The Dancing Master vs Cruel World
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Dancing Master
This app helps English Country Dance callers organize and plan their events. It also supports calling for contradances, squares, and other folk dance styles.
- Catalog dances
- Plan events
- Supports English Country Dance
- Supports contradances
- Supports square dances
- Supports other folk dance forms
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The Dancing Master is meant for English Country Dance callers to use for cataloging dances and planning their events. It can, of course, also be used for calling contradances, squares and other folk dance forms. Before you purchase the program, we strongly recommend that you download and read the instructions at http://www.transportedproductions.com/TheDancingMaster/instructions.pdf to see, in detail, how this program works and then decide if this program is right for you.
Cruel World
Plan your festival experience with this official app. View the lineup, create a custom schedule, manage your mobile passes, and get real-time updates and alerts.
- View festival lineup
- Favorite artists
- Build custom schedule
- Manage mobile passes
- Festival information
- Real-time updates
- Location-based alerts
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The world is a little less cruel with the official Cruel World Festival mobile app. Check out the lineup, favorite artists and build your own custom schedule, plus get the latest updates as the festival approaches. Start planning now by viewing your mobile passes, exploring festival info, & more. Stay tuned for additional details as we get closer to the festival dates, including maps and set times. FYI: you may receive notifications based on your location at the festival that can help you plan your day, including info & weather alerts. Allow push notifications and location to be shared for best experience.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: The Dancing Master at 100% against Cruel World's 20%. The Dancing Master also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Cruel World's advantage is price (Free vs $29.99) and ratings volume (929 vs 1). 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
Cruel World is free to download; The Dancing Master costs $29.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
The Dancing Master holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cruel World has 929 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of The Dancing Master's written reviews are positive against 20% of Cruel World's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Dancing Master | Cruel World |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $29.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.8 (929 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 929 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Transported Productions | Goldenvoice |
Customer experience
The Dancing Master
Cruel World
In-app purchases
The Dancing Master
No in-app purchases
Cruel World
No in-app purchases
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