Creative Dance & Music Studio vs PlusPortals
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Creative Dance & Music Studio
Manage your dance and music lessons easily. Register for classes, update your account, and receive important notifications about schedule changes and events. Access all studio offerings conveniently from your smartphone.
- Account management
- Class registration
- Absence recording
- Important notifications
- Event announcements
- On-the-go access
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WELCOME TO Creative Dance & Music Studio - Dance & Music lessons for all ages! Our mission is to create cherished childhood memories and a love of dance and music that will last a lifetime. The CDMS app allows you to manage your account with ease, register for classes, update your account, record absences and more. You'll also receive important notifications about class changes, newsletters, closings, registration openings, special announcements, and upcoming events. The CDMS app is an easy-to-use, on-the-go way to access everything CDMS has to offer right from your smartphone.
PlusPortals
Access school information securely on your mobile device. View combined feeds, calendars, scores, assignments, and more. Stay connected with your school for enhanced learning and success.
- Secure mobile access
- Combined Feeds
- Calendar view
- Recent Scores
- Missing Work
- Assignments
- Attendance tracking
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The PlusPortals Mobile App offers parents and students secure mobile access to view information from their school's PlusPortals account. The app showcases Combined Feeds to easily review important information in one location, as well as views for Calendar, Recent Scores, Missing Work, and Assignments. Schools can also choose to share Attendance, Report Card Grades, Schedules, Incidents, Demographics, Classroom Progress, and more! The PlusPortals Mobile App creates a stronger connection between the school, parent, and students by sharing information that is critical for success and learning.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Creative Dance & Music Studio at 5.0 against PlusPortals's 1.5. PlusPortals's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 10 months) and ratings volume (153 vs 7). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Creative Dance & Music Studio holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PlusPortals has 153 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Creative Dance & Music Studio ships an update every 10 months, PlusPortals every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Creative Dance & Music Studio | PlusPortals |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better | 1.5 (153 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 9.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 153 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Creative Dance & Music Studio | Rediker Software, Inc. |
Customer experience
Creative Dance & Music Studio
PlusPortals
Bugs and requests
Creative Dance & Music Studio
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
PlusPortals
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login screen not working
- Unexpected errors
- Can't send messages to support
Requested features
3 requests- Bring back lesson plans
- Allow filtering by student
- Improve calendar view
In-app purchases
Creative Dance & Music Studio
No in-app purchases
PlusPortals
No in-app purchases
Questions
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