DanceDay vs Ballet Journal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DanceDay
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DanceDay helps dancers log classes, review progress, and organize dance videos. It supports AI class capture, trend stats, and templates to start a class quickly. Key features: • AI capture: Identify class name, time, style, teacher, and location from photos/albums. • Stats & review: Heatmaps and weekly/monthly/yearly trends. • Templates: Save class templates to reuse instantly. • Class management: Duration, location, teacher, notes, ratings, and media. • Video linking: Link dance videos from Photos, sort by date, and review moves and progress fast. • Premium: Advanced stats views, batch/unlimited AI scans, early access to new premium features. For: Dance lovers, trainees, and dance coaches. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Ballet Journal
This app provides a private space to log ballet practice sessions. Track your progress with a calendar, note physical sensations, and save reflections. View your consistency through practice days, minutes, streaks, and milestones.
- Calendar-based practice logging
- Detailed body-focus notes
- Track practice types
- Photo attachments
- Progress and milestone achievements
- Secure authentication lock
- Local-first storage
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Ballet Journal is a quiet, private journal for ballet learners. Use the monthly calendar to record every class and see your practice rhythm take shape. Save the class type, date, duration, reflections, and the details you want to improve next time. Add multiple photos and videos, then review them while the memory is still fresh. Your Ballet Term Dex lights up as terms appear in your class records. Each new term feels like a small unlock. Review its meaning, hear the French pronunciation, study a movement-reference illustration, and see where you learned it, how often you practiced it, and when it first and most recently appeared. As your journal grows, your practice days, total hours, current streak, and class distribution become a calm record of your progress. Ballet Journal does not rush you. It simply helps you notice the work that is easy to forget. Key features: • Monthly calendar for seeing your practice rhythm at a glance • A 49-term Ballet Term Dex that lights up as you learn • Meanings, French pronunciation, movement-reference illustrations, and your personal learning trail • Class type, date, duration, reflections, terms, and body-focus notes • Multiple photos and videos for each class • Total hours, practice days, streaks, and class distribution • Optional Face ID or device-authentication lock • Readable Markdown export for journal text and metadata • No account required, no ads, and no cross-app tracking Your journal, photos, and videos stay on your device. Ballet Journal does not upload your records or media. Limited anonymous product analytics may be used to improve stability and the experience, without collecting your journal content, profile content, dates, or media. See the App Privacy details and privacy policy for more information. Start with one class today. The days pass; the practice stays.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ballet Journal at none against DanceDay's 3. On price, update cadence, ads 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. DanceDay sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Ballet Journal asks for nothing beyond the download.
DanceDay ships an update every 5 days, Ballet Journal every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DanceDay | Ballet Journal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 鸿杰 黄 | 晨 郭 |
In-app purchases
DanceDay
- Premium (Monthly)$2.991 Month
- Premium (Yearly)$24.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium$39.99
Ballet Journal
No in-app purchases









