Dancing with the Stars Game Reviews

This is truly a frustrating and pushing game. You will get obsessed with it and everything but then it pushes you to spend your hard earned diamonds so much toward the end, that you end up doing it, by accident or not. Usually, the game lets you watch a video for more energy and extra moves, but it completely stopped doing that, so now I am have a harder time with dress rehearsals because sometimes the requirements of the rehearsals are totally unreasonable and unrealistic, and probably requires extra moves to get past them. Once, I tried to watch a video to get extra moves, but the only option literally was to spend 50 diamonds, and I accidentally clicked that and used my hard earned 50 literally just for energy. I really hope this game stops this pushing, so everyone will enjoy this game, because honestly, I am never coming back to this game because of this, unless this gets fixed. I don’t like how this game pushes people to spend money on this game so much.

I have played this game for years and reviewed it/updated my review as the game has progressed. The problems recently have become so bad that I reached out to support, who eventually emailed me to let me know they would be in touch. Progress because previously I had stopped contacting support through the game because they were never replying. I never heard back, however, and have been unable to open the game for over a week. This is a game I have played multiple times a day, competing in ongoing weeklong competitions. It’s something I actually care about. I have invested time and money into it, and cannot even get it to open. I tried to get it to open on a different device and it would only start a new game. I seemed to remember reading in the FAQs that you couldn’t transfer a game to a new device, so I went to check, but the FAQ only open an email to support. They are all gone. In the past I have had problems with this game making updates that were “flashy” for no reason and upsetting gameplay, but this is the first structural update that has made the game unplayable. I may sadly have to delete it from my phone. On the plus side, I’ll get so much space back it’s almost a blessing.

Long time player here... this game was amazing when it first came out. Then the updates occurred which changed a lot. They took away our dress boosters that we earned which was bull and gave some bs excuses about it. This game has come and gone on my phone several times. I always check to see if there's some improvements. I can't stand how sometimes the puzzles aren't winnable when this is energy based or the fact that we need to clear 24 colors to be able to click the card. Used to be 15. BUT the game some what improved. I LOVE that we can change our dance partner... I was sick of Alonzo... I only usually spend a small amount of money in games to support the developer if I like and am enjoying the product... this game has pist me off over the year but I just had to purchase Gleb!!!! I find myself playing a bit more and more since I purchased him and I don't feel bad about it. Just wish they would balance out the puzzles a bit more. I do love the new Viennese waltz I think I totally misspelled that lol I think it's such a romantic dance and I really enjoy watching it when my couple gets to do it.

There is currently no option to turn music on or off - DancingwiththeStars automatically closes all other audio when you open and want to play. It would be great to listen to your own music while playing but there isn’t even an option to turn off audio in DancingwiththeStars . You have to turn down the volume on your phone to turn the audio off. That’s a basic level feature every app should allow. It also fully pauses any music you are listening to on another app and doesn’t let it start back up automatically when you leave the game.

Ideal example - can’t listen to your own music while headphones are on in the gym or on the plane - it forces you to listen to its own audio which makes me less likely to play.

Will consider updating my review if the audio issue is fixed.

I just spent $3.99 on gems and they never registered to my game. Also when ever I level up and earn gems on dance moves, tells me I won 20 gems then when I get back to the main screen I’m always 10-15 gems short. Game is fun and addicting but this is BULL that I’m not receiving the prizes that I’m clearly spending money on. I also think that you should just win dresses in the prize box from Sonia. They should make it so u can also win shoes jewelry, and other wardrobe items especially bc they cost soooo many gems. I like spending my gems on the live shows to increase my rank not on the wardrobe. So this is a big down fall. Think I’m gonna delete the game since it has just eaten up my wallet and not gaining anything from it.

This is BULL I just leveled up n got awarded gems, said my total was 130 got back to the home screen and I have 110. Where are my other 20 gems?????

I have been on and off with this game since the release. Do not get me wrong it is fun and can be quite addicting. Especially as a fan of the show. However. Upon recently coming back this year I notice the game has a lot of bugs. You can’t collect your daily diamonds anymore without the game freezing and being stuck on that screen. And you also can’t text the other dancers anymore as it freezes on that screen as well. It’s nice to see that the game has remained the same since starting. Even though it gets repetitive and boring at times. But coming back a year later it’s the same concept. I saw a review that asked for a story mode in this game which is exactly what it’s missing.
Oh another plus is that you support charities as you play and can see the progress.
Despite the plus sides of this game the low review is due to the trivial fact that this game is so buggy with its bonus stuff it makes it borderline unplayable.

I loved this game when I first got it. I saw it advertised on FB and finally caved and downloaded it. Recently, if I try to watch a video for any reason at all,(extra moves, extra points, etc...) it force closes. So, I not only lose the extra points but I also lose the energy I used to play the round and I don’t earn any stars to move on to a dress rehearsal. Making it pretty frustrating to try and play. I also just purchased Sasha and am pretty disappointed in how he looks. I can hardly tell the difference between him and Alonzo. I was really excited to finally have a real pro to play with... until I saw he is basically useless unless I shell out another 250 diamonds if I want anything extra out of him. Do you know how long it took me to get 900 to buy him in the first place? Sheesh... I have a 70+ day streak but I’m probably just going to uninstall at this point.

This game is all types of fabulous when you first download it , but then it gets really boring because of the same dance moves and same songs , I used to play it the first thing in the morning when I’m awake and the last thing before I go to sleep , but after they updated the game and I cant see which level I reached (before you get to the dance rehearsal) so now every time I play Paso Doble I get so frustrated because how the hell do I get the yellow tiles to level two ?? And it’s rarely an option for me to play , I even watch the free video to have my own selection of the dance I choose but they never give me that option (not the dress rehearsal part) it gets really frustrating , I’ve even googled how to get to level two and I still cant find anything. Day by day I’m getting closer to deleting this game after I finish playing a Paso Doble dance 🙄🙄🙄 do something about it !!!!

So far the only good thing I have noticed about the update is when the “timer bombs” go off you only lose 5 instead of it clearing that color out. My biggest complaint, however, is why they did away with the feature that allowed you to use a dance move/color to help you. Now when you click on them, they do nothing to the puzzle. When there are multiple of the same color in practice or double in a row in rehearsal it is nearly impossible because they don’t give you enough of that color. I have admittedly played this game way too much (multiple weekly winner), however I am going to cut way back and may even stop. The game isn’t as much fun anymore. 😞

Edit: They brought back the color helping you in the puzzle, however, they also brought back them counting against your moves for the round. Ugh.

I had this game around the first time it came out and then I deleted it because after a while it’s like you need to purchase more moves just to get three stars. I downloaded it again today and i’m going through the same frustration. It’s like the same 3 dances over and over or you have to purchase the other ones. What the heck. Even during the live show, I can barely get a really good score because I don’t even have that many moves to work with and the gems don’t match up like that. So basically the only way this game is going to be really fun is if you spend most of your money on diamonds so you can purchase stuff. I know that’s how these games get you but i’m not falling for that. Once it starts, it don’t stop. Then the rehearsals take up most of your energy. Now I remember why I deleted it lol.

As someone who has watched dwts religiously for the past 5 years, never knew they had a mobile game! I’ll start by saying i like the game but you can truly tell it is in need of some HEAVY UPDATES. I’m fully aware that DancingwiththeStars hasn’t been updated in the last four years but maybe with the recent rise in dancing with the star viewership maybe this game could come back to life. I’ve seen someone mention something about a storyline. I feel like that would be really fun to implement into the game as well as fixing the bugs as it does glitch whenever you go to collect your gems or text any of the dancers. I think updating the pros would be very fun. I would love to see Pasha, Ezra, Rylee, Daniella and KoKo. Also adding some more diverse customizations for your characters as well as updated dresses maybe updated songs selections. I feel that it would also be cool during the live performances if the judges could actually follow you as you dance instead of looking in one direction. I have my fingers crossed that we could potentially get a new update. Praying for a miracle.

I’ve been playing this game now for months. I’m typically in the top 5 every week in the results.

WHEN will I get new dances without having to pay for them??? I’m getting bored of the ones I have here.

I receive “gifts” from Sonia of dresses that I will never wear unless I fork over money for new dances. Why can’t we receive gifts of jewelry, shoes or other accessories that we can actually use towards getting more fans each week???

Really close to deleting this.

- The extra dances that Paula has are expensive. What level do I have to reach in order to get one of these for free??? Do you really expect me to pay (either by purchasing diamonds or pay outright) for these new dances? There should be a way for you to get them for free.

I guess I will get bored and just stop playing the game since I only have the original few dances available.

Why are the clothing accessories so expensive? If I use my diamonds to get those, then I won’t have them for competition days.

Other than that, I’d like to see us given an option to change the music we hear for the dances. It’s getting a little monotonous hearing the same thing over and over. Those songs are like ear worms. You can’t get them out of your head.

Why not change the music for each dance when you do an update to DancingwiththeStars ??

It wasn’t holding my interest as much as other games, so I kind of drifted away. Now I’m trying to move my apps to a superior phone (Samsung Galaxy S9+) and I just logged in one last time to make sure I wouldn’t lose my progress in the migration process, and I’m immediately assailed by the fascinating lie that performance upgrades were implemented in the latest update. Is that what we’re calling it when a game that used to run almost consistently at 60 frames a second and respond to touch screen inputs now chugs along at an agonized 15FPS (when it’s not freezing over nothing) and ignores the majority of my screen taps? Why?? Were people getting motion sick? Is most of the player base cavemen Who were scared of how well the game was running? Well, whatever, if that’s who’s paying, then good for the developers, but I think I was wrong to give this game a second chance. Send me a push notification when the game is engaging and responsive again.

This game is fun but I have a problem with 2 things... When I played this game back in 2017 it was phenomenal but when I played back then the dresses were so detailed and looked exactly like the picture as it did on the girl now the dresses just look ugly on the characters and aren’t color matched or detailed like the picture no sparkles like they used to be no fine detail on any design and it honestly makes me not wanna play anymore because the dresses and accessories are the things I used to like most about the game and now it’s just disappointing. The second problem I have is with a purchase I made with purchasing gems I perched 1.99 worth of gems and it went through but I didn’t get my gems and I’m disappointed.. overall I guess it’s just not as fun as I remember it being with all the excitement I used to get when I got a new dress now it’s just disappointing when i put the dress on and it looks like someone from kindergarten made it .. :(

I love the show and the game I wish new hairstyles and shoes and accessories didn’t cost so many gems because it’s so hard to earn them. I also don’t like how the training portion where you practice to level up your dances has only 10 moves I used all my energy trying to get 1 star it needs more moves in everything. I understand that some levels have to be difficult but once your dances are at level 30+ you need like 28 or 30 gems for one move and sometimes the matches don’t line up to make that happen so you run out of moves before you ever get to do one thing in your dance and to do any of the training takes so much energy you can only play for about 20 minutes before having to wait an hour for your energy to build up also think there should be a one Time purchase for vip or monthly charge so that you always get those type of gifts instead of spending 500 gems that you took so long to earn to only get amazing gifts for 2 or 3 days

I think it would be cool if you guys did fusion dances like they do in the show. For example tango/Cha Cha or Quickstep/Jive. I think it would also be cool if you guys had the opportunity for trio dances and if you guys had theme weeks like Disney week or eras week. I also think it would be nice if you guys added Foxtrot and Samba to the list of dances or even added a special dance like Jazz. Finally could you please consider another way for us to get free gems and again consider making special weeks like Halloween week or movie weeks and make seasonal dresses for all 9 dances. I know this is a lot to ask but I know this game has the potential to be one of the best games ever! I hope you consider all of my recommendations!

I’ve been playing this since March of last year and up until this current update, it was amazing. I feel like we lost 5 moves in the practice rounds and went to 10 now. It’s already hard enough to get 3 stars but this is crazy. Give us 15 moves in practice please. I also can’t stand that they slowed the game down when you make your move now. It use to be faster but now it’s sort of annoying. I really wish they would also let you “bank” the colored gems even if you have one ready to go. They also need to give out random accessories as well as the dresses so we can get some without spending outrageous purple gems for them. I’ll keep playing and hope the creators see this, but if something isn’t done in the next update, you just may lose and fan and I’m already and 3x Mirror Ball Champion.

The game is fun however I think some changes should be made because it gets boring at times. I would like to see my dancer and her partner to dance to my music I have on my phone. It gets boring at times because the same dance gets the same song every single time for (example tango same song as last time you did the tango) it is gets very annoying to hear after awhile then I start to lose interest to play. Please add different songs, make us pick the songs, or at least let us use the songs from our phone. Otherwise for the record it’s a great game to play even if there is not story line. 🤔

I love this game!!! Also I love dancing with the stars show too!!! The game is fun! With all the dresses and dancing and the live performances! But............ sometimes I think this could get a little boring! Just train train train dress rehearsal and sometimes live show! Maybe you should like add some stories or like things beside just dancing like what your character is a star for or like design your characters house. Some fun stuff like that I think would make this game 10 times better!!!👍👍👍 This game in generally is one of my favorites! And the developer(s) should be proud of their work!✌️
Ps- I’m going to go play the game now😂

This game is fun especially if you are a dancing with the stars fan! I enjoy playing it as a stress reliever at the end of my day. However, I feel the only way to be successful at this is only if you are willing to spend more money to buy “ legendary” dresses, accessories, and more diamonds to get extra moves! After spending twenty bucks, I am done! I will be in jeopardy for all I care! I am no longer paying anymore money!
Also during the live show I noticed judges don’t even look your way. They are looking in opposite direction. Then they give you these really low scores when you don’t spend money.