Quick Drummer vs Drum Machine Loops Lite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Quick Drummer
Access a professional drummer on demand for practice or songwriting. Explore over 300 diverse drum patterns across various genres, with customizable BPM and studio-quality sound. Enhance your audio with built-in effects.
- Over 300 drum patterns
- Patterns sorted by genre
- Bookmark favorite beats
- Adjustable BPM
- Studio sound quality
- Built-in equalizer and effects
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Your practice session, with a drummer. Quick Drummer brings 300+ drum patterns to iPhone and iPad for practice, songwriting and jamming. Explore rock, pop, funk, jazz, blues and more. Set BPM directly, tap a tempo, use count-in and keep your tempo when changing grooves. Save favorites with their tempos and shape your sound with EQ, compression and bit-crusher. Build a tempo practice routine with Speed Master and save your own presets. Choose from 18 in-app languages. On iOS 26 or later, try the Modern interface with landscape support or switch back to Legacy. Optional background playback and a keep-screen-awake setting fit your routine. Live Activity shows playback information on supported devices. An optional one-time in-app purchase removes ads; previous purchases can be restored in Settings.
Drum Machine Loops Lite
This app provides a high-quality drum machine with a metronome, offering a wide variety of musical styles and grooves. It's designed for musicians of all levels to use as a rehearsal tool, featuring human-like beats and offline functionality.
- High sound quality drums
- Human beat simulation
- Offline functionality
- Multiple musical styles (Jazz, Pop, Rock, Funk, Hip hop, etc.)
- Groove and swing options
- Metronome function
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Loop Drum It is the ultimate rehearsal tool from the world's leading musicians with the Real Drum + Clave Metronome combined.Whether you are a first-time player of a musical instrument or a professional musician, the refined Groove, Swing, and interface will definitely be a valuable tool for you. *******High Sound Quality Drum *******Human Beat *******No Internet Connection Required STYLE *Jazz(Swing, Swing-Artist, 3/4JazzWaltz, 5/4, JazzBallad) *Pop/ Rock(Pop, Rock, 5/4, 6/8, 12/8, Pop&Rock-Artis) *Funk(Funk, Funk-70s.80s., Funk-Jazz, Funk-Artist, 7/8, 12/8) * Hiphop/Reggae(Hiphop, Hiphop-Percussion, Reggae-Artist) *Brazilian(Bossa nova, Bossa nova-Artist, Samba, Samba-Artist) *Blues(Shuffle, Shuffle-Artist, 12/8, 12/8-Artist) *World(Percussion, Percussion12/8, World, World-Artist, 6/8, 12/8) *Straight 8ths/Country(Straight 8ths-Artist, Country) ※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ When downloading the paid version of LoopDrum, delete LoopDrum Lite. In rare cases, it may not be possible to download. By deleting LoopDrum Lite, you can download without any problems.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Drum Machine Loops Lite at none against Quick Drummer's 1. Drum Machine Loops Lite also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). Quick Drummer's advantage is review sentiment (87% vs 54%) and rating (4.7 vs 4.4). On price 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
Both are free to download. Quick Drummer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Drum Machine Loops Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.
Quick Drummer holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Quick Drummer has 1K ratings behind it against 83, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Quick Drummer's written reviews are positive against 54% of Drum Machine Loops Lite's.
Quick Drummer ships an update every 3 weeks, Drum Machine Loops Lite weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Quick Drummer | Drum Machine Loops Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1K ratings) — better | 4.4 (83 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.2% of reviews — better | 54.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1K — better | 83 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — 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 | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 210 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MingChun Chien | Satomi Uchida |
Customer experience
Quick Drummer
Drum Machine Loops Lite
Bugs and requests
Quick Drummer
Reported bugs
3 issues- Buttons not working after recent update
- App crashing when changing tempo on certain beats
- Unable to save beats in favorites
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to save custom beat lists
- More odd time signatures (5/4, 7/8, etc.)
- Drum fills and transitions
- Integration with music apps like GarageBand
- Landscape mode support
Drum Machine Loops Lite
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Quick Drummer
- AD-FREE and all function,beats$1.99
Drum Machine Loops Lite
No in-app purchases
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