KineScribe vs iDanceForms2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
KineScribe
This application allows users to create, edit, and read dance notation scores using Laban movement principles. It offers a comprehensive symbol palette and tools for customization, enabling easy sharing and integration with other notation software.
- Create and edit structured notation scores
- Support for Motif and Language of Dance scores
- Import and read LabanWriter scores
- Extensive symbol palette for movement notation
- Customizable tools with multiple colors and backgrounds
- Save and share scores as PDFs
- Multi-page score creation
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KineScribe reimagines LabanWriter for iOS and MacOS, allowing you to write dances in Laban movement notation and quickly edit scores and symbols. Development of this app was supported by Reed College and the National Endowment for the Humanities, with the cooperation and continued support of The Ohio State University. Make Scores: KineScribe creates and edits structured notation scores on the staff, Motif scores, and scores using Language of Dance. Read Scores: KineScribe reads all scores imported from LabanWriter. Edit Scores: KineScribe edits scores created in-app or with LabanWriter. Symbol Palette: Includes directions, levels, paths, rotations, bows, staff, floor plan, text input, and more. App updates will increase the number of available symbols and modifications. Tools: Choose graph paper or plain background. Make multiple-page scores. Choose from 20 colors for each symbol. Save and Share: Email KineScribe files as PDFs from in-app command. Read, edit, and print saved KineScribe files in LabanWriter through iTunes sync. For more information: https://u.osu.edu/kinescribe/
iDanceForms2
A creative choreography sketchbook for iPad that uses touch, gesture, and camera input to sketch and create movement phrases. It aims to enhance physical body engagement through mobile sensor data.
- Intuitive touch interaction
- Gesture-based controls
- Camera integration for movement capture
- Create movement phrases
- Physical body engagement focus
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idanceForms is a creative choreography sketchbook for the iPad. idanceForms uses intuitive touch, gesture and camera based interaction to easily sketch and create movement phrases. Our goal is to engage with the physical body more experientially by using the full range of sensor data accessible through mobile technology. idanceForms supports your natural creativity by crafting movement with touch, gesture and and ipad camera! Researchers: Dr. Thecla Schiphorst, SFU; Dr. Tom Calvert, SFU; Dr. Herbert H. Tsang, SFU; Jordon Phillips, MSc Student, SFU; Kristin Carlson, PhD Student, SFU; Nasim Jahangiri, UX Design, SFU
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: KineScribe at 5.0 against iDanceForms2's 1.0. iDanceForms2's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15). 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.
KineScribe holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | KineScribe | iDanceForms2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Ralley | MusicCentric Technologies Inc. |
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In-app purchases
KineScribe
No in-app purchases
iDanceForms2
No in-app purchases
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