Comparison

Simulator Drum Kit vs Marimba, Xylophone, Vibraphone

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

Head to head
About

Simulator Drum Kit

Experience the thrill of playing a virtual drum kit on your phone. This simulator allows you to create unique melodies and play along with friends, even offline. Connect to speakers or headphones for an immersive drumming experience.

Highlights
  • Realistic drum set simulation
  • Create unique melodies
  • Play with friends
  • Offline play supported
  • Connect to speakers/headphones
Features
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Simulator Drum Kit Drum set simulator - a simulator of a real drum on your phone. Do you have a dream of becoming a drummer? Surprised everyone as you are able to beat the drums? Try our emulator drum set! Perhaps this is exactly what you are looking for. Connect your phone to speakers or headphones when you go put on a subway train and compose a unique melody in the style of electro! Played himself advise other, play together! Thanks for playing with us, leave us your feedback and we will consider them in future updates! The game is completely free and does not require an internet connection.

About

Marimba, Xylophone, Vibraphone

Explore the sounds of percussion instruments like the marimba, xylophone, vibraphone, and glockenspiel. Learn about their construction and musical applications, from solo performances to orchestral compositions.

Highlights
  • Marimba simulation
  • Xylophone simulation
  • Vibraphone simulation
  • Glockenspiel simulation
  • Learn about instrument construction
  • Explore musical applications
Features
Currently charting
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The Marimba is a percussion music instrument consisting of a set of wooden bars struck with yarn or rubber mallets to produce musical tones. Resonators or pipes suspended underneath the bars amplify their sound. The bars of a chromatic marimba are arranged like the keys of a piano, with the groups of two and three accidentals raised vertically, overlapping the natural bars to aid the performer both visually and physically. This instrument is a type of idiophone, but with a more resonant and lower-pitched tessitura than the xylophone. A person who plays the marimba is called a marimbist or a marimba player. Modern uses of the marimba include solo performances, woodwind and brass ensembles, marimba concertos, jazz ensembles, marching band (front ensembles), drum and bugle corps, and orchestral compositions. Contemporary composers have used the unique sound of the marimba more and more in recent years. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marimba) The Xylophone is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars struck by mallets. Each bar is an idiophone tuned to a pitch of a musical scale, whether pentatonic or heptatonic in the case of many African and Asian instruments, diatonic in many western children's instruments, or chromatic for orchestral use. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xylophone) The Vibraphone is a musical instrument in the struck idiophone subfamily of the percussion family. It consists of tuned metal bars, and is usually played by holding two or four soft mallets and striking the bars. People who play the vibraphone are called vibraphonists or vibraharpists. The vibraphone resembles any keyboard instrument. One of the main differences between the vibraphone and other mallet instruments is that each bar suspends over a resonator tube with a motor-driven butterfly valve at the top. The valves connect together on a common axle, which produces a tremolo or vibrato effect while the motor rotates the axle. The vibraphone also has a sustain pedal similar to a piano. With the pedal up, the bars produce a muted sound. With the pedal down, the bars sustain for several seconds, or until muted with the pedal. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibraphone) The Glockenspiel is a percussion instrument composed of a set of tuned keys arranged in the fashion of the keyboard of a piano. In this way, it is similar to the xylophone, although the xylophone's bars are made of wood, while the glockenspiel's are metal plates or tubes, thus making it a metallophone. The glockenspiel, additionally, is usually smaller and, because of both its material and smaller size, higher in pitch. In German, a carillon is also called a glockenspiel, while in French, the glockenspiel is often called a carillon. In music scores the glockenspiel is sometimes designated by the Italian term campanelli. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glockenspiel Tubular bells (also known as chimes) are musical instruments in the percussion family. Their sound resembles that of church bells, carillon, or a bell tower; the original tubular bells were made to duplicate the sound of church bells within an ensemble. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tubular_bells The Marimba, Xylophone, Vibraphone Real is percussion simulation app using yarn mallet with roll feature. Frequency range: C3 -> F6 (Marimba, Vibraphone), G4 -> C8 (Xylophone), C4 -> F7 (Glockenspiel), C5 -> F8 (Tubular Bell). More offline and online songs for practice (With the ability to change speed, transpose, reverb). Play with multi modes: - Full (Left & Right hand) - Only Right hand - Right hand (Auto or Piano Left hand) - Real Time - Auto-play (Preview) Support multi views and adjustable UI for optimal experience. Record feature: record, play back and share to your friends. Export .wav file feature: export and save .wav file to storage (With the ability to change speed, transpose). ** Songs is updated regularly

Screenshots

Simulator Drum Kit3 screens
Marimba, Xylophone, Vibraphone4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Marimba, Xylophone, Vibraphone at 80% against Simulator Drum Kit's 14%. Marimba, Xylophone, Vibraphone also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.3) and ratings volume (2.1K vs 4). Simulator Drum Kit's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Marimba, Xylophone, Vibraphone holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Marimba, Xylophone, Vibraphone has 2.1K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of Simulator Drum Kit's written reviews are positive against 80% of Marimba, Xylophone, Vibraphone's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Simulator Drum Kit versus Marimba, Xylophone, Vibraphone: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimulator Drum KitMarimba, Xylophone, Vibraphone
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (4 ratings)4.6 (2.1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews14.3% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings42.1K — better
Update frequency—Every 10 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
Best chart rank—#117 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMariya IvanovaSon Truong Ngoc

Customer experience

Simulator Drum Kit

All ratings4 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive14.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative85.7%

Marimba, Xylophone, Vibraphone

All ratings2,085 ratings
Positive89.4%
Neutral5.2%
Negative5.4%
Written reviews105 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral8.6%
Negative11.4%

Bugs and requests

Simulator Drum Kit

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Marimba, Xylophone, Vibraphone

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Incorrect note mapping (e.g., A# is actually Bb)
  • Ads interfering with gameplay
  • Settings not working properly
  • Compatibility issues on older devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more instrument options (bells, slapaphone, etc.)
  • Ability to create and share custom music
  • MIDI input and AUv3 support
  • More song options and ability to import custom songs
  • Customization options (e.g., disable echoes, turn off rolls)

In-app purchases

None

Simulator Drum Kit

No in-app purchases

None

Marimba, Xylophone, Vibraphone

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Simulator Drum Kit free?
Simulator Drum Kit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Marimba, Xylophone, Vibraphone free?
Marimba, Xylophone, Vibraphone is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Simulator Drum Kit or Marimba, Xylophone, Vibraphone?
Marimba, Xylophone, Vibraphone is rated higher. Simulator Drum Kit averages 2.3 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Marimba, Xylophone, Vibraphone averages 4.6 from 2.1K ratings.
Do Simulator Drum Kit or Marimba, Xylophone, Vibraphone have ads?
Marimba, Xylophone, Vibraphone shows ads; Simulator Drum Kit does not.

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