Rainbow Dance Competition vs Shackpets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rainbow Dance Competition
Enhance your dance competition experience with this app. Access schedules, facility maps, results, and exclusive media efficiently. Stay connected to all competition details directly from your device.
- Competition schedules
- Facility maps
- Real-time results
- Exclusive photos
- Exclusive videos
- User-friendly interface
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Rainbow Dance strives to bring their clients cutting edge technology to simplify and enhance the competition experience. The new Rainbow app is an industry first that brings you schedules, facility maps, results & exclusive photo and videos in an efficient, user friendly format on your iPod or iPhone! Download our free app now! It's a direct connection at your fingertips to Rainbow Dance Competition!
Shackpets
Engage in pet-based challenges and competitions with friends. Vote on cuteness, participate in virtual wars, and prove your pet's superiority.
- Vote on pet cuteness
- Challenge friends
- Participate in pet wars
- Earn proof of cuteness
- Social pet competition
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Vote, challenge, go to war with your buddies, and earn proof your pet is cutest!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Shackpets at 100% against Rainbow Dance Competition's 46%. Shackpets also leads on rating (4.4 vs 4.1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.2). Rainbow Dance Competition's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ratings volume (381 vs 19). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Shackpets sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Rainbow Dance Competition asks for nothing beyond the download.
Shackpets holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rainbow Dance Competition has 381 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of Rainbow Dance Competition's written reviews are positive against 100% of Shackpets's.
Rainbow Dance Competition ships an update fortnightly, Shackpets monthly. The most recent releases landed on August 29, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rainbow Dance Competition | Shackpets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (381 ratings) | 4.4 (19 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 381 — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.2 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kids Artistic Revue | Gamerhub Content Network LLC |
Customer experience
Rainbow Dance Competition
Shackpets
Bugs and requests
Rainbow Dance Competition
Reported bugs
10 issues- Stage order blacking out when scrolling
- App goes blank when scrolling lineup and back
- Live stream sound only works when ringer is unmuted
- Glitchy behavior, showing wrong dance
- Live view tab not functional
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- Login issues, unable to see parent/dancer accounts
- App crashes when opening competition
- App shuts down when opening video from results
- Onstage and Next Stage view does not refresh after going back from schedule
- Distracting white spot with number when scrolling
Requested features
10 requests- Video livestream option
- Printed programs
- Announcer speed adjustment
- Auto refresh for schedule
- Incorporate all website functionality
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- Live stream feature
- Customize tab for specific dances
- Refresh button/method for onstage view
- Alerts for upcoming dances
- Show all mess ups (e.g., colors of the wind)
Shackpets
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Rainbow Dance Competition
No in-app purchases
Shackpets
- Shackmas$1.99
- Valentine's Day 2023$1.99
- Pirate$1.99
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- Word Bubbles$1.99
- Silly Mouths$1.99
- Social Media Influencer$7.99
Questions
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