# DrumJam — Dynamic Percussion

> Dynamic percussion app with layered loops and solo instruments for rhythm creation. (iPhone/iPad app by Sonosaurus LLC.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/drumjam/id530162824 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Sonosaurus LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/338977569)
- Category: Music, Entertainment
- Price: $7.99 with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.80/5 from 288 App Store ratings · 217 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 9.0 · 357 MB
- Languages: Russian, Vietnamese, American English, Arabic, Hungarian, Dutch, Greek, Danish, Hebrew, Indonesian and 20 more
- Released: 2012-09-04
- Data updated: 2026-09-03
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/drumjam/id530162824/reviews.md

## What is DrumJam?

DrumJam is a whole new world of percussion and drums for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. Designed by award winning international percussionist Pete Lockett and Sonosaurus LLC, the developer of ThumbJam, this app is a real first for percussion. It's an exciting and powerful tool, opening up the world of rhythm in a completely hands-on and inspiring way. Whether you are a novice just looking for a bit of rhythmic fun, a songwriter or producer looking for a fresh rhythmic idea, a percussion student writing arrangements for a project, a music teacher looking for rhythm ideas to teach, or a drum circle facilitator seeking to expand their repertoire, this app has something for you.

Pete Lockett has been top of his game for decades and has performed with the stars, from Peter Gabriel and Bjork to Robert Plant, Dido, Jeff Beck and many more. He has also worked extensively in the film industry, arranging and recording all the ethnic percussion for five Bond 007 films. The app is a direct and personal route to his rhythm factory with all the individual percussion parts recorded by Pete. These are not ineffective sequenced patterns but actual recorded audio waiting to groove with rhythm at multiple tempos through your very own mobile device. 

Through his decades of studio experience Pete has become a master of layering various percussion instruments into mesmerising rhythm fabrics and flowing grooves. Shakers and congas interwoven with Indian ghatam, pop drum set and Arabic req or else a Carnatic kanjira with some Cuban bongos, Latin cowbells, rock drum kit, seed shakes and surdu. There are dozens of different looped instruments to choose from, each with up to 20 different patterns. You can change the levels, alter the pan, mute, solo, and tweak a low-pass filter giving you a great degree of flexibility over each individual part. Or simply press the random button to randomise all (or some) the parts and get some really funky and unexpected changes. It can even automatically randomise periodically for hands-free unpredictability. The excellent time stretch system and multiple-tempo loop recordings mean that you can get great natural sounding audio across a wide tempo range. Change the number of beats to use in the loops to alter time signature.

Pick from a wide range of solo instruments where you can jam away over the top of the grooves you create. These include all sorts of ethnic percussion instruments from Kanjira and Ghatam, to Djembe, Bongos, Dube and Cajon, and more. There are also custom drum kits from great drummers such as Johnny Rabb, Russ Miller, KJ Sawka, Dave Langguth, Steve Sidelnyk and Scott Pellegrom. With a detailed and complete range of quantize options performed by simply dragging your fingers around, it is possible for even the absolute novice to get some funky grooves immediately.  

Additional loops and pad instruments are available for in-app purchase, but rest assured that the base app is loaded with kits and loops!

There are also incredible filter, pitch bend, delay, reverb, lofi, and distortion effects available for the solo instruments, which really adds a whole new dimension of live performance possibilities. With multiple save and export options, it is possible to record loops or a whole performance to later import into your DAW or other audio app as 44.1kHz 16-bit WAV files. This is great for studio use and can form the basis of a new song idea very easily. 

DrumJam supports export via iTunes file sharing, open directly in another app, email, AudioCopy, and export to SoundCloud. There is support for background audio, Audiobus, Inter-app-audio, and a MIDI implementation that supports clock sync in/out, and playing the solo kits externally triggered via MIDI input, or outputting your live pad performance via MIDI output! Also has Ableton Link support!

Whatever you do in music, we are certain there is a use for DrumJam in your world. Give it a try and join forces with an ancient percussive energy.

## Key features

- Layered percussion loops
- Ethnic instrument sounds
- Adjustable levels and panning
- Random pattern generation
- Solo instrument jamming
- Customizable drum kits

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: $7.99.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cymbals Pack | $0.99 | one-time |
| Electro Pack | $0.99 | one-time |
| North Indian Pack | $0.99 | one-time |
| Taiko Pack | $0.99 | one-time |
| Tambourines and Textures Pack | $0.99 | one-time |
| Tuned Percussion Pack | $0.99 | one-time |
| Latin Pack | $0.99 | one-time |
| African Pack | $0.99 | one-time |
| Brazil Pack | $0.99 | one-time |
| Mixed World Pack | $0.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of DrumJam?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🚀 Excellent sound quality
- 👍 Intuitive and easy to use
- 🎨 Vast selection of instruments and rhythms
- 🎢 Highly versatile and customizable
- 💡 Inspiring and creative
- 🎶 Great for practicing and jamming
- 🤖 Seamless integration with other apps

**Cons**

- 🐛 Occasional crashes and stability issues
- 🔀 Limited support for custom samples and MIDI
- ⏱️ Tempo range could be extended
- 🔀 Lack of support for more time signatures

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
- Sync problems when used with other music apps

**Most requested features**

- Add support for custom samples and MIDI
- Expand tempo range to include slower and faster options
- Implement support for more time signatures
- Improve file management and organization
- Add ability to record and save custom patterns

## Recent user reviews (10 of 217)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/drumjam/id530162824/reviews.md

### 4/5 — DrumJam also,

*2026-05-23*

der Name sagt schon alles. Man kann quasi endlos mit jeder Menge Drums und Percussion kreativ herum spielen bzw. erstaunlich ernsthaft Musik machen. Die App ist Loop basiert, soll heissen die Grundmuster sind vorgegeben aber vielfach manipulierbar, Instrumente, Lautstärke und Panorama etc. was enorme Möglichleiten bietet. DAZU kommen dann aber auch noch spielbare Pads von diversen Drumsets bis zu gestimmten Drums mit Fell, aus Metall oder Holzpercussion. Zu wirklich akzeptablen Preisen kann man das Ganze auch noch deutlich erweitern.
Was ich aber wirklich SEHR vermisse sind Jazz, Blues und Rock Rhythmen!! BITTE zum Nachkaufen anbieten denn dann wäre diese App wirklich unglaublich.

### 5/5 — Geniales Drum-Gadjet für Handy und iPad

*2026-01-22*

Diese geniale Drum-App bietet einfach alles was man für einen genialen Groove braucht. 
Man kann sehr individuelle percussive Loops damit erzeugen und ausgelassen auf den Pads dazu spielen mit einer großen Auswahl an Drum-Instrumenten. Das macht unglaublich Spaß.

AU3 Unterstützung wäre noch sehr wünschenswert. Ansonsten hoffe ich, dass diese App ewig lebt.

Danke dafür 👍🙏

### 5/5 — So Good

*2025-11-19, version 1.4.5*

YA!)

### 5/5 — Gorgeous Fun Percussion

*2025-09-06, version 1.4.5*

A beautiful app. An iPad music classic.
Still one of the best percussion apps in the app store.
Heaps of fun. Heaps of options.

### 5/5 — Amazing - Best App Evaaaa!!!

*2025-06-03, version 1.4.5*

I really love Drum Jam - it has excellent sounds and not only perfect in the mix with loops but the live pad is top notch too.  It’s quite inspiring actually…

### 2/5 — This is my fault for not checking before buying but it’s 2025…

*2025-01-09*

Disappointed about the lack of auv3, assumed since your other apps have it this one would. I could really use this for my music there are great sounds/possibilities but as of right now it’s useless for my workflow

### 5/5 — Amazingly creative and useful

*2024-10-23*

I’m biased. I have enjoyed Pete Lockett’s lessons and music for quite some time! I like putting it on random mode and groove out for hours at a time… great to play along, learn konnokol a little snippet at time (Konnokol is an wonderful way of singing complex rhythmic patterns and phrases, developed in India from classical Hindustani and Carnatic styles)
The sheer volume (ba da bing) of exotic rhythms and rare instrument samples that can be triggered via MIDI/Bluetooth/touchpad is absolutely insane. Every musician should have this. 6 stars because the app has survived the jump from a ton of devices, still performs like a tank, ableton link, whatever you are doing… brilliant!1

### 5/5 — Nice one

*2024-10-14*

Very useful, sounds good. Glad i got it

### 5/5 — I keep coming back to DrumJam

*2024-08-30*

I have had this in my iPads over the years and I keep coming back to it. If you haven’t yet, please check it out. I have no affiliation with anyone there.

### 5/5 — Best drum app I have

*2024-08-21*

This is the best of all my drum apps, and the one I go to first, when I want to lay down a cool drum part for my backing tracks. Good sound quality, a cool interface, and lots of variations, make for a great drum machine experience.

## Frequently asked questions about DrumJam

### What is DrumJam?

DrumJam is a percussion and drum application designed for mobile devices. It allows users to create rhythms by layering recorded audio loops of various percussion instruments. The app offers flexibility in adjusting individual instrument levels, panning, and even randomizing patterns for unique grooves.

### What are the key features of DrumJam?

Key features include a wide selection of layered percussion loops, ethnic instrument sounds, and custom drum kits. Users can adjust individual loop parameters, solo instruments, and utilize a randomizer for unexpected rhythmic changes. It also offers solo instruments for jamming over created grooves.

### How much does DrumJam cost?

The base app comes loaded with kits and loops and is free to download. Additional loops and pad instruments are available for purchase through in-app purchases.

### Who is DrumJam designed for?

This app is suitable for a broad audience, including beginners looking for rhythmic fun, songwriters and producers seeking new rhythmic ideas, percussion students, music teachers, and drum circle facilitators.

### Can I use DrumJam to learn percussion?

While not a direct learning tool, DrumJam can be inspiring for percussion students and music teachers. It provides a hands-on way to explore rhythm, experiment with different instrument combinations, and understand how percussion parts can be layered to create complex grooves.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.4.5 — 2022-07-24

- Fixed layout issues in the preferences on recent iPhones

### 1.4.3 — 2021-10-20

- Updated with new instrument information and credits to go along with the new JS Hang and World Pack

### 1.4.2 — 2021-06-13

- Fixed Ableton Link support on latest iOS version
- Added new option "Stops Wait Until Loop End", when enabled pressing stop (or hit stop) will wait until the end of the current loop before stopping.

### 1.4.1 — 2020-10-20

- Layout fixes
- Updated documentation for new in-app purchase instruments
- Other bugfixes

### 1.4 — 2020-09-25

- Compatibility fixes for iOS 14
- Layout now optimized for all devices
- Updated Audiobus SDK
- Fixed Inter-App Audio related issues

Please let us know via email at drumjam@sonosaurus.com if you discover any issues with this update, thanks...

Stay tuned for more downloadable loops and instruments coming soon!

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