Sad Drummer vs One Second Song
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sad Drummer
Engage with a rhythm-based game where you follow the beat of a melancholic drummer. Experience a unique gameplay mechanic tied to the music.
- Rhythm-based gameplay
- Unique beat-following mechanic
- Music-integrated experience
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Play along the beat of a sad drummer.
One Second Song
Test your music knowledge by identifying songs from short audio clips. Guess quickly to earn a better score, or listen longer for more clues. Enjoy weekly updated music packs across various genres and decades.
- Identify songs from short clips
- Adjust clip length for more clues
- Earn higher scores for faster guesses
- Receive trivia hints for each song
- Play solo or with friends
- Weekly updated music packs
- Multiple genre and decade options
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How fast can you name that song? One Second Song plays you a short clip from a real song. If you know it, type a few letters and tap the match. If you need more, tap Hear More and the clip gets longer. Wrong guesses are free, so guess as often as you want! The less of the song you hear, the better your score. Each song also has three hints. They give real trivia about the song without naming the title or the artist. PLAY ALONE OR PASS THE PHONE Practice on your own, or take turns with friends. The scorecard at the end shows how much of each song each player needed. FRESH PACKS EVERY WEEK Choose today's hits, decades from the 60s to the 2020s, rock, hip-hop, and more! We refresh the packs every week from Apple Music's editorial playlists. Each pack has three difficulty tiers, from familiar hits to deep cuts. OR PLAY YOUR OWN PLAYLIST Copy the link to any playlist on Apple Music, Spotify, or YouTube and paste it into New Game. Those songs become your pack. Artist, album, and song links work too. FREE • Songs play from Apple Music preview clips. No subscription needed. • No accounts, no ads, no data harvesting. • No in-app purchases. Pick a pack and see how little song you need!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: One Second Song at 4.9 against Sad Drummer's 3.0. One Second Song also leads on review sentiment (92% vs 50%) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). Sad Drummer's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). On price 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. Sad Drummer sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. One Second Song asks for nothing beyond the download.
One Second Song holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: One Second Song has 31 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Sad Drummer's written reviews are positive against 92% of One Second Song's.
Sad Drummer ships an update every 3 months, One Second Song every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sad Drummer | One Second Song |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (5 ratings) | 4.9 (31 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 92.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 31 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Batbayar Batbaatar | Mark Gregor |
Customer experience
Sad Drummer
One Second Song
In-app purchases
Sad Drummer
- Get 10 Lives$0.99
- Get 100 Lives$2.99
- Get 1000 Lives$4.99
One Second Song
No in-app purchases
