Mid East Drummer vs SKIIID
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mid East Drummer
Explore a vast collection of Middle Eastern percussion rhythms and sounds. This app offers realistic drum samples, advanced rhythmic options, and tools for improvisation and song creation. Integrate with other music apps and hardware for a complete production experience.
- 300+ Middle Eastern Rhythms
- Realistic Multilayered Sounds
- Jam Function for Improvisation
- Song Mode for Structure Creation
- MIDI Out/In and Ableton Link Sync
- 4 Customizable Effects
- Random Generators for Ideas
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A complete Middle Eastern percussion ensemble in your hands including more than 300 Rhythms from Egypt, Morocco, Iran, Persia, Iran, Turkey, Greece... with meticulously treated sounds creating the most realistic percussion world. Middle East grooves are the one greatest rhythmic richness, with a large number of different measures. From the common 4 / 4 time to the most interesting and exotic asymmetrical rhythms, like 7/8, 5/8, 15 / 16, 11/ 16 ... Multilayered sounds with Round Robin samples. Bendir, Darbuka, Riq, Dahola, Davul, Tar, Tarija ... - The Jam Function improvise like human percussionist. Just set the level of variations and fills and play. - Song Mode. Create song structures in seconds. - Midi Out / In - Midi Sync - 4 Effects to combine, including Compressor/Gate, Equalizer, Delay and Reverb. - Random generators to get creative ideas instantly. - Ableton Link Sync - Inter-App Audio - Control several parameters with midi Control Change and Program Change. --- MIDI Control - Notes Mode Play / Stop - Midi Note G2 / Program Change 13 Midi CC 0: Rhythm Midi CC 7: Master Volume Midi CC 11: Swing Midi CC 32: Bank Midi CC 91: Reverb Gain Select Soundset: Program Change (Notes Live Pad Mode) --- Live Pad Midi Controls: * Program Change Mode (default setting) PC 0 to PC7 : Select Pad PC8: Fill PC12: Fill for the next Pad change PC10: Fill for every Pad change PC11: Fill & Start / End PC13: Play * Notes Mode (default setting) C3 to G3 : Select Pad C2: Fill D2: Fill for the next Pad change E2: Fill for every Pad change A2: Fill & Start / End. - Song Mode Controls: (Notes Live Pad Mode) Midi Note C2: Preview Song Midi Note D2: Next Song * Double press to edit a part or song * Long press to move parts or songs
SKIIID
This app is a percussion synthesizer designed for live performance. It features four morphing pads where finger position controls sound parameters and velocity. Explore deep sound design with a step sequencer, auto-mutation, and chaos engine for instant sound generation.
- Four morphing percussion pads
- Real-time parameter control via touch
- 16-step sequencer per pad
- Auto-mutate sound evolution
- Chaos engine for instant sound generation
- AUv3 plugin support
- MIDI input and Ableton Link sync
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SKIIID is a percussion synthesizer built for real-time performance. Four pads. Each one is a sound sculpted by where your finger lands. Move left or right to morph between synth parameters. Move up or down to control velocity. Simple to play, deep to explore. — PADS — Four independent drum voices. Each pad morphs between parameter extremes based on X-axis position. Velocity is Y-axis. — STEP SEQUENCER — 16-step sequencer per pad. Variable step length for polyrhythms. Reverse playback, shuffle, pin and random step modes. Sync to Ableton Link or run free. — AUTO-MUTATE — Evolves your sound automatically. Individual interval and intensity per pad, synced to tempo. — CHAOS ENGINE — RANDOM, CHAOS, and MUTATE modes generate new sounds instantly. — AUv3 PLUGIN — Run SKIIID inside AUM, ApeMatrix, Audiobus, or any AUv3 host. Multiple instances work independently — different patches, different sequencers, no shared state. — MIDI — MIDI In for pad triggering. MIDI Learn for external controller mapping. Ableton Link for tempo sync. — WORKS ON — iPhone and iPad, all modern screen sizes. Landscape mode.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: SKIIID at $3.99 against Mid East Drummer's $17.99. SKIIID also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). Mid East Drummer's advantage is review sentiment (91% vs 74%) and ratings volume (104 vs 31). On rating, ads, in-app purchases 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
Mid East Drummer costs $17.99 and SKIIID $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Mid East Drummer holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 104 and 31 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of Mid East Drummer's written reviews are positive against 74% of SKIIID's.
Mid East Drummer ships an update every 2 months, SKIIID every 4 days. Both last shipped on September 21, 2026.
| Parameter | Mid East Drummer | SKIIID |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $17.99 | $3.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (104 ratings) — better | 4.4 (31 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 91.0% of reviews — better | 73.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 104 — better | 31 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 166 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lumbeat | Stephan Bolch |
Customer experience
Mid East Drummer
SKIIID
Bugs and requests
Mid East Drummer
Reported bugs
9 issues- App crashes on iOS 26 with Inter-App Audio
- Freezing when loading custom MIDI presets
- IAA apps not visible in Cubasis after one year
- Tuning function creates audio artifacts and removes attack
- MIDI clock synchronization fails at startup
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- Saved rhythm instruments change on next recall
- Sequencer ignores user inputs despite no jam settings active
- Timing precision issues (e.g., 74 bpm recorded as 73.97 bpm)
- App becomes unresponsive mid-performance
Requested features
14 requests- AUv3 audio unit support for DAW integration
- Turkish rhythm patterns (Usüller) and variations
- Persian 6/8 grooves for Persian dance music
- Israeli rhythms and Middle Eastern variations
- Export functionality for audio/WAV files
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- Ability to mute individual tracks
- Batch delete function for patterns
- Visual pitch representation in cents for tuning
- Pattern modification and extension tools
- Song mode with automatic BPM transitions between sections
- macOS version
- More frame drum rhythms and samples
- Random function in pattern editor
- State saving for AUv3 compatibility
SKIIID
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mid East Drummer
No in-app purchases
SKIIID
No in-app purchases









