ChorusClass vs AKI Drum Machine
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ChorusClass
This app allows chorus members to practice their parts individually at their convenience. Users can record voice or instrument parts, create multi-track harmonies, and rehearse by muting or unmuting different sections. PRO features enable collaboration and unlimited chorus management.
- Record voice or instrument parts
- Practice at home or anywhere
- Multi-track player/recorder
- Loop songs or sections
- Adjust playback speed
- Collaborative recording (PRO)
- Cloud backup
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Have you thought about an easier way for your chorus members to learn their parts? ChorusClass is an app that makes it possible for chorus members to practice at home, school, work or anywhere, with a single tap on your phone. Record voice or instrument parts and invite members to your chorus. Now your members can practice in between rehearsals. This leaves more time for singing together in the chorus rehearsals. Record multipart harmonies with a single tap on your iPhone or iPad and rehearse by muting/unmuting the different parts while you sing along. Upgrade to a PRO account to share your recordings with chorus members or collaborate by having different singers record different parts of the same song. Perfect for chorus voice leaders. Features: - Recording and practicing your own songs. - Join chorus folders to rehears your choirs songs with the app. - Super simple multi-track player/recorder - Automatic cloud backup after uploading tracks - Loop songs or section of a song - Set tracks to half volume - view pdf files in app - Play your song at slower speed for easy rehearsal of difficult parts. PRO Features : - All PLUS features - Create an unlimited number of chorus folders - Unlimited number of members in a chorus folder - Collaborate with other PRO users by recording different parts of the same song - Administer members and grant admin rights Subscription Information: - Upgraded membership requires a ChorusClass account (registered inside the app) to start a subscription - Start your subscription via your account screen in the app - PRO membership is $8.49 / month* and PLUS membership is $3.99 / month* - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. Auto-renewal may be turned off in the user/'s Account settings after purchase. - The price will be charged to your Apple account - The subscription can be managed/canceled in the Settings app on your device - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable - Read our general terms: https://www.chorusclass.com/terms - ...and privacy policy: https://www.chorusclass.com/privacy-policy * Or the equivalent amount in your local currency, according to Apple's price matrix
AKI Drum Machine
This app provides professional-grade, hands-on drum backing for musicians, songwriters, and performers. It allows importing MIDI drum styles, triggering song sections live, and customizing drum sounds. Enjoy real-time tempo control and flexible MIDI connectivity for a portable rhythm solution.
- Playable beat sections (Intros, Variations, Fills, Endings)
- Import MIDI drum styles from Yamaha/Korg
- Assign custom drum sounds (SF2 import)
- Real-time tempo control with multi-tempo support
- MIDI input/output and controller support
- Background audio playback
- Visual metronome and multi-meter support
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AKI Drum Machine is a professional-grade arranger-style rhythm machine for iPad and iPhone, designed for musicians, songwriters, producers, and performers who want quick, hands-on drum backing without opening a full DAW. Import MIDI drum styles, trigger song sections live, assign your own drum sounds, and play everything from the screen or a MIDI controller. It gives you playable drum sections, fast tempo control, easy sound swapping, and a portable library of styles and sounds in one app. Import MIDI drum sections — including drum sections exported directly from Yamaha and Korg arrangers — and play them live with hands-on control over every section. Trigger intros, variations, fills, breaks, and endings in real time, just like a hardware arranger. PERFORMANCE & PLAYBACK - Playable beat sections — Intros, Variations, Fills, Breaks, and Endings - Start/Stop control - Auto Fill — automatically plays a matching fill when you switch variations - Fill Loop and Break Loop - Visual Metronome - Multi-Meter Support — styles can have different meters and time signatures for each section - Background audio — playback continues when the app is backgrounded TEMPO CONTROL - Real-time tempo control - Tempo Reset — double-tap to return to original tempo - Direct Tempo Entry — press and hold to enter a tempo value directly - Multi-Tempo Support — different tempos for different style sections - Per-Part Tempo Editing — view, adjust, and save tempo by style section STYLES, IMPORT & LIBRARY - 8 factory styles: 8 Beat, 16 Beat, Ballad, Country, Pop Latin, Rock, Samba, Swing Jazz - Yamaha and Korg MIDI Style Import — directly imports drum and percussion parts from styles exported as MIDI files - Files app integration — open MIDI files directly in the app - Built-In Style Library with rename and delete - Style Info — view import format, section details, and per-section tempo and meter data SOUNDS & MIXING - SF2 Sound Import — use your own drum kits - Built-In Sound Library with assignable drum and percussion sounds - Per-Style Sound Assignment — every style remembers its own sounds, volumes, and channels - Dual Drum and Percussion playback - Master Volume plus independent Drum and Percussion channel mixing - Reset to default drum sound anytime MIDI & CONNECTIVITY - MIDI Input and Output - MIDI Learn — assign hardware controls to any function - Adjustable MIDI Input and Output Routing - Automatic MIDI Hardware Detection - Virtual MIDI Support - Bluetooth MIDI Support - Multiple Simultaneous MIDI Controllers — all connected hardware sources active at once - MIDI Panic — instantly stops all MIDI notes on all channels INTERFACE & COMPATIBILITY - Light and Dark modes - iPad and iPhone compatible - In-app searchable User Guide - iOS 16+ Built for gigging musicians, worship leaders, singer-songwriters, and one-man-band performers who need reliable, professional drum backing without a full DAW. SUPPORT support@akimuzika.com akimuzika.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: AKI Drum Machine at 100% against ChorusClass's 28%. AKI Drum Machine also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 13) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). ChorusClass's advantage is price (Free vs $39.99) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). On ads 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
ChorusClass is free to download; AKI Drum Machine costs $39.99 up front. ChorusClass sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. AKI Drum Machine asks for nothing beyond the download.
AKI Drum Machine holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ChorusClass has 58 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 28% of ChorusClass's written reviews are positive against 100% of AKI Drum Machine's.
ChorusClass ships an update every 3 weeks, AKI Drum Machine every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ChorusClass | AKI Drum Machine |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $39.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (58 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 27.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 58 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ChorusClass Sweden AB | ALEKS ENTERPRISES LLC |
Customer experience
ChorusClass
AKI Drum Machine
In-app purchases
ChorusClass
- Plus subscription monthly1 Month trial$2.491 Month
- Pro Account$2.991 Month
- PLUS account monthly1 Month trial$3.491 Month
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- Unlimited Account monthly1 Month trial$4.991 Month
- PRO account monthly1 Month trial$7.491 Month
- Plus subscription 6 months1 Month trial$13.996 Months
- Plus account for 6 months$18.996 Months
- 1 year Plus subscription1 Month trial$26.491 Year
- PRO account 6 months1 Month trial$28.496 Months
- Plus account yearly$33.991 Year
- PRO account 6 months period$40.996 Months
- 1 year PRO subscription1 Month trial$52.991 Year
- PRO account yearly$71.991 Year
AKI Drum Machine
No in-app purchases
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