Drum Sets vs Simmons Drums
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Drum Sets
Experience realistic drumming with multiple genre-specific kits. Use your fingers to play, with options for intense finger movements for dynamic drumming. Optimized for external speakers or headphones for the best audio quality.
- Realistic drum sounds
- Rock, Jazz, and Metal kits
- Finger drumming controls
- Dynamic drumming movement
- High-quality 44100 kHz audio
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Want a Drum Set on your Ipad/Iphone Check out these great sounding Drum Sets, we have 3 sets to choose from Rock, Jazz and Metal, all featuring 44100 khz quality audio. Connect a set of speakers crank up the volume and drum away ! - Use your fingers as drum sticks. - For intense drumming move your finger around drums. - Select from Rock, Jazz and Metal drums. - To hear the drums at their best connect a pair of earphones or speakers.
Simmons Drums
Enhance your electronic drum kit's functionality with this app. Remotely edit and save drum kits, practice with real audio tracks, and slow down songs to learn grooves. Compatible with specific Simmons drum kit models.
- Remote drum kit editing
- Save custom drum kits
- Teaching tool with audio tracks
- Play along with music library
- Adjust playback speed
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The Simmons Drums Basic App is designed to extend the capabilities of the Simmons SD100, SD200, SD300, SD350, SD500, SD550, & SD600 electronic drum kits. Remotely edit and save drum kits and sounds with your iOS device using a user-friendly interface. Improve your playing with the "Teaching tool," which lets you play along with real audio tracks in a game-like environment to help you improve your skills and meter. The "Play along" function accesses your iOS's music library and manipulates the playback speed so you can slow down a song to learn the groove. Users may need to download the latest Firmware update from http://simmonsdrums.net/ Users with a SD100, SD200, SD300, SD350, SD500, or SD550 will need an Apple USB Camera Connector kit and USB cable to connect the kit drum module to their iOS device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Drum Sets at 4.4 against Simmons Drums's 2.8. Drum Sets also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 14%). Simmons Drums's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Drum Sets sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Simmons Drums asks for nothing beyond the download.
Drum Sets holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Drum Sets's written reviews are positive against 14% of Simmons Drums's.
Drum Sets ships an update every 6 months, Simmons Drums every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Drum Sets | Simmons Drums |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (18 ratings) — better | 2.8 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 14.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 160 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Edgeway Software | Simmons Innovations Ltd |
Customer experience
Drum Sets
Simmons Drums
In-app purchases
Drum Sets
- Unlimited Drums$1.99
Simmons Drums
No in-app purchases
