The Dancing Master vs Bandcamp
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.
Bandcamp
Discover and purchase music directly from artists worldwide. Support creators by buying their merchandise and instantly access your purchased music, both online and offline.
- Explore global music catalog
- Direct artist support
- Purchase merchandise
- Wishlist albums and tracks
- Online and offline listening
- Connect with artists
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Bandcamp is an online record store and music community where passionate fans connect with and directly support the artists they love. The Bandcamp app lets fans explore a vast catalog of music by artists from every corner of the globe, allows them to directly support artists by buying their merch (and wishlisting albums & tracks for purchase at a later time), and lets them instantly listen to the music they've purchased, online or offline.
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Verdict
The Dancing Master and Bandcamp both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of The Dancing Master's written reviews are positive against 51% of Bandcamp's. The Dancing Master also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.6). Bandcamp's advantage is price (Free vs $29.99) and ratings volume (38K vs 1). On rating, ads and in-app purchases 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
Bandcamp 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: Bandcamp has 38K 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 51% of Bandcamp's.
The Dancing Master ships an update every 3 months, Bandcamp every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Dancing Master | Bandcamp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $29.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.8 (38K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 38K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #93 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Transported Productions | Bandcamp |
Customer experience
The Dancing Master
Bandcamp
Bugs and requests
The Dancing Master
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Bandcamp
Reported bugs
4 issues- Tracks randomly skipping or not playing
- App crashing after updates
- Purchases not syncing across devices
- Login issues and account problems
Requested features
5 requests- Dark mode option
- Playlist creation and management
- Improved artist/genre discovery
- Offline listening and caching
- Chromecast/AirPlay support
In-app purchases
The Dancing Master
No in-app purchases
Bandcamp
No in-app purchases
