Comparison

Solo Dance vs Glide

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Solo Dance

Learn solo ice dance compulsory routines with detailed video demonstrations. Explore zoomable patterns and practice at home or on the go. This app focuses on female steps performed by a former national competitor.

Highlights
  • Compulsory ice dance routines
  • Video demonstrations
  • Zoomable patterns
  • Female step focus
  • On-the-go practice tool
Features
Currently charting
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Solo Dance is the only solo ice dance app for compulsory dances in the world! Included are video demonstrations of the hickory hoedown through the gold dances fully zoomable patterns and more! Demonstrations are for the female steps only at the moment, and are performed by former National Competitor Trina Pratt. It's awesome! Whether in the comfort of your own home, traveling to the rink or during practice, you will always have the ‘Solo Dance’ app in your pocket! DISCLAIMER: Participating in ice skating has inherent risks, but with good technique and sound equipment these risks are mitigated. While the Skate Coach app series provides examples of skills performed correctly, they are NOT meant to supplement professional skating instruction! Improper use of the Skate Coach apps could result in bodily harm! Please do not attempt these maneuvers while holding an iPhone, iPod touch or iPad on the ice. Rink Tank Interactive is not responsible for injuries resulting from (direct or indirect) use of these apps.

About

Glide

Features
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Glide is the social training tracker built for figure skaters. Log every session — practice, lessons, run-throughs, freeskate. Tag the elements you worked on, rate how it went, and add private notes for yourself. Your training history builds into a 12-week activity graph so you can see your patterns at a glance. Follow other skaters at your rink and beyond. Their sessions show up in your feed — see what they're working on, give kudos, leave a comment. Discover other rinks and the people who train there. • Built specifically for figure skating • Element library covers jumps, spins, skating skills (Moves in the Field), and Learn to Skate • Private notes stay just for you, separate from what your followers see • Private accounts give you full control over who sees your training WHAT'S IN GLIDE • Personal feed of sessions from skaters you follow • Session logging with elements, duration, rating, photos, notes • Profile with activity graph, session history, and rinks you train at • Rink pages with the people who train there • Kudos, comments, and optional private notes on every session Glide is free and ad-free. Questions or feedback? Visit glide-skating.netlify.app/contact.

Screenshots

Solo Dance4 screens
Glide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Glide at Free against Solo Dance's $9.99. Solo Dance's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and chart position (#199 vs unranked). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Glide is free to download; Solo Dance costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Solo Dance holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Solo Dance has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Solo Dance versus Glide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSolo DanceGlide
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 23 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#199 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size359 MB35 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperMark FitzgeraldJake Wong

In-app purchases

None

Solo Dance

No in-app purchases

None

Glide

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Solo Dance free?
Solo Dance costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Glide free?
Glide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Solo Dance or Glide?
Solo Dance is rated higher. Solo Dance averages 5.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Glide averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Solo Dance or Glide have ads?
Neither Solo Dance nor Glide shows ads.

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