Drum Sets vs Learn 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.
Learn Drums
Master drumming with video-guided lessons designed for absolute beginners. Learn fundamental techniques, rhythm patterns, and various drumming styles at your own pace. This app provides a structured path to becoming a confident drummer, regardless of your equipment.
- Video-guided lessons
- Fundamental techniques
- Rhythm patterns and beats
- Multiple drumming styles
- Coordination exercises
- Structured learning path
- Practice routines
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Learn drums from your first beat to playing full songs -- step-by-step, at your own pace, no drum kit required. Tap on your phone or tablet to practice along with real drum beats across rock, pop, blues, and funk. WHAT YOU GET Step-by-step drum lessons that start with the basics: how to hold the sticks, posture at the kit, and stick control. From there you build into full drum beats -- rock grooves, pop backbeats, blues shuffles, funk patterns -- one skill at a time. Video lessons from drum instructors who teach beginners for a living. Each tutorial focuses on one idea so you can see the technique, hear how it should sound, and copy it without guesswork. Slow-motion replays for the parts that trip everyone up. Drop the tempo, watch where the sticks land, then bring it back up to speed when your hands are ready. A song library arranged for beginners. Pick a track, play along, and use the visual feedback to see whether your timing is on the beat or drifting. This is where drum practice stops feeling like homework and starts sounding like music. NO DRUM KIT? START ANYWAY You don't need a kit to begin. Practice the grip, the rhythms, and the song parts on a tabletop, a practice pad, or right on the screen. When you do sit at a real kit later, the patterns are already in your hands. HOW IT'S BUILT FOR BEGINNERS Plain-language teaching. No music theory jargon thrown at you before you've played a single beat. If a lesson uses a word, it explains the word. Short sessions that fit a real day. Five minutes between meetings, fifteen before dinner -- progress comes from showing up, not from hour-long blocks you can never find. Honest pacing. You repeat a beat until it locks in, then move on. Skip ahead any time, or go back and re-watch a lesson without losing your place. Every drummer started where you are now -- counting one beat at a time. Download Learn Drums and play your first rhythm today. Terms of use - http://thecookbk.com/terms.php?appname=learn.drums.beginners Privacy Policy - http://thecookbk.com/privacy.php?appname=learn.drums.beginners
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Learn Drums at none against Drum Sets's shown. Learn Drums also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (120 vs 18). Drum Sets's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.6). On price, rating, review sentiment and in-app purchases 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 and Learn Drums sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Drum Sets against 4.4 for Learn Drums. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Learn Drums has 120 ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Drum Sets's written reviews are positive against 55% of Learn Drums's.
Drum Sets ships an update every 6 months, Learn Drums every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Drum Sets | Learn Drums |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (18 ratings) | 4.4 (120 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 54.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 18 | 120 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 104 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Edgeway Software | Riafy Technologies Pvt. Ltd. |
Customer experience
Drum Sets
Learn Drums
In-app purchases
Drum Sets
- Unlimited Drums$1.99
Learn Drums
- Learn Drums-Monthly Trial$8.991 Month
- drum+beats+bass$11.491 Month
- Learn to Play Drum$24.996 Months
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- Learn Drums-Yearly Trial$29.991 Year
- Drums- Easy Lessons6 Months trial$39.996 Months
- 7 days premium$2.99









