Set Dances vs DrumGoat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Set Dances
This app offers a comprehensive collection of traditional and championship set dance music for Irish dancers. Practice at adjustable speeds with accurately timed tracks, perfect for solo competition preparation.
- Music for traditional set dances
- Music for championship set dances
- Adjustable music speeds
- Includes specific An Coimisiún tunes
- Includes specific An Comhdháil tunes
- Offline music playback
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Set Dances is a practice tool for Irish dancers. It provides the music for all the traditional and championship set dances approved by the Irish Dance Commission (An Coimisiun le Rinci Gaelacha) for use in solo Irish dance competitions. This app allows the music to be adjusted to a wide range of speeds. The music tracks were made in sync with a computer metronome, and the indicated speeds have been checked for accuracy against a stopwatch and other calibrated timing sources. Features: - Built for iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV - All music is built into the app - Includes the music for the 8 traditional set dances - Contains the music for more than 35 championship set dances - Includes An Coimisiún set dance tunes: "The Vanishing Lake" and "The Charlady" - Includes set dance tunes used by Comhdháil Na Múinteoirí Le Rincí Gaelacha (An Comhdháil): "The Donegal Rambler", "Planxty Irwin", and "The Battle of Arklow"
DrumGoat
This app challenges and reinforces drummers' audio-visual memory of drumming rudiments. It makes learning the fundamental patterns of drumming simple, fun, and fast.
- Audio-visual memory training
- Rudiment reinforcement
- Simple and fast learning
- Fun drumming practice
- Essential drumming alphabet
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DrumGoat helps drummers by challenging and reinforcing the audio-visual memory of rudiments - the “alphabet” of drumming - while making it simple, fun and fast.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Set Dances at Free against DrumGoat's $1.99. Set Dances also leads on update cadence (every 8 months vs every 39 months) and review sentiment (67% vs 50%). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Set Dances is free to download; DrumGoat costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Set Dances ships an update every 8 months, DrumGoat every 39 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Set Dances | DrumGoat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months — better | Every 39 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 168 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Douglas Lowder | John Taylor |
Customer experience
Set Dances
DrumGoat
In-app purchases
Set Dances
No in-app purchases
DrumGoat
No in-app purchases
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