PASIC vs DropSpin Metronome
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PASIC
Navigate the Percussive Arts Society International Convention with this app. Browse the full schedule, save your preferred sessions, and get directions within the Indiana Convention Center. It's your essential guide to the world's largest event dedicated to drums and percussion.
- Browse full event schedule
- Save favorite sessions
- Navigate convention center
- Information on drums and percussion
- Details on all genres and forms
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Browse the full PASIC 2026 schedule, save the sessions you want, and find your way around the Indiana Convention Center. The Percussive Arts Society International Convention, or PASIC®, is the largest event of its kind – exclusively focused on drums and percussion in all its forms and from all genres – in the world.
DropSpin Metronome
A versatile metronome app designed for musicians, offering advanced features like custom count-ins, speed adjustments from 10% to 1000%, and loopable segments. It integrates with a suite of rehearsal products for comprehensive practice sessions.
- Customizable count-ins
- Speed control (10%-1000%)
- Loopable segments
- "Last Time" auto-stop
- MIDI playback
- In-depth rehearsal analytics
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DropSpin can be used as a standalone metronome or as a partner to our full suite of rehearsal products including bluetooth modules, score-reading software, rehearsal analytics tools, and much more. In depth rehearsal analytics Custom count-ins Rehearse from 10%-1000% speed "Last Time" auto-stop Halftime and other custom behaviors Loopable segments MIDI playback
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: DropSpin Metronome at 82% against PASIC's 0%. DropSpin Metronome also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 61 months) and ratings volume (66 vs 14). PASIC's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PASIC holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 66 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of PASIC's written reviews are positive against 82% of DropSpin Metronome's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
PASIC ships an update every 61 months, DropSpin Metronome every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PASIC | DropSpin Metronome |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (14 ratings) — better | 4.8 (66 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 81.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 66 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 61 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PAS (Percussive Arts Society) | Alex Crowley |
Customer experience
PASIC
DropSpin Metronome
In-app purchases
PASIC
No in-app purchases
DropSpin Metronome
No in-app purchases
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