Comparison

Drum Machine Loops Lite vs DrumToolz

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

DrumToolz

Compose and practice drum cadences and beats on your mobile device. This app allows manual input of exercises, generation of new ideas, and practice of rudiments. Share your creations and learn from a community of drummers.

Highlights
  • Compose drum cadences and beats
  • Manual exercise input
  • Generate new rhythmic ideas
  • Editable music score
  • Practice snare rudiments
  • Library of dynamic exercises
  • Social profile and sharing
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Compose cadences on the go! Choose from snares, tenors, bass drums, cymbals, and even drumset if you want. In a league of its own, DrumToolz also lets you manually input exercises for drum set, marching snare, tenors, and bass drums while generating new creative ideas using what you input, all shown on an editable music score. You can also upload your beats to your social profile, play what other users are playing, save rhythms, practice snare drum rudiments, and learn from a full library of dynamic exercises for both snare drum and drumset! It's perfect for all skill levels, from beginner to extremely advanced, drum wizards. Works great for sharing drum cadences with your drumline. Isolate individual snare, tenors, etc. parts. Practice the simplest to the most complex of beats and rhythms. If you can think of it, you can input it and practice it! Anything from beginner rock beats, to the most complex of jazz beats and fills. Lastly, top off the notes with ornaments: stickings, accents, flams, diddles, and cheese. Input up to 50 measures. When practicing drum set beats, choose from a ride cymbal, hihat, hihat foot, kick drum, snare drum, and three toms. Input everything from whole notes to thirtysecond notes and tuplets. Also, for tenors, choose from four tenors and a spock. Bass drums - five bass drums. Marching snare - a realistic marching snare and a ping sound. Generate new ideas (modifications) using beats that you input into the score. Choose from several modification methods: Add, Shuffle, Substitute, Permutate, Repeat, and Random. Modify individual parts of the beat (ex: kick drum only) or the entire beat if desired. Custom snare exercises. Choose the time sig, subdivisons, tuplets, stickings, accents, flams, diddles, cheese, drags. Save the beat in the score for later practice, keeping the modifications if desired. If the modifications are kept, this turns the beat into an endless, dynamic exercise! Each time you generate an exercise, it uses the modifications to give you an entirely new beat. String together saved rhythms and practice them as one exercise, perfect for practicing beats followed by a drum fill. Upload your beats to your profile. Find and follow other drummers in the social network. Learn from them as you see and practice what they have uploaded to their profile. Share your beats through PDF links and files. Also, share your entire score with a link that pre-populates the score into the app. Learn from a full library of dynamic drum set and snare drum exercises, essential and hybrid rudiments included. For highlighted rhythms, shuffle around groups of notes, stickings, accents, flams, diddles, and cheese.

Screenshots

Drum Machine Loops Lite4 screens
DrumToolz4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Drum Machine Loops Lite at weekly against DrumToolz's monthly. Drum Machine Loops Lite also leads on rating (4.4 vs 4.2) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). DrumToolz's advantage is ratings volume (270 vs 83). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Drum Machine Loops Lite holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 83 and 270 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 52% of Drum Machine Loops Lite's written reviews are positive against 58% of DrumToolz's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drum Machine Loops Lite ships an update weekly, DrumToolz monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Drum Machine Loops Lite versus DrumToolz: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrum Machine Loops LiteDrumToolz
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (83 ratings) — better4.2 (270 ratings)
Positive reviews52.2% of reviews58.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings83270 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size210 MB93 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSatomi UchidaJared Simon

Customer experience

Drum Machine Loops Lite

All ratings83 ratings
Positive84.3%
Neutral1.2%
Negative14.5%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive52.2%
Neutral4.3%
Negative43.5%

DrumToolz

All ratings270 ratings
Positive78.1%
Neutral8.5%
Negative13.3%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive58.1%
Neutral25.6%
Negative16.3%

Bugs and requests

Drum Machine Loops Lite

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

DrumToolz

Reported bugs

13 issues
  • App crashes and deletes progress
  • App won't open
  • Repeat function doesn't stop
  • Repeat save fails
  • Accents, diddles, flams added automatically
Show 8 more
  • Buzz roll cannot be removed
  • Font camouflages in dark mode
  • App crashes when opening after saving
  • App crashes when opening
  • App crashes when adding notes
  • App crashes after saving
  • App crashes when trying to reopen
  • App crashes a lot

Requested features

15 requests
  • Turn off metronome
  • Add rum shot for snare
  • Add rim shots for other drums
  • Add triplets, fivelets, sixlets
  • Add dynamics (forte, piano)
Show 10 more
  • Cymbals sizzle option
  • Add buzz roll for snares
  • Add diddle feature
  • More measures
  • Add bass drum notes
  • Add open hi-hat sound
  • Improve UI for tuplet measurement
  • Improve UI for measure change
  • Ability to hear multiple instruments simultaneously
  • Fix replace button for bass drums

In-app purchases

None

Drum Machine Loops Lite

No in-app purchases

None

DrumToolz

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Drum Machine Loops Lite free?
Drum Machine Loops Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DrumToolz free?
DrumToolz is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Drum Machine Loops Lite or DrumToolz?
Drum Machine Loops Lite is rated higher. Drum Machine Loops Lite averages 4.4 out of 5 from 83 ratings, while DrumToolz averages 4.2 from 270 ratings.
Do Drum Machine Loops Lite or DrumToolz have ads?
Neither Drum Machine Loops Lite nor DrumToolz shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Drum Machine Loops Lite or DrumToolz?
Drum Machine Loops Lite ships an update weekly, and DrumToolz monthly. Most recently, Drum Machine Loops Lite was updated on September 9, 2026 and DrumToolz on September 25, 2026.

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