Darbuka Rhythms vs Best Percussion Rhythm Loops
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.
Best Percussion Rhythm Loops
Create and jam along to authentic Middle Eastern percussion rhythms. This app offers a wide variety of loops and tools to help musicians compose their own songs and practice with realistic beats.
- Authentic Turkish-Arabic drum beats
- Filter loops by BPM, genre, and measure
- Adjustable tempo/BPM for each beat
- Multi-channel graphic equalizer
- BPM tapper tool
- Wide variety of musical genres and percussion types
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Turkish-Arabic Middle East Drum Beats is a rhythm station app with great loops. Play different genres of rhythms and jam along. Turkish-Arabic Middle East Drum Beats is designed for both amateurs and professionals and helps you write your own songs. Use it with drums, guitar, piano, darbuka, percussion, violin, strings, and many other instruments. Set tempo/BPM by tapping the screen with specially developed algorithms. Jam along your songs with real rhythm tracks instead of boring metronome sounds. Filter loops by BPM, genre, and measure to quickly reach the style that suits you best. A cleverly designed drum engine lets you change tempo/BPM for each beat. This makes practice more fun without needing a separate metronome or rhythm station. Multi-Channel Equalizer: Use graphic equalizer channels and arrows to fine tune your sound. BPM Tapper: Calculate BPM quickly by tapping for a few seconds. Turkish-Arabic Middle East Drum Beats includes genres like 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/8, 7/8, 9/8, 10/8, 12/8 and many percussion styles such as Bendir, Darbuka, Tef, Erbane, Djembe, Bongo, and Tabla. Features: - Adjustable tempo speed - Play in background - Tunes sorting - Many beats, tunes, and drum backgrounds - Can be used as metronome and rhythm box - Multi-channel equalizer - BPM tapper Subscription: - Title: Percussion Premium - Length: 1 year - Price: 19.99 USD / year Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://www.serkanmusic.com/drum-apps-privacy-policy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Darbuka Rhythms at 53% against Best Percussion Rhythm Loops's 0%. Darbuka Rhythms also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Best Percussion Rhythm Loops's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 3.8). On price, ratings volume, 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. Darbuka Rhythms sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Best Percussion Rhythm Loops sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $19.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Best Percussion Rhythm Loops holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 11 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 53% of Darbuka Rhythms's written reviews are positive against 0% of Best Percussion Rhythm Loops's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Darbuka Rhythms ships an update monthly, Best Percussion Rhythm Loops every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Darbuka Rhythms | Best Percussion Rhythm Loops |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (4 ratings) | 4.6 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Artem Uzunov | Serkan Seker |
Customer experience
Darbuka Rhythms
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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
Best Percussion Rhythm Loops
- Percussion Premium$19.991 Year
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