Darbuka Rhythms vs Darbuka
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Darbuka Rhythms
Learn and practice Middle Eastern rhythms with visual note guides, pre-set rhythms, and a rhythm designer. Includes video lessons and ear training exercises. Ideal for percussionists, bellydancers, and beginners.
- Visual note descriptions
- 20 rhythms with variations
- Rhythm designer
- Rhythm player with speed control
- Video lessons
- Rhythm identification training
- Drum playing mode
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Educating application for mobile devices, devoted to the Middle Eastern rhythms. A wonderful assistant for both professional percussionists and bellydancers, and the beginners. Darbuka Rhythms: - visual description of notes for visibility and easiness of understanding, - 20 rhythms in 11 variations with the detailed description of each rhythm and instrument, and the rhythm designer for creation of your own rhythms and variations for different instruments, - rhythm player with possibility of playback speed management and combination of the instruments sounds, - video lessons from famous dancers and percussionists - creation of compositions of various rhythms and their variations with the set beat and number of bars, - training of skills related to rhythms identification by ear. 2 modes, 3 difficulty levels and 160 tasks, - possibility to take on the role of a percussionist and play the drums. The author of the application is a famous percussionist Artem Uzunov.
Darbuka
This app provides realistic finger darbuka pads for practicing along with songs. It offers high-quality sounds, customizable pad positions, and includes a metronome and recording features for jam sessions and lessons.
- Realistic finger darbuka pads
- Practice along with songs
- High-quality sound selection
- Customizable pad positions
- Built-in metronome
- Recording and loop functions
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***** This App is a Real Finger Darbuka Pads. ***** You can practice according to the Song. ***** Ideal for Jam Sessions with other Instruments. ***** Suitable for Jam Sessions and Lessons. ***** Real High Quality Sound. [Simple Darbuka] * Simple Darbuka Pads with No Delay. [Sound Selection & Custom Darbuka Positions] * Long Press to Select and set Sound. (After selecting the sound, push the selected Darbuka again, it will be changed) * Available in All Darbuka Positions. [Color] * Abundant Color Variations. [Metronome] * BPM(30〜300) [Rec] * Includes Recording, Loop and Metronome functions. * Suitable for Jam Sessions and Lessons. [List of Darbuka Sounds] * Real High Quality Sound. [Darbuka 1,Darbuka 2,Darbuka 3,Darbuka 4,Darbuka 5,Darbuka 6,Darbuka 7,Darbuka 8,Darbuka 9,Darbuka 10,Darbuka 11,Darbuka 12,Darbuka 13,Darbuka 14,Darbuka 15,Darbuka 16,Darbuka 17,Darbuka 18,Darbuka 19,Darbuka 20,Darbuka 21,Darbuka 22,Darbuka 23,Darbuka 24,WoodStick,Dog]
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Darbuka Rhythms at 53% against Darbuka's 0%. Darbuka Rhythms also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). Darbuka's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and rating (4.1 vs 3.8). On price, monetization model, 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. Darbuka Rhythms sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Darbuka asks for nothing beyond the download.
Darbuka holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Darbuka has 137 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 53% of Darbuka Rhythms's written reviews are positive against 0% of Darbuka's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Darbuka Rhythms ships an update monthly, Darbuka every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Darbuka Rhythms | Darbuka |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (4 ratings) | 4.1 (137 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 137 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 702 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Artem Uzunov | Satomi Uchida |
Customer experience
Darbuka Rhythms
Darbuka
In-app purchases
Darbuka Rhythms
- Premium$2.991 Month
- Premium$14.991 Year
- Premium$0.99
- Guess rhythm$3.99
- Rhythms (beginners)$4.99
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- Rhythms$6.99
- Darbuka lessons. Level 1$8.99
- Everything at once$11.99
- All videos by Diana Gnatchenko$11.99
- All rhythms and features$12.99
Darbuka
No in-app purchases
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