DP8 vs Drum & Rhythm Pad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DP8
Experience a full drum kit with an intuitive layout. Enjoy dynamic performance and high-quality sounds at your fingertips. Practice along with songs using real-time speed adjustment and a simple mixer.
- Full drum kit layout
- Natural dynamic performance
- High-quality sound
- Multi-genre drum sounds
- Integrated song playback
- Real-time song speed adjust
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Unfold a bigger stage for your rhythm. Drum Pad 8 brings a playable drum kit, expressive sounds and video practice together on iPhone and iPad. MADE FOR iPHONE DUO Open the inner display for a spacious playing surface. In portrait, keep the video above and the drums below; in landscape, play translucent pads over the video. Adjust pad height, hide the toolbar for more space, and return to the compact landscape kit when you close Duo. The outer display also offers a VU meter for the drum output. WATCH AND PLAY ALONG Video mode on iPhone Duo's unfolded inner display and iPad lets you open supported video websites or choose your own clips from Photos or Files. Local videos include seeking and 1×, 0.75× and 0.5× practice speeds. On iPad, maximize the video into a full-screen background while keeping the pads playable. Website playback depends on the provider, content and connection. Demo videos shown in screenshots are illustrative and are not included. YOUR KIT, YOUR SOUND • Play Pop, Rock and Jazz drum sounds. • Use dynamic or loud pad response and optional crash/bass-drum sync. • Practice with streaming music from another app or supported local songs. • Adjust drum and backing levels with the controls available for each mode. • Explore the guided introduction and switch the app language in Options. DRUM PAD 8 PRO A one-time in-app purchase removes ads and unlocks the AUv3 drum instrument. Play through MIDI or its 4×2 pads in a compatible AUv3 host, with velocity layers, hi-hat choking, presets and host state saving.
Drum & Rhythm Pad
Create your own EDM tracks by tapping colorful pads. This app offers a vast library of melodies and sounds, allowing both beginners and experienced users to craft unique music. Save your favorite beats and experiment with real-time mixing and editing.
- Tap colorful pads to create beats
- 48 pads across three sections
- Extendable time slots
- Mix and match audio tracks
- Save favorite beats
- Real-time sound mixing
- Two editing modes
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Simply make beats and music by tapping colorful pads, even though beginners about music theory can create something sounds like a popular EDM product with their own hands. In addition, we provide many melodies, which makes this drum machine full of strong playability and endless possibility. Main features: * Each pad is a track that creates different music * 48 pads in three sections * 4 Frames of time slots extendable * Mix and match the audio track and make the mixing effect * Save favorite beats you created * Mix many sounds and melodies in real time * Two editing mode: -Listen your beats and repeats -Customize beats slot by slot
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Drum & Rhythm Pad at none against DP8's 1. Drum & Rhythm Pad also leads on review sentiment (64% vs 50%) and ratings volume (655 vs 82). DP8's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months). On price, rating, ads and monetization model 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. DP8 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Drum & Rhythm Pad asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for DP8 against 4.5 for Drum & Rhythm Pad. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Drum & Rhythm Pad has 655 ratings behind it against 82, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of DP8's written reviews are positive against 64% of Drum & Rhythm Pad's.
DP8 ships an update every 2 months, Drum & Rhythm Pad every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DP8 | Drum & Rhythm Pad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (82 ratings) | 4.5 (655 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 64.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 82 | 655 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MingChun Chien | UniCom Technology |
Customer experience
DP8
Drum & Rhythm Pad
Bugs and requests
DP8
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Drum & Rhythm Pad
Reported bugs
6 issues- App is too laggy to play
- Saving and loading beats causes glitches and resets
- Bass drum pops and there's a lot of peaking
- Software slows down with multiple beats in one spot
- Fractional delay between hitting and sound
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- Cannot play with other instruments
In-app purchases
DP8
- Drum Pad 8 Pro$2.99
Drum & Rhythm Pad
No in-app purchases
