Arcaea vs Drumbro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Arcaea
Experience a unique rhythm game that blends challenging gameplay with an immersive story. Progress through a narrative driven by your performance, unlock new difficulties, and compete with others online. Enjoy a vast library of music, with more available through content packs.
- Novel gameplay mechanics
- Immersive sound and story
- High difficulty ceiling
- Over 350 songs
- 3 rhythm difficulty levels per song
- Real-time online multiplayer
- Rich Main Story and Side Stories
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New Dimension Rhythm Game - Experience sound and story unlike ever before. "A harmony of Light awaits you in a lost world of musical Conflict." In a world of white, and surrounded by “memory”, two girls awaken under glass-filled skies. Arcaea is a mobile rhythm game for both experienced and new rhythm game players alike, blending novel gameplay, immersive sound, and a powerful story of wonder and heartache. Experience gameplay that reflects the story’s emotions and events—and progress to unlock more of this unfurling narrative. Challenging trials can be discovered through play, higher difficulties can be unlocked, and a real-time online mode is available to face off against other players. Arcaea does not require an internet connection for play, and is fully playable both on smartphones and tablets. On install the game includes a large library of free playable songs, and more can be made available by acquiring additional songs and content packs. ==Features== - A high difficulty ceiling - experience personal growth as you develop skills in arcade-style progression - Over 350 songs from more than 200 artists famous across other games - 3 rhythm difficulty levels for every song - An expanding music library through regular content updates - Collaborations with other beloved rhythm games - Online friends and scoreboards - Real-time online multiplayer - A Course Mode that tests endurance through gauntlets of songs - A rich Main Story that features two protagonist’s perspectives across a powerful journey - Additional Side and Short Stories of varying styles and perspectives featuring the game’s characters that build upon the world of Arcaea - A vast array of original characters and guest characters from collaborations to accompany you, level up, and alter your play through many game-changing skills - Stunning, never-before-seen connections to storylines via gameplay, challenging the very paradigm of play ==Story== Two girls find themselves in a colorless world full of memory, and with no memory of themselves. Each alone, they set out into places often beautiful, and just as often dangerous. Arcaea’s story is interwoven throughout Main, Side, and Short stories which each focus on individual, playable characters. While separate, they all share the same space: the world of Arcaea. Their reactions to it, and its reactions to them, form an ever-shifting narrative of mystery, sorrow, and bliss. As they explore this heavenly place, follow their steps down paths of glass and grief. --- Follow Arcaea & News: Twitter: http://twitter.com/arcaea_en Facebook: http://facebook.com/arcaeagame
Drumbro
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Drumbro is a rhythm game played by feel. Each round, your iPhone plays a short pattern using sound and the Taptic Engine. Then it's your turn: tap the on-screen drum to play the rhythm back. Every tap is judged to the millisecond. Pass a level to advance. Tempos get faster and patterns get trickier. Three lives per run. One final score. Designed for short sessions. Fully offline. WHAT'S IN THE APP - Procedurally generated rhythm patterns - Synthesized percussive sounds and Taptic Engine vibration on every beat - Tap timing scored to the millisecond, with Perfect, Good, and Off-beat ratings - Levels with rising tempo and pattern density - Optional reduced-motion mode - High-contrast dark UI DEVICE REQUIREMENTS Drumbro plays best on iPhones with a Taptic Engine (iPhone 8 and later). On older iPhones the same patterns play with sound and on-screen pulses. iPhone only. SOUND Sound mixes with other audio (Music, podcasts) and respects the iPhone silent switch. Sound and haptics can be toggled independently in Settings. PRIVACY Drumbro stores your high score, best level, tutorial progress, and settings preferences locally on your device only. There are no accounts, no ads, no analytics, no third-party SDKs, and no network requests. Uninstalling the app removes all stored data. ACCESSIBILITY - VoiceOver labels every control - Reduce Motion is respected - Color is never the only way information is shown - Sound and haptics can be disabled independently from Settings; gameplay continues with full visual cues
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Drumbro at none against Arcaea's 3. Arcaea's advantage is chart position (#84 vs unranked) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence and ads 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. Arcaea sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Drumbro asks for nothing beyond the download.
Arcaea ships an update every 8 days, Drumbro weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Arcaea | Drumbro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (25K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 78.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 25K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | #84 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.2 GB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | lowiro | INTI |
Bugs and requests
Arcaea
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login issues and account sync problems
- Compatibility problems on certain devices
- Crashes and freezes during gameplay
Requested features
5 requests- Multiplayer mode to compete with friends
- Ability to earn premium currency through gameplay
- More free song options to explore the game
- Customizable note speed and offset settings
- Improved story mode and character development
Drumbro
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Arcaea
- 100 Memories$0.99
- 510 Memories$4.99
- 1020 Memories$9.99
Drumbro
No in-app purchases








