outcomes. Keep all your dance achievements organized in one place.

Highlights
  • Track dance scores
  • Log competition standings
  • Record awards and adjudications
  • Add dances of any style
  • Organize competition data
Features
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Dance Jot makes it easier for dancers, parents, teachers, and studios to organize competition seasons and understand their results. TRACK DANCES AND RESULTS Keep dance details, competition entries, scores, placements, adjudications, special awards, and score-sheet photos together. IMPORT COMPETITION SCHEDULES Import supported web schedules, PDFs, scanned paper schedules, or schedule photos. Link your dances to schedule entries and follow the event throughout competition day. COMPETITION-DAY TOOLS View the event schedule, mark the current dance, estimate whether the competition is running ahead or behind, identify conflicts, and enter adjudications as awards are announced. AI CRITIQUE ASSISTANT Analyze audio from judge critique videos to organize repeated corrections, positive feedback, focus areas, and suggested training priorities. Critique information remains private unless you choose to share it. GOALS AND TRAINING Set private dance goals, track progress, record training time, and celebrate achievements. PRIVATE PERFORMANCE INSIGHTS Review score history, personal bests, adjudications, placements, style trends, competition trends, and season-over-season progress. BUILT FOR DIFFERENT DANCE ROLES • Dancers can manage their own dances, goals, training, scores, and competitions. • Parents can organize dances and results for their children. • Teachers can manage private dances and work with studios that grant access. • Studios can manage teams, dancers, teacher access, schedules, and competition results. Some AI and advanced competition tools require AI credits or a Dance Jot Plus subscription. Available features may vary by role. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://dancejot.com/privacy

About

PDC Tally

Manage your dance studio account, register for classes, and stay updated on important studio news. Access all studio offerings conveniently from your smartphone.

Highlights
  • Account management
  • Class registration
  • Special event registration
  • Receive notifications
  • View studio offerings
Features
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WELCOME TO PLATINUM DANCE CENTER The Platinum Dance Center app allows you to manage your account with ease, register for classes and special events. You'll also receive important notifications about class changes, closings, registration openings, special announcements, and upcoming events. The PDC app is an easy-to-use, on-the-go way to access everything our studio has to offer right from your smartphone.

Screenshots

Dance Jot4 screens
PDC Tally4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Dance Jot at every 5 days against PDC Tally's every 28 months. Dance Jot also leads on ratings volume (36 vs 2). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Dance Jot against 5.0 for PDC Tally. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dance Jot has 36 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dance Jot ships an update every 5 days, PDC Tally every 28 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Dance Jot versus PDC Tally: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDance JotPDC Tally
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (36 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings36 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 28 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRobert ReinhartPlatinum Dance Center Tallahassee

Customer experience

Dance Jot

All ratings36 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

PDC Tally

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Dance Jot

No in-app purchases

None

PDC Tally

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dance Jot free?
Dance Jot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PDC Tally free?
PDC Tally is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Dance Jot or PDC Tally?
Dance Jot and PDC Tally are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 36 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Dance Jot or PDC Tally have ads?
Neither Dance Jot nor PDC Tally shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dance Jot or PDC Tally?
Dance Jot ships an update every 5 days, and PDC Tally every 28 months. Most recently, Dance Jot was updated on October 12, 2026 and PDC Tally on October 1, 2026.

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