Festello vs Dance Seekers
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Festello
This app helps attendees plan their Latin dance festival experience with personalized schedules and artist information. Organizers can manage events, send real-time updates, and gather feedback.
- Personalized workshop schedules
- Artist profiles and workshop details
- Calendar integration
- Real-time event updates
- Attendee feedback collection
- Effortless event management
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Festello is crafted specifically for the vibrant world of Latin dancing festivals, ensuring every feature caters to your needs. Whether you're mastering your next dance move or organizing the festival of the year, Festello is here to help you shine. For Attendees: - Personalized Schedules: View workshop schedules, filter by difficulty levels, and create your custom itinerary. - Artist Profiles: Explore detailed profiles of your favorite artists and their workshops. - Calendar Integration: Add workshops directly to your phone’s calendar to ensure you never miss a session. - Real-Time Updates: Stay informed with instant notifications about schedule changes and announcements. - Feedback Made Easy: Share your thoughts on workshops, artists, and the festival to make your voice heard. For Organizers: - Effortless Event Management: Streamline schedules, artist profiles, and workshop details with a user-friendly interface. - Real-Time Notifications: Send announcements to attendees in an instant, ensuring everyone stays updated. - Gather Feedback: Collect valuable insights from attendees to improve future events.
Dance Seekers
Discover social partner dance events happening near you, from salsa to tango. Find lessons, RSVP, connect with organizers, and track your dance history. Features include a live map, event details, and ticket management.
- Live map and list of dance events
- Search by city, style, or date
- Event details: time, venue, price, lessons
- Local dance organization communities
- RSVP and see friends' attendance
- In-app ticket management with offline QR codes
- Personal dance history and rewards
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Every partner dance night in the US, in one place. DanceSeekers is the complete calendar of social partner dancing — salsa, bachata, kizomba, swing, zouk, tango and more — across hundreds of US cities. Real, verified events: tonight, this weekend, or wherever you're traveling. FIND YOUR NIGHT - A live map and list of what's on near you - One search box for everything: a city, a style, a date, or just ask in plain words - The filters that matter when you're new: lesson included, no partner needed - Event pages with the details that decide a night — time, venue, price, the lesson, the DJ JOIN YOUR SCENE - Communities are local dance organizations inside the app: their calendar, their instructors, their nights, their colors - RSVP so the organizer knows you're coming, and see when your friends are going - Ask an instructor about private lessons — replies come back inside the app, and neither of you ever shares an email - At participating nights: request songs to the DJ from the floor, vote on what's queued, and join song contests and free-ticket giveaways SHOW UP, AND IT COUNTS - Check in at the venue with one tap — GPS confirms you're really there - Every night you dance builds your personal galaxy: the styles you've danced, drawn as stars - Earn rewards at communities that offer them by dancing across their venues, and collect badges for streaks and milestones EXPLORE THE ATLAS - 261 dances mapped as one connected galaxy, from cumbia to west coast swing - Tap any style for a plain-words guide, its history and lineage, and a 30-second listen so you know the sound before you go TICKETS THAT WORK AT THE DOOR - Tickets you hold live in the app — from organizers, giveaways, or a friend's transfer - QR codes render offline, so venue wifi can't strand you - Transfer a ticket to a friend in two taps Free to use. An account (email code, Apple, or Google) keeps your plans, your history and your rewards. Made for dancers, organizers, and the people who keep local scenes alive.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Dance Seekers at every 2 weeks against Festello's every 5 weeks. Dance Seekers also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). Festello's advantage is ratings volume (15 vs 4). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Festello against 5.0 for Dance Seekers. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Festello ships an update every 5 weeks, Dance Seekers every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Festello | Dance Seekers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (15 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Programmeros Labs LLC | MANUEL HUMBERTO AVILA-CORONA |
Customer experience
Festello
Dance Seekers
In-app purchases
Festello
No in-app purchases
Dance Seekers
No in-app purchases









