Masquerade Dance vs Ordway
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Masquerade Dance
Enhance your competition experience with live event streaming, detailed schedules, and real-time updates. Vote for your favorites and stay connected with event information and social feeds.
- Live video streaming of events
- Digital event programs
- Venue maps and directions
- Live event tracker
- Audience Choice voting
- Social media feeds
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The Masquerade Dance Competition App was created to make the competition process easier and more exciting for all Masquerade attendees! Our app includes: · NEW for 2019 - A subscription is no longer needed - all features are FREE! · NEW for 2019 - A live video feed for streaming events! (This is based upon venue availability from city to city and may not be available in all cities.) · Event information, a Digital Program for all the season's events including Nationals, pages listing the awards and results for each city, venue maps and directions, listing of our events, complete with routines listing, performance order, and location! · A live Event Tracker - It shows what routine number is on stage, how long until the next awards session, and any alerts for important information at the competition. · Audience Choice Voting- With our voting system, you in the audience can vote for the winners of our Award Category- The Audience Choice Awards! · Instagram and Facebook feeds, as well as access to the Masquerade Dance Website. Download the app for your live connection to Masquerade Dance Competition! Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
Ordway
Manage your event tickets, discover upcoming shows, and easily transfer tickets to friends and family. Access your purchased tickets seamlessly by signing in with your existing account.
- Seamless ticket access
- Event discovery and purchase
- Ticket transfer to others
- Sign in with existing account
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Welcome to the brand new app for Ordway Access and transfer your tickets for upcoming events, browse our event listings and easily purchase tickets for future shows Seamless Ticket Access - simply sign in with the same account you used to purchase your ticket Discover our upcoming events - check availability, and secure your spot with just a few taps Ticket Transfer - easily share tickets with friends and family from within the app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Masquerade Dance at 44% against Ordway's 7%. Masquerade Dance also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). Ordway's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (1K vs 267). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Masquerade Dance holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 267 and 1K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of Masquerade Dance's written reviews are positive against 7% of Ordway's.
Masquerade Dance ships an update every 2 months, Ordway every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Masquerade Dance | Ordway |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (267 ratings) — better | 4.4 (1K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 44.1% of reviews — better | 6.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 267 | 1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Encore Productions, LLC | Ordway Center for the Performing Arts |
Customer experience
Masquerade Dance
Ordway
Bugs and requests
Masquerade Dance
Reported bugs
11 issues- Live video takes a long time to load
- App needs to be updated for Apple devices
- Error: failed to talk with Apple
- Can't talk to Apple
- App only works on WiFi
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- App doesn't work on iPhone 4S
- Record Awards feature did not work
- Voting feature was useless
- App will not load after payment
- Most features do not work
- Support link doesn't function
Requested features
8 requests- Save place when returning to app
- Jump to particular routine in lineup
- Include overall schedule of competitions
- Live feed for all regionals
- Wish every company had this app
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- Add different categories for petite and preteen
- Ability to vote for favorite dance
- Live streaming for remote parents
Ordway
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Masquerade Dance
No in-app purchases
Ordway
No in-app purchases
