Comparison

Funk Drummer vs Zodiak Taurus Mega Octavizer

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

Head to head
About

Funk Drummer

Create funky beats with a realistic drum machine that improvises like a human. Features live pads, multi-track export, and over 150 funk grooves. Synchronize with other apps and explore creative rhythmic structures.

Highlights
  • Improvise like a human drummer
  • Live Pads for live sessions
  • Multi-track and Full Mix Audio/MIDI Export
  • Over 150 funk grooves
  • Natural sounding multilayer drum sounds
  • Ableton Link Sync
  • Song Mode for rhythmic structures
Features
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Funk Drummer is your virtual funk drummer, playing tight pocket grooves with the swing and feel of a real session player. Free to download and keep, with every feature unlocked for the first 7 days. Designed for musicians, producers, and anyone who loves funk, soul and groove-based music, now with AUv3 support. Play authentic funk grooves, fusion, disco funk, breakbeat and odd-time rhythms, with the natural feel of a human drummer. Set the improvisation level with a simple slider and let Funk Drummer surprise you, from rock-steady pocket to full creative chaos. Key Features: - Standalone & AUv3 Compatible: use Funk Drummer inside your favorite DAW or as a standalone app. - MIDI-only Plugin: load Funk Drummer (MIDI) as a lightweight MIDI generator for driving your own sound sources. - 150+ Funk Grooves: organized into banks — Fusion, Odd Times, Disco Funk, Ternary rhythms and more. - Jamming Tool & Randomizers: add human feel and spontaneity to every groove, from totally stable rhythms to a creative drummer who's had too much coffee. - Live Pads: trigger fills, switch grooves and jam in real time with 8 assignable pads, intro and end buttons, and full MIDI control. - Sound Module: use the full kit as a MIDI sampler, standalone or as an AUv3 plugin, triggered from your own MIDI tracks or pads. - Song Mode: turn your grooves into complete song structures in seconds. - Redesigned Views: a reworked Drum Kit View and Song Mode View make navigating your kit and arrangement faster and clearer. - Share by AirDrop, Mail or Messages: send any groove or song to another device or a friend, no account or cloud service needed. - Groove Sharing Across Lumbeat Apps: share grooves, songs and Live Pad Sets with the other Lumbeat Drummer apps and iBassist. - Natural Sound: 35(+6) multilayer sounds with 3 hit types (ghost note, accented note and special) x 3 Round Robin alternating samples, for an extremely natural feel. - 4 Effects: Compressor/Gate, Equalizer, Delay and Reverb, to combine as you like. - Ableton Link: sync tempo and transport with other apps and devices over Wi-Fi, and stay in time with the rest of your setup. - Export: get Multi-Track or Full Mix audio in seconds. Try for Free Every feature is unlocked for the first 7 days, no restrictions. After the trial, unlock full access forever with a single one-time purchase (Full Version) no subscription, ever. Already own Funk Drummer? Your purchase carries over automatically the next time you open the updated app, no restore step needed, at no extra cost.

About

Zodiak Taurus Mega Octavizer

This app generates five independent voices of your input signal across five octaves, offering extensive sound shaping capabilities. It features individual saturation, detune, delay, and EQ for each voice, plus cabinet simulators and room emulation for a complete audio solution. It works as an AUv3 plugin on Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Five independent voices across five octaves
  • Individual voice saturation, detune, and delay
  • Attack envelope and tuned EQ per voice
  • Stereo panning and mixer interface
  • Cabinet simulators and room emulation
  • AUv3 plugin support for iOS and Mac
  • Over 60 factory presets
Features
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Zodiak Taurus is not your grandparents' octavizer. Zodiak Taurus is a mammoth multi-voice beast that takes the puniest tone and turns it into full frontal sonic assault. Slap it on your guitars, drums, bass, vocals, or even your keyboards. Then let Taurus elevate your sound. Taurus generates five independent voices — or reconstructions — of your input signal in realtime. These voices together span a whopping five octaves. With a few tweaks, you can double track your guitar, add a bass, a sub bass, and even a high frequency overtone. The result is a big, spacious sound that covers the whole stereo field. But that’s only the beginning, because this is a Zodiak effect. To sweeten the pot, each Taurus voice features its very own saturation stage (tuned specifically for it); a detune control for obtaining non-octave intervals or even natural chorus or ADT effects; a regenerative delay stage that can be used for staggering the voices, changing their timbre, or even causing them to self oscillate; an attack envelope that can have each voice fade in at different rates; a tuned EQ submodule, as well as stereo panning and other parameters — all collected in a familiar mixer-like interface. Newly developed algorithms deliver crystal clear signal reconstruction, and operate so efficiently that Taurus is as responsive when playing live as it is well-behaved in the studio. A special post-FX module includes cabinet simulators, room emulation, variable EQ, and compression to produce an easy to use, all-in-one audio solution. Zodiak Taurus also works as an AUv3 effects plugin on your iPad, iPhone, and Silicon Mac computer. It comes with over 60 factory presets to start you off in your journey, as well as many other advanced features like patch save/share, MIDI learn, and more. The latest offering in Yonac’s new Zodiak series of effects, Taurus is jam packed with sonic easter eggs. Whether your goal is to emulate diverse instruments, create enormous walls of sound, or paint complexly layered psychedelic soundscapes, Taurus has a roadmap for you somewhere across its controls.

Screenshots

Funk Drummer4 screens
Zodiak Taurus Mega Octavizer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Funk Drummer at Free against Zodiak Taurus Mega Octavizer's $14.99. Funk Drummer also leads on review sentiment (96% vs 71%) and ratings volume (470 vs 15). Zodiak Taurus Mega Octavizer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 9) and update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On rating, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Funk Drummer is free to download; Zodiak Taurus Mega Octavizer costs $14.99 up front. Funk Drummer sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Zodiak Taurus Mega Octavizer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Funk Drummer holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Funk Drummer has 470 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 96% of Funk Drummer's written reviews are positive against 71% of Zodiak Taurus Mega Octavizer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Funk Drummer ships an update monthly, Zodiak Taurus Mega Octavizer weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Funk Drummer versus Zodiak Taurus Mega Octavizer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFunk DrummerZodiak Taurus Mega Octavizer
PriceFree — better$14.99
Rating4.8 (470 ratings) — better4.6 (15 ratings)
Positive reviews96.0% of reviews — better71.4% of reviews
Number of ratings470 — better15
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS1615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size638 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLumbeatYonac Inc.

Customer experience

Funk Drummer

All ratings464 ratings
Positive95.9%
Neutral2.4%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews373 reviews
Positive96.0%
Neutral1.6%
Negative2.4%

Zodiak Taurus Mega Octavizer

All ratings15 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral21.4%
Negative7.1%

Bugs and requests

Funk Drummer

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Occasional sync issues when used with other apps
  • Stability problems on some devices/OS versions

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to import custom drum samples
  • More advanced MIDI and automation capabilities
  • Expanded preset library with more genres and styles
  • Improved pattern/song management and organization

Zodiak Taurus Mega Octavizer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Funk Drummer

One-time9
  • LoFunk$3.99
  • Kompact$3.99
  • NuGreb$3.99
Show 6 more
  • Damped$3.99
  • Vintage$3.99
  • Session$3.99
  • Nete Smith$4.99
  • Clyde$4.99
  • Funk Drummer Full Access$22.99
None

Zodiak Taurus Mega Octavizer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Funk Drummer free?
Funk Drummer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Zodiak Taurus Mega Octavizer free?
Zodiak Taurus Mega Octavizer costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Funk Drummer or Zodiak Taurus Mega Octavizer?
Funk Drummer is rated higher. Funk Drummer averages 4.8 out of 5 from 470 ratings, while Zodiak Taurus Mega Octavizer averages 4.6 from 15 ratings.
Do Funk Drummer or Zodiak Taurus Mega Octavizer have ads?
Neither Funk Drummer nor Zodiak Taurus Mega Octavizer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Funk Drummer or Zodiak Taurus Mega Octavizer?
Funk Drummer ships an update monthly, and Zodiak Taurus Mega Octavizer weekly. Most recently, Funk Drummer was updated on October 24, 2026 and Zodiak Taurus Mega Octavizer on October 24, 2026.

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