Drum Machine Loops Lite vs Rhythm
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Drum Machine Loops Lite
This app provides a high-quality drum machine with a metronome, offering a wide variety of musical styles and grooves. It's designed for musicians of all levels to use as a rehearsal tool, featuring human-like beats and offline functionality.
- High sound quality drums
- Human beat simulation
- Offline functionality
- Multiple musical styles (Jazz, Pop, Rock, Funk, Hip hop, etc.)
- Groove and swing options
- Metronome function
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Loop Drum It is the ultimate rehearsal tool from the world's leading musicians with the Real Drum + Clave Metronome combined.Whether you are a first-time player of a musical instrument or a professional musician, the refined Groove, Swing, and interface will definitely be a valuable tool for you. *******High Sound Quality Drum *******Human Beat *******No Internet Connection Required STYLE *Jazz(Swing, Swing-Artist, 3/4JazzWaltz, 5/4, JazzBallad) *Pop/ Rock(Pop, Rock, 5/4, 6/8, 12/8, Pop&Rock-Artis) *Funk(Funk, Funk-70s.80s., Funk-Jazz, Funk-Artist, 7/8, 12/8) * Hiphop/Reggae(Hiphop, Hiphop-Percussion, Reggae-Artist) *Brazilian(Bossa nova, Bossa nova-Artist, Samba, Samba-Artist) *Blues(Shuffle, Shuffle-Artist, 12/8, 12/8-Artist) *World(Percussion, Percussion12/8, World, World-Artist, 6/8, 12/8) *Straight 8ths/Country(Straight 8ths-Artist, Country) ※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ When downloading the paid version of LoopDrum, delete LoopDrum Lite. In rare cases, it may not be possible to download. By deleting LoopDrum Lite, you can download without any problems.
Rhythm
Learn to create and master beats with this music tutor app. It offers over 200 lessons and 100 sound packs across various genres, with guided playing and different modes to suit all skill levels. Track your progress and improve your drumming techniques anywhere.
- Over 200 lessons
- 100+ sound packs
- Guided playing
- Tutorial, step-by-step, and live modes
- Progress tracking and statistics
- Portable music creation
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Rhythms is your ultimate music tutor that will help beat makers of all ages and levels to improve their beat techniques. Follow the rhythms of the music and learn at your own pace, whenever and wherever you want. WHO IS THIS FOR? * Beat makers and finger drummers * Complete beginners * Advanced musicians WHAT IS INCLUDED? * Over 200 lessons with over 100 sound packs covering popular genres including EDM, Trap, Future Bass, and so on. * Guided playing: Rhythms help you play different parts of a track and then you can combine them together. The app will lead you to advance your skills and challenge yourself. * Different modes: use tutorial mode to watch how to play the lesson. Use step-by-step mode to learn the rhythm. Use live mode to challenge yourself. * Fun music game: addictive and fun gameplay tracks your progress. Practice every day to improve your results. * Statistics: check your statistic and keep motivated to practice and learn. * Portability: you can take Rhythms with you and play music anywhere. * High sound quality: all sounds are made by us in our music studio or in collaboration with EDM producers. RHYTHMS - the fun way to learn, play and master the pad controllers. Hit the notes at the right time to get the highest score! Practice every day and you’ll be amazed how fast your skills advance. Go and start playing now! UNLOCK BONUS LESSONS You can access the bonus lessons at already open levels to improve your results. We offer the following plans: 1 week: $1.99 1 year: $23.99 These prices are for the US. Pricing in other countries may vary. • 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, and identify the cost of the renewal • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable Terms of Service: https://www.drumpads24.com/legal/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://www.drumpads24.com/legal/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Drum Machine Loops Lite at none against Rhythm's 5. Drum Machine Loops Lite also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). Rhythm's advantage is review sentiment (80% vs 52%) and ratings volume (336 vs 83). On price, rating 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
Both are free to download. Rhythm sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Drum Machine Loops Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Drum Machine Loops Lite against 4.5 for Rhythm. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 83 and 336 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 52% of Drum Machine Loops Lite's written reviews are positive against 80% of Rhythm's.
Drum Machine Loops Lite ships an update weekly, Rhythm every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Drum Machine Loops Lite | Rhythm |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (83 ratings) | 4.5 (336 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.2% of reviews | 79.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 83 | 336 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 14 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 210 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Satomi Uchida | Beat Squad LLC |
Customer experience
Drum Machine Loops Lite
Rhythm
Bugs and requests
Drum Machine Loops Lite
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Rhythm
Reported bugs
14 issues- App crashes frequently
- Subscription issues (levels blocked after payment)
- App exits randomly after a few seconds
- Game lags on older devices (iPad 2)
- Certain beats/levels have no practice or keys
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- D3 button sometimes unresponsive
- 12beat not working
- App crashes constantly after 10 seconds of gameplay
- Game crashes randomly
- Subscription X button not working
- Does not respond tightly enough on certain iPads
- Pause menu constantly pops up on harder levels
- Swipe to pause is too sensitive
- App exits immediately after opening
Requested features
28 requests- Add a freestyle mode
- More free content/levels
- Option to disable swipe-to-pause
- Easier difficulty modes
- Ability to create own music
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- Add tutorial videos
- Fix the metronome
- Allow replaying specific song sections
- Add a dark mode
- Adjust sensitivity for swipes
- Make sound packs downloadable
- Add a feature to replay entire track after learning
- Allow moving the scrolling bar
- Add more free soundtracks
- Introduce an easy mode
- Add a feature to make music and play through it
- Add advertising that gives points to progress
- Add a free mod for the game
- Make at least 2 compositions free
- Add a feature to review own gameplay
- Allow scrolling the timeline in Step mode
- Fix the X button for subscription
- Add more flexibility with missing notes
- Make the price slightly lower
- Add lessons for programming
- Add a feature to see replay of gameplay
- Add Melbourne bounce pads 24
- Allow horizontal screen orientation with UI adjustment
In-app purchases
Drum Machine Loops Lite
No in-app purchases
Rhythm
- One Week7 Days trial$1.997 Days
- Rhythms Premium3 Days trial$1.997 Days
- 1 Week$1.997 Days
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- 1 Month$3.991 Month
- Rhythms Premium$23.991 Year
Questions
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