FEIS

Review by eFreeware

The most distinctive thing about FEIS is that it does not try to be a general music service. It is built around one repertoire — Irish dance music — and the developer describes the library as comprehensive and curated by people who work in the field: Anton & Sully and Sean O'Brien. That narrowness is the point. Instead of searching a vast catalog for the right tempo and style, you open an app where the music has already been chosen for the purpose.

That makes it a natural fit for Irish dancers and for the teachers and musicians who work with them. The developer says it caters to dancers at every level, from beginners to those competing at the highest level, and the structure of the library reflects that range. If Irish dance is part of your weekly routine, the app is designed to sit inside it rather than beside it.

Built for the studio and the practice room

The people most likely to get value here are dancers preparing for class, for a feis, or for a performance, and the teachers who run those sessions. A class needs music that starts quickly, repeats cleanly and matches the step being drilled, and that is the job this app sets out to do. Parents who shuttle dancers between lessons may also find it useful, since the same library covers different levels and speeds.

The developer presents the app as suitable both for beginners and for dancers at the top of the competitive ranks, which suggests the library is meant to stretch rather than sit at one difficulty. That is a sensible shape for an app tied to a graded tradition. A beginner working on basic reels and a dancer polishing a championship set are both looking for music, but not the same music, and the app is organized around that reality.

A library that covers sets, ceili and speed changes

The core of the app is its music collection. Traditional Sets, Ceili music and Own Choice Sets at all speeds are part of the FEIS Club offering, alongside a core library intended for dancers at every level. Having Own Choice Sets available at multiple speeds is the detail that stands out to me, because tempo is one of the things dancers adjust most often as they prepare. Being able to move between speeds without leaving the app is the sort of convenience that matters in a studio.

The library is described as curated by named figures in Irish dance music, which is a different proposition from an algorithmically assembled catalog. For a genre where recordings are tied to particular traditions and teachers, curation is a meaningful part of the value. I would expect it to appeal most to dancers who care about which recordings they practice to, rather than treating the music as interchangeable background.

Practice tools, playlists and offline listening

Beyond playback, FEIS adds navigation, looping capabilities and filters. Looping is the feature I would single out, since repetition is how steps get learned; a clean loop saves the fiddly work of restarting a track at the right moment. The filters are there to narrow the library down to what a given session needs.

You can also build your own playlists and download tracks for offline use, which matters for a hall with unreliable Wi-Fi or a phone that needs to keep working without a signal. The app can be customized to match your dance organization and region, so the music you see lines up with the tradition you actually dance in.

FEIS Club adds more on top of the music: six new tracks each month, plus News and a Directory. The monthly additions are the part that keeps a library from going stale, and the Directory is a practical extra for anyone who needs to look up organizations or contacts connected to the dance world.

What it costs and how the trial works

FEIS is free to download, carries ads, and offers in-app purchases. Signing up for FEIS Club gives you seven days of full access at no cost. The app is free, carries advertising, offers purchases inside it, and includes a one-week trial of the Club tier.

The practical question for a dancer is whether the free layer covers what you need or whether the Club features — the monthly tracks, the full set and ceili library, News and Directory — are the reason you would keep it. A seven-day trial is long enough to take it through a week of classes and see how the music fits your routine. I would treat the trial as a genuine test period rather than a formality, because the answer will differ depending on what you already practice to.

The app sits at a 4.1 average from 136 ratings, with more than 10,000 installs, and it has been on Google Play since April 2019. The most recent update, in September 2026, is described simply as bug fixes and performance improvements, which tells you the developer is still tending to it rather than letting it drift.

How it compares with the alternatives

The obvious comparison is a general streaming service. Those give you an enormous catalog and, in most cases, no particular knowledge of Irish dance. Finding the right tempo and the right recording becomes your job, and building a set list for a class means assembling it yourself. FEIS trades breadth for a library that has already been selected for the purpose, which is a real difference if you spend your week working on steps.

A second alternative is buying recordings outright, whether as downloads or physical media. That gives you permanent copies, but it also means managing files, replacing lost tracks and hunting down new material when you want something fresh. FEIS bundles the collection, the practice tools and the monthly additions into one place, which is the trade you are making.

A third option is a generic music player holding your own files. It will loop and it will play, but it will not filter by dance category, and nothing in it is curated for Irish dance. The case for FEIS rests on that curation plus the practice features, not on being a better player in the abstract.

A focused tool for dancers who practice to a plan

FEIS is worth installing if Irish dance music is something you use regularly and you want it organized and loopable. The curated library, the set and ceili categories, the speed options and the monthly additions form a coherent package for dancers and teachers. The seven-day Club trial gives you a fair look before you decide anything.

It is a narrow app by design, and that is the honest description of it: it serves one repertoire well rather than many adequately. Dancers who already have a settled collection of recordings may not need another home for them. But if you are building a practice routine around Irish dance music, or teaching one, this is the kind of app that earns a place on your phone.

What's new in version 3.8.7

Bug fixes and performance improvements. Thank you for using FEIS.