Comparison

DanceMaster vs Tubecasts

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

Head to head
About

DanceMaster

This music player is designed for rehearsal, allowing users to loop sections of songs, set custom cues with lead-in times, and adjust tempo. It also offers voice cues for memorization and remote control options.

Highlights
  • Loop playback of music sections
  • Set and jump to custom cues
  • Configurable cue lead-in times
  • Adjustable tempo with performance/rehearsal modes
  • Voice cues for memorization
  • Apple Watch and remote control support
Features
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DanceMaster is a music player designed for rehearsal. When you rehearse, you often need to play part of a piece of music over and over again, and you need to be able to quickly jump to important points in the piece. DanceMaster is optimized to help you easily break down, practice, memorize, and teach choreographies. AGAIN! Every time you pause the music, DanceMaster returns to the last place you started playing. This makes it easy to practice to a section of the music over and over again. FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT… DanceMaster allows you to set cues in the music that you can easily jump to at any time. In addition, you can add a configurable lead-in time to all cues in a choreography. The lead-in time sets the jump point for each cue a little before the actual cue time, giving you time to count in, but keeping your cue marks where they should be. REHEARSAL SPEED You can easily change the tempo of the song for a choreography. Tempo adjustment can be turned on and off without losing the selected tempo, which is great for switching between rehearsal and performance tempos. If you supply the original tempo for a piece of music (either via the "BPM" field in iTunes, or by setting it directly in the app), DanceMaster will show you tempo adjustments and cue lead-ins in beats instead of seconds. REMOTE CONTROLLED DanceMaster includes an Apple Watch app that allows you to control the music, jump to defined cues, and even change the tempo without having to go back to your phone. It's perfect for active rehearsals. DanceMaster also works with Control Center and can be controlled with any remote that works with iOS, including the standard iPhone earbud controls and external Bluetooth remotes. CALL IT FOR ME To help you memorize a choreography, DanceMaster can speak your cue names during playback, so you don't need to look at the screen or your notes while you rehearse. SUPPORT If you have any feedback or questions, we'd love to hear from you! You can reach us by email at info@dancemasterapp.com.

About

Tubecasts

Listen to YouTube videos and playlists in audio-only mode, allowing background playback. This conserves your device's screen and battery life while you enjoy your content.

Highlights
  • Audio-only playback
  • Background playback
  • YouTube playlist support
  • Screen and battery saver
  • Video to audio conversion
Features
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Listen to your favorite YouTube playlists and videos in the background or in audio-only mode. Keep listening while using other apps or with your screen turned off, and reduce battery consumption with audio-only playback. For more information on how the app works and how your data is used and protected, please refer to our service terms and privacy policy: Service terms: https://drwjf.github.io/tca/terms.html Privacy policy: https://drwjf.github.io/tca/privacy.html

Screenshots

DanceMaster4 screens
Tubecasts3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: DanceMaster at 100% against Tubecasts's 46%. DanceMaster also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.7) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). Tubecasts's advantage is price (Free vs $19.99) and update cadence (monthly vs every 6 months). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Tubecasts is free to download; DanceMaster costs $19.99 up front. Tubecasts sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.69 per 7 days. DanceMaster asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DanceMaster holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tubecasts has 62 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of DanceMaster's written reviews are positive against 46% of Tubecasts's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DanceMaster ships an update every 6 months, Tubecasts monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
DanceMaster versus Tubecasts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDanceMasterTubecasts
Price$19.99Free — better
Rating4.9 (9 ratings) — better3.7 (62 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better46.2% of reviews
Number of ratings962 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB28 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperDavid StarkeJianfeng Wu

Customer experience

DanceMaster

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Tubecasts

All ratings61 ratings
Positive63.9%
Neutral4.9%
Negative31.1%
Written reviews106 reviews
Positive46.2%
Neutral11.3%
Negative42.5%

Bugs and requests

DanceMaster

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Tubecasts

Reported bugs

42 issues
  • Audio keeps cutting after every few mins
  • Pauses audio stream randomly to ask to subscribe
  • Player pauses every ten mins to ask for subscription
  • Stops mid stream
  • Failure to load
Show 37 more
  • Not working anymore
  • Not working today
  • Menus get in the way of user experience
  • Constant popups to subscribe
  • Pop up ads that stop the music
  • Buggy and cumbersome to use
  • Constant pop ups that get in the way of the UI
  • Pauses the audio or distracts from browsing
  • App struggles to remember place
  • Frequently reverts back to the beginning of the video
  • Completely fails to load when on mobile data
  • Error: 'Failed to load'
  • Does not reliably remember your place
  • Does not work
  • Buffers and then tells me that it failed to load
  • Does not remember when it stopped playing
  • Starts from the beginning
  • Error 0 when adding songs
  • No sound
  • Doesn't work
  • Playlist import doesn't work
  • Error message « failed to get… »
  • Playback error
  • Constantly stops
  • Doesn't have auto save feature
  • Pause/stop then kill app, next time should auto play from last previous time
  • Takes ages to process a seven hour long video
  • Playback speed shown as 1x but actual speed is different
  • Pause an episode, sometimes have to restart the app to make it play
  • Starts from the beginning again
  • Cannot skip to different parts of the audio
  • Video gets translated into another language
  • Plays in a different language when video is originally in English
  • Episodes always play in a foreign language different than link on YouTube
  • Doesn't remember place, recording starts from beginning each time
  • Clicking play does not respond
  • Does not play, plays in YouTube

Requested features

11 requests
  • Add option for Airplay only audio
  • Enable photos, videos, files and iCloud files import options
  • Enable all audio file formats like Mp3, M4A and others
  • Enable Mp4 file video formats
  • Proper accessibility mode quicker done
Show 6 more
  • Download subtitles of foreign language in English version
  • Include an option to cast audio to Google Nest
  • Add auto-save feature
  • Option to adjust button customization
  • Import playlist functionality to be fixed
  • Roll back to previous version

In-app purchases

None

DanceMaster

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Tubecasts

Subscriptions3
  • Sponsorship3 Days trial$0.697 Days
  • Sponsorship$29.991 Month
  • Sponsorship$364.991 Year

Questions

Is DanceMaster free?
DanceMaster costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tubecasts free?
Tubecasts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, DanceMaster or Tubecasts?
DanceMaster is rated higher. DanceMaster averages 4.9 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Tubecasts averages 3.7 from 62 ratings.
Do DanceMaster or Tubecasts have ads?
Neither DanceMaster nor Tubecasts shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DanceMaster or Tubecasts?
DanceMaster ships an update every 6 months, and Tubecasts monthly. Most recently, DanceMaster was updated on October 23, 2026 and Tubecasts on October 24, 2026.

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