Salsa Rhythm vs Bachata Speed
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Salsa Rhythm
This app provides a versatile tool for practicing salsa rhythms and musicality. Users can customize tempo, mix instruments, and select loops to enhance their timing and groove. It's ideal for dancers, musicians, and instructors looking to refine their skills.
- Customizable tempo (BPM)
- Mix and loop instruments
- Metronome and groove practice
- Instructor voice counting
- Automatic key change
- Individual instrument volume control
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Salsa Rhythm is your ultimate salsa practice tool, helping you to perfect your salsa timing, musicality, and musicianship by selecting your own instruments, tempo, and loops! It is great for dancers, musicians, producers, and instructors! Top Features: * Practice at a tempo of YOUR choice! * Combine/mix instruments to your liking and choose their loops! * Use as a metronome and practice your groove! * As an instructor, hold your dance classes anywhere! Instruments: Clave, Piano, Congas, Timbales, Bongos, Bass, Maracas, Guiro, Cowbell and an Instructor Voice Also included: * 20 different piano loops, 20 bass loops, >29 percussion loops including Tumbao, Guaguancó, Cáscara, Rumba, Caballo, Danzón and more * Automatic key change setting for practicing in all keys! * Instructor voice counting the beats of your choosing * Control the tempo (BPM), musical key and the individual volume of each instrument App Store reviews are very helpful. If you think Salsa Rhythm is great, would you mind taking a minute to write a review, or update an old one? It's greatly appreciated. If you have any problems or questions you can email us through the support page in the app (or directly at hey@districtonemobile.com), thanks! See the end user license agreement at the following link: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Bachata Speed
Practice bachata dance with a wide selection of songs at your chosen tempo. Adjust the beats per minute (BPM) to suit your learning or teaching needs. Organize your favorite tracks and even import your own playlists.
- Adjustable tempo and BPM
- +3000 bachata songs
- Lock specific speeds
- Sort songs by speed
- Organize favorites
- Import YouTube playlists
- Customizable colors
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Select a tempo and listen to Bachata music! Useful to practice body movement and partnerwork amongst different speeds, without modifying and altering the original songs. The app includes +3000 popular bachata songs. Are you learning bachata? Choose the tempo you want to practice on! Are you a dance teacher? Choose the tempo you want for your classes! If you want to go further, you can also lock a specific speed to play only songs matching that tempo, choose a precise number of beats per minute (BPM), sort the songs by speed, organize the songs into your favorites, add your own songs by importing playlists from YouTube, and even customize the colors. While bachata music is typically within 110-130 BPM, the songs included in the app range from 90 BPM (slow) to 180 BPM (fast). Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Bachata Speed at Free against Salsa Rhythm's $2.99. Bachata Speed also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Salsa Rhythm's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (3.4K vs 2). On ads, 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
Bachata Speed is free to download; Salsa Rhythm costs $2.99 up front. Bachata Speed sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Salsa Rhythm asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bachata Speed holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Salsa Rhythm has 3.4K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Salsa Rhythm ships an update every 5 months, Bachata Speed weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Salsa Rhythm | Bachata Speed |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (3.4K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3.4K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #26 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | District One Mobile, LLC | RAPHAEL LEGER |
Customer experience
Salsa Rhythm
Bachata Speed
Bugs and requests
Salsa Rhythm
Reported bugs
5 issues- Bass not synchronized with other instruments
- Clave rhythm not accurate
- Inability to reset to default settings
- Frequent prompts to write a review
- App not working after updates
Requested features
5 requests- Add more rhythms and instruments
- Implement save/recall feature for settings
- Include more advanced rhythmic patterns
- Provide a better volume control system
- Add support for other Latin genres (e.g., bachata)
Bachata Speed
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Salsa Rhythm
No in-app purchases
Bachata Speed
- Bachata Speed Pro$1.997 Days
- Bachata Speed Pro$3.991 Month
- Bachata Speed Pro$17.991 Year
Questions
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