Set Dances vs The Code of Funk
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"
The Code of Funk
This app offers an interactive drumming experience using original backing tracks. It breaks down a renowned drummer's funky style with detailed transcriptions, talk downs, and exclusive lead sheets. Customize your practice with a built-in mixing console to isolate or remove drum parts.
- Interactive play-along experience
- Original backing tracks
- Drum part breakdown
- Built-in mixing console
- Detailed transcriptions
- Exclusive lead sheets
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David Garibaldi's modern educational classic returns as an interactive, play-along app experience for drummers! Using the original backing tracks from Tower of Power's 2008 release The Oakland Zone, The Code of Funk breaks down the elements that have made Garibaldi's funky, linear, syncopated style a touchstone for drummers around the world for decades. Use the built in mixing console to design the perfect track to assist your study, isolating subtleties or removing the drums entirely when you're ready to replace them. Talk downs of each drum part are included, as well as detailed transcriptions of all tunes. Lead sheets have been included for all tracks -- written by David, exclusive to the app -- giving you a bird's eye view of each tune. What are you waiting for? Get The Code of Funk, and get funky!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Set Dances at Free against The Code of Funk's $9.99. Set Dances also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and review sentiment (67% vs 38%). The Code of Funk's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.4). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.
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Set Dances is free to download; The Code of Funk costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Set Dances holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Code of Funk has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Set Dances's written reviews are positive against 38% of The Code of Funk's.
Set Dances ships an update every 8 months, The Code of Funk every 24 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Set Dances | The Code of Funk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 37.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months — better | Every 24 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 168 MB | 227 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Douglas Lowder | Fuzzy Music, LLC |
Customer experience
Set Dances
The Code of Funk
In-app purchases
Set Dances
No in-app purchases
The Code of Funk
No in-app purchases
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