Backstage Dance Studio vs Topout
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Backstage Dance Studio
Manage your dance studio account effortlessly. Register for classes, parties, and events. Receive important updates on class changes, announcements, and upcoming activities directly on your smartphone.
- Account management
- Class registration
- Event registration
- Important notifications
- On-the-go access
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WELCOME TO BACKSTAGE DANCE STUDIO! The Backstage Dance Studio app allows you to manage your account with ease, register for classes, parties, and special events. You'll also receive important notifications about class changes, closings, registration openings, special announcements, and upcoming events. The Backstage Dance Studio app is an easy-to-use, on-the-go way to access everything Backstage Dance Studio has to offer right from your smartphone. Your dance education at your fingertips!
Topout
Track your climbing sessions, analyze your progress with detailed insights, and plan your training cycles. This app focuses exclusively on climbing progression, offering a private and offline experience.
- Log bouldering and rope sessions
- Track grade trends and volume
- Analyze progress with detailed insights
- Plan training mesocycles
- Offline data storage
- No account or cloud sync
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Topout is a climbing training tracker built by one developer, for climbers serious about progression. This app is modeled after the exact training plans and setup that I used for my own progress. LOG EVERY SESSION You can track your bouldering and rope sections with flexible widgets. You can track exercises, warm-ups, and stretches. You can use timers, notes, track your body weight, record how you feel, etc... UNDERSTAND YOUR PROGRESS The insights tab has graphs and trends for your volume, RPE, training mix, muscle group, mobility, your rest days, how you feel, etc.. PLAN LIKE A COACH Plan months or weeks in advance using my advanced meso cycle planner. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Everything lives on your device. No account. No cloud sync. No analytics. No data collection of any kind. Your training history is private and always available offline. BUILT WITH CARE Topout is built by me alone. I'm a climber who wanted to build a training tool to replace all of the spreadsheets and general tracking software I've used over the years.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Topout at 100% against Backstage Dance Studio's 0%. Topout also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Topout holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Backstage Dance Studio's written reviews are positive against 100% of Topout's.
Backstage Dance Studio ships an update every 6 months, Topout every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Backstage Dance Studio | Topout |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Backstage Dance Studio | Jeordin Callister |
Customer experience
Backstage Dance Studio
Topout
In-app purchases
Backstage Dance Studio
No in-app purchases
Topout
No in-app purchases
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