upSKILLery vs Danscend
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
upSKILLery
This app offers engaging and enjoyable learning experiences for healthcare professionals. It focuses on developing authentic patient connections to foster success and fulfillment in medical practice. Access masterclasses, courses, and weekly bite-sized learning journeys.
- Masterclasses & Courses
- Weekly Bite-sized Learning Journeys
- Interactive Learning
- Patient Connection Focus
- Professional Development
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upSKILL anywhere, any time, by The Patient Whisperers. We believe that we never stop learning, that it should be inspiring - and that it should also be enjoyable! To be successful in medicine (as a person or a practice) we must become patient whisperers and guide our patients through authentic connection. What happens? Our patients love us and refer everyone they know to our care + we are more fulfilled, enjoying what we do, empowered to be our best. Interactive: - Masterclasses & Courses - Weekly Bite-sized Learning Journeys
Danscend
This app offers mental wellness tools specifically designed for dancers and dance teachers. It provides bite-sized lessons, meditations, and exercises from professionals to enhance confidence, focus, and mental strength.
- Bite-sized lessons from professionals
- Meditations and exercises
- Performance pressure tools
- Motivation and mindset support
- Wellbeing resources
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The Mental Wellness App Built Specifically for Dancers and Dance Teachers Danscend helps you train your brain to feel more confident, focused, and mentally strong, on and off the dance floor. - Bite-sized lessons from dance and mental health professionals - Meditations, worksheets, and exercises you can use anytime - Tools for performance pressure, motivation, mindset, and wellbeing https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
upSKILLery and Danscend are too close to call on the numbers: across 10 compared parameters — price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. upSKILLery sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Danscend sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for upSKILLery against 5.0 for Danscend. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 7 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | upSKILLery | Danscend |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.2 | 15.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 110 MB | 111 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | upSKILLery LLC | Danscend, LLC |
Customer experience
upSKILLery
Danscend
In-app purchases
upSKILLery
- Posting Patient ReviewsFree
- DEMO | Weekly Soft SkillsFree
- BETA Weekly upSKILLs$9.99
Danscend
- Danscend Dance Teacher Library14 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Danscend Dancer Library14 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Library Studio Subscription14 Days trial$49.991 Month
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- Dance Teacher Library - Yearly14 Days trial$94.991 Year
- Dancer Library (yearly)14 Days trial$94.991 Year
- Studio Library -Yearly Subscription$484.991 Year
- Mindset Journey Modules 1-3Free
- Mindset Journey Parts 1-3Free
