Bedside vs OurDance
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bedside
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You're not awake because you're not tired. You're awake because you're still scrolling. Bedside blocks the apps that keep you up — during the sleep window you set, and only then. ONE-TIME PURCHASE. NO SUBSCRIPTION. The core works free, with ads. A single purchase removes them for good and unlocks multiple sleep windows, multiple break rules, and the guardian password. No yearly bill, no plan to cancel, no account to make. Comparable apps in this category charge a subscription every year, and their buy-once tiers cost many times this. SLEEP WINDOW Pick a time range and the apps that derail your night — social, video, news, games, your call. They're blocked from bedtime until morning. The phone stops calling you back. PERIODIC BREAK Tracks each app's continuous use independently. Fifteen straight minutes on any one of them triggers a fifteen-minute cooldown. It pulls you out of the doomscroll before the hour disappears. LIMITED UNLOCKS, NEVER A DEAD-END Getting in during a blocked window takes a small deliberate task first — just enough to lose interest if you're sleepy. A real emergency always gets through; it only has to wait for you to actually stop and think. The door is never welded shut, because a tool that traps you is a tool you delete. A MORNING RECAP, NOT A VERDICT The next morning Bedside shows how last night went compared to the one before. No score, no streak to break, no guilt notification. Just progress you can see — which is the reason people are still using it on night four. WRITE THE BLOCK SCREEN YOURSELF Don't like our wording? Replace the title and subtitle with your own goal. Add several lines and they rotate at random, because any single sentence stops working around the fortieth time you read it. PRIVACY Built on Apple's Family Controls framework and runs on-device. Your rules, app selections and usage never leave your phone — no account, no server of ours. The free version shows ads (never during sleep hours, and never the moment you pause); the one-time purchase removes them and loads no third-party SDKs at all. For anyone who has tried deleting the app, tried promising themselves, tried the built-in screen time limit and switched it off.
OurDance
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Turn your own dance videos into focused practice. Find the exact move, loop the hard part, slow it down, mirror the view, and follow the count. PRACTICE AT YOUR PACE • Navigate with thumbnails, an audio waveform, and a precise playhead. • Adjust playback speed, mirror the view, crop the frame, and zoom in on feet, hands, posture, or formation. • Create saved loops and markers for the moments you want to revisit. BEATS, COUNTS, AND SOUND • See beats and 1–8 counts while you practice. Set the starting count and correct individual counts when a detected result needs adjustment. • Download optional on-device models to separate and audition instrument and vocal parts. Downloads need network access, time, and device storage. • Video export keeps the current video practice effects such as speed, mirror, crop, and audio gain. It uses the original audio path; a custom stem mix is not exported into the video. FREE AND FULL UNLOCK The core practice tools and one complete saved practice are free. OurDance Full Unlock is a one-time, non-consumable purchase. It adds more complete saved practices, iCloud sync for practice data, and external practice-data import and export. It is not a subscription, and Family Sharing is not enabled. YOUR MEDIA, YOUR CHOICE Import a compatible video from Photos, Files, or the Share sheet. Original videos and full separated audio stay on your device. If you choose iCloud sync, OurDance uses your private iCloud database to sync lightweight practice data between your devices; it does not upload the original video or full stem audio to OurDance servers. No OurDance account is required. OurDance has no ads, cross-app tracking, or third-party analytics SDK. Full Unlock also enables MP4 export of the entire video or an active Loop. You can preview export settings and estimated size before unlocking.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: OurDance at none against Bedside's shown. On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. Bedside sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and OurDance sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bedside | OurDance |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 5 days |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | zhenyu song | Ye Zhang |
In-app purchases
Bedside
- Bedside Pro$9.99
OurDance
- Full Unlock$9.99









