Comparison

DrumKnee 3D Drums vs Drumless

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

DrumKnee 3D Drums

Experience realistic 3D drumming with foot-controlled bass. Record, share, and play along with drumless tracks. Customize your kit with professional sounds and stylish skins for an immersive music experience.

Highlights
  • Realistic 3D drum set
  • Foot-controlled bass drum
  • Record and share songs
  • Play along with drumless tracks
  • Customizable drum kits
  • Low latency response
  • Chokable cymbals
Features
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DrumKnee is the most realistic drums app. Now you can play the bass with your foot. Perfect for on-the-go drumming! It is like having a real drum set in the palm of your hands. Play drums, record, and share your songs with the DrumKnee 3D community. The new Splitteroo integration lets you remove drums from your favorite songs, create custom drum kits with the separated snare and kick sounds, and play along with the track for an immersive drumming experience! DrumKnee is very different from any other app out there: First of all, it is a well-polished real drum app in 3D (how cool is that?). In addition, you get to trigger the bass sound with your foot. That's right, just rest your phone/tablet on your knee and kick it!! Mix and match the sounds so you can build your own custom drum set!! Features: Professionally recorded sounds. Very low latency response. The best one out there. The delay between your tap on the screen and the sound is incredibly low. Most realistic drums app. You will feel just like playing a real drum. Cymbals are also chokable by holding your finger on them when played. Play along with select drumless songs. You can record your masterpiece and share it with friends. Many stylish skins for you to choose from. Jazz/Funk drum set DK Music is another feature available. This service is a separate monthly fee that allows you to download drumless tracks directly to the app to play along with. SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS - Subscribe for unlimited access to the full drumless (songs without drums) songs library for the duration of your subscription - Subscriptions are monthly, quarterly and yearly - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings - No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period - Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription - You can read our privacy policy at https://drumknee.wordpress.com/policy/ *Price is equal to the value that "Apple's App Store Matrix" determines is the equivalent of the subscription price in USD. https://drumknee.wordpress.com/termsofservice

About

Drumless

Learn to play drums with your favorite songs. Generate drum notation from any song, play along with drumless backing tracks, and practice specific techniques. Offers personalized daily plans and a rudiment trainer that scores your timing.

Highlights
  • Generate drum notation from any song
  • Play along to drumless backing tracks
  • Loop and slow down sections
  • Rudiment trainer with timing score
  • Personalized daily practice plans
  • Curated song library with synced notation
Features
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Drumless turns the songs you love into drum practice. Bring in a song and you get drum notation in time with the music, ready to play along. Open the app and it asks one thing: what do you feel like doing today? Play a song, or practise. Pick one and you are behind the kit in seconds. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Play Any Song You Want Paste a YouTube link or upload an audio file. Drum notation appears in time with the music. No drum chart out there for your song? Drumless writes one for you. • Play Along to a Drumless Backing Track Upload an audio file and the drums are taken out, leaving you the rest of the band to play over. Your kit, the real song, nothing in the way. • Read Drum Sheet Music as It Plays The sheet follows the music, so you always know where you are. See every kick, snare, hi-hat and tom exactly when it hits. • Loop and Slow Down Tap any measure to loop the part that keeps falling apart. Drop the tempo until it is clean, then bring it back up. • Drums-Only Mode Hear just the drum part before you play it. • Today's Plan, Made for You Pick 10, 15 or 30 minutes and get a session for your level: a rudiment challenge, a groove or a fill, and a song to finish on. Only have a practice pad today? There is a pad plan too. • Grooves and Fills for Every Level Rock, funk, blues and metal grooves and fills, from beginner to advanced. Hear each one first, then play it at your own tempo. • A Rudiment Trainer That Listens Single strokes, double strokes, paradiddles, flams and rolls. Your phone listens through the microphone and scores your timing. • A Weekly Goal, Not a Streak Choose how many days a week you want to play. Miss a day and nothing breaks. Your week, your progress and your history live in one place. • Curated Song Library Human-reviewed drumless backing tracks with the notation already synced and checked. HOW IT WORKS 1. Search the library, paste a YouTube link, or upload an audio file. 2. Get drum notation lined up with the music. 3. Play along at your own tempo, loop any measure, and watch your week fill up. WHO IT IS FOR Beginners who want to read their first groove and know they are playing it right. Self-taught drummers who never learned notation. Cover-band players drilling a set list. Students practising between lessons. Anyone with a kit, an electronic set, or a practice pad and ten minutes. Built by a drummer, for drummers. No ads. Free to use. Download Drumless and start practising with real music.

Screenshots

DrumKnee 3D Drums4 screens
Drumless4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: DrumKnee 3D Drums at 81% against Drumless's 0%. DrumKnee 3D Drums also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (17K vs 3). Drumless's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. DrumKnee 3D Drums sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Drumless asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DrumKnee 3D Drums holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DrumKnee 3D Drums has 17K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of DrumKnee 3D Drums's written reviews are positive against 0% of Drumless's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DrumKnee 3D Drums ships an update weekly, Drumless every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
DrumKnee 3D Drums versus Drumless: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrumKnee 3D DrumsDrumless
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (17K ratings) — better2.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews81.2% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings17K — better3
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size89 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMusic4Fun LLCDreamfrog

Customer experience

DrumKnee 3D Drums

All ratings16,497 ratings
Positive94.5%
Neutral3.0%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews850 reviews
Positive81.2%
Neutral6.6%
Negative12.2%

Drumless

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

DrumKnee 3D Drums

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Drum kit customization not working as expected
  • Subscription issues and inability to restore purchases
  • Crashes and freezes when playing for extended periods

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to customize drum kit layout
  • More advanced drum techniques (e.g. double bass, ghost notes)
  • Integration with music production software like GarageBand
  • Additional drum kit and song library updates
  • Rechargeable and wireless DK Sense pedal

Drumless

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

DrumKnee 3D Drums

Subscriptions3
  • 1 Month DrumKnee Premium3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • 3 Months DK Music$9.993 Months
  • 1 Year DrumKnee Premium$29.991 Year
None

Drumless

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DrumKnee 3D Drums free?
DrumKnee 3D Drums is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Drumless free?
Drumless is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DrumKnee 3D Drums or Drumless?
DrumKnee 3D Drums is rated higher. DrumKnee 3D Drums averages 4.8 out of 5 from 17K ratings, while Drumless averages 2.0 from 3 ratings.
Do DrumKnee 3D Drums or Drumless have ads?
DrumKnee 3D Drums shows ads; Drumless does not.
Which is updated more often, DrumKnee 3D Drums or Drumless?
DrumKnee 3D Drums ships an update weekly, and Drumless every 5 days. Most recently, DrumKnee 3D Drums was updated on November 8, 2026 and Drumless on November 7, 2026.

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