Solo Dance vs Glide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Compulsory ice dance routines
- Video demonstrations
- Zoomable patterns
- Female step focus
- On-the-go practice tool
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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.
Glide
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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.
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
| Parameter | Solo Dance | Glide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 23 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Best chart rank | #199 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 359 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Mark Fitzgerald | Jake Wong |
In-app purchases
Solo Dance
No in-app purchases
Glide
No in-app purchases









