Comparison

Set Dances vs LatinPads

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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"

About

LatinPads

Features
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Drum loop player which delivers the Salsa, Bolero, Guaguanco and Son Montuno styles recorded from the most talented percussionists. Now with RGB style launch pads, you can have this genuine latin beats feeling with four distinct styles, each with 4 tracks. It also comes with a BPM control, so change the speed as you want and match it with your music, dance sessions, instruments, giving you different possibilities to play in a session or mixing in your gig! Very simple and intuitive to use, just press the instrument pad and it will start playing. Pressing other pads will start other instruments playing accordingly in sync. Press again the same instrument and the volume slider will appear, so you can mix them as your taste. Stop anytime any track pressing the white pad below it.

Screenshots

Set Dances1 screens
LatinPads3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Set Dances at Free against LatinPads's $9.99. On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Set Dances is free to download; LatinPads costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Set Dances ships an update every 8 months, LatinPads every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Set Dances versus LatinPads: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSet DancesLatinPads
PriceFree — better$9.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.415.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size168 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDouglas LowderEduardo Sallada

In-app purchases

None

Set Dances

No in-app purchases

None

LatinPads

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Set Dances free?
Set Dances is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LatinPads free?
LatinPads costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Set Dances or LatinPads have ads?
Neither Set Dances nor LatinPads shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Set Dances or LatinPads?
Set Dances ships an update every 8 months, and LatinPads every 5 months. Most recently, Set Dances was updated on November 1, 2026 and LatinPads on November 3, 2026.

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