Comparison

Tritone Jazz vs AKI Drum Machine

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

Head to head
About

Tritone Jazz

This app provides piano, bass, and drum accompaniments for jazz improvisation practice. Users can input chords and even melodies or vocals, with the option to print charts including chords, notes, and lyrics. Song data is stored in a text format for easy sharing.

Highlights
  • Chord-based accompaniments
  • Piano, bass, and drum backing tracks
  • Melody and voice playback
  • Printable charts with chords, notes, and lyrics
  • Text-format song data for sharing
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Practicing jazz improvisation is not always easy. Tritone Jazz can give you piano, bass and drums accompaniments. All you need is to type in the chords. Melody is also played if included. Even voice, too. The song data is actually text-format so that you can send it by text message or e-mail. You can print the chart with chords, notes and lyrics. Please check the demo videos at http://youtube.com/channel/UCwptdeJOI1b2Qc3uajDiY2w

About

AKI Drum Machine

This app provides professional-grade, hands-on drum backing for musicians, songwriters, and performers. It allows importing MIDI drum styles, triggering song sections live, and customizing drum sounds. Enjoy real-time tempo control and flexible MIDI connectivity for a portable rhythm solution.

Highlights
  • Playable beat sections (Intros, Variations, Fills, Endings)
  • Import MIDI drum styles from Yamaha/Korg
  • Assign custom drum sounds (SF2 import)
  • Real-time tempo control with multi-tempo support
  • MIDI input/output and controller support
  • Background audio playback
  • Visual metronome and multi-meter support
Features
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AKI Drum Machine is a professional-grade arranger-style rhythm machine for iPad and iPhone, designed for musicians, songwriters, producers, and performers who want quick, hands-on drum backing without opening a full DAW. Import MIDI drum styles, trigger song sections live, assign your own drum sounds, and play everything from the screen or a MIDI controller. It gives you playable drum sections, fast tempo control, easy sound swapping, and a portable library of styles and sounds in one app. Import MIDI drum sections — including drum sections exported directly from Yamaha and Korg arrangers — and play them live with hands-on control over every section. Trigger intros, variations, fills, breaks, and endings in real time, just like a hardware arranger. PERFORMANCE & PLAYBACK - Playable beat sections — Intros, Variations, Fills, Breaks, and Endings - Start/Stop control - Auto Fill — automatically plays a matching fill when you switch variations - Fill Loop and Break Loop - Visual Metronome - Multi-Meter Support — styles can have different meters and time signatures for each section - Background audio — playback continues when the app is backgrounded TEMPO CONTROL - Real-time tempo control - Tempo Reset — double-tap to return to original tempo - Direct Tempo Entry — press and hold to enter a tempo value directly - Multi-Tempo Support — different tempos for different style sections - Per-Part Tempo Editing — view, adjust, and save tempo by style section STYLES, IMPORT & LIBRARY - 8 factory styles: 8 Beat, 16 Beat, Ballad, Country, Pop Latin, Rock, Samba, Swing Jazz - Yamaha and Korg MIDI Style Import — directly imports drum and percussion parts from styles exported as MIDI files - Files app integration — open MIDI files directly in the app - Built-In Style Library with rename and delete - Style Info — view import format, section details, and per-section tempo and meter data SOUNDS & MIXING - SF2 Sound Import — use your own drum kits - Built-In Sound Library with assignable drum and percussion sounds - Per-Style Sound Assignment — every style remembers its own sounds, volumes, and channels - Dual Drum and Percussion playback - Master Volume plus independent Drum and Percussion channel mixing - Reset to default drum sound anytime MIDI & CONNECTIVITY - MIDI Input and Output - MIDI Learn — assign hardware controls to any function - Adjustable MIDI Input and Output Routing - Automatic MIDI Hardware Detection - Virtual MIDI Support - Bluetooth MIDI Support - Multiple Simultaneous MIDI Controllers — all connected hardware sources active at once - MIDI Panic — instantly stops all MIDI notes on all channels INTERFACE & COMPATIBILITY - Light and Dark modes - iPad and iPhone compatible - In-app searchable User Guide - iOS 16+ Built for gigging musicians, worship leaders, singer-songwriters, and one-man-band performers who need reliable, professional drum backing without a full DAW. SUPPORT support@akimuzika.com akimuzika.com

Screenshots

Tritone Jazz4 screens
AKI Drum Machine4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Tritone Jazz at $6.99 against AKI Drum Machine's $39.99. Tritone Jazz also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.6). AKI Drum Machine's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 1.0). On ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Tritone Jazz costs $6.99 and AKI Drum Machine $39.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AKI Drum Machine holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tritone Jazz ships an update every 6 weeks, AKI Drum Machine every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Tritone Jazz versus AKI Drum Machine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTritone JazzAKI Drum Machine
Price$6.99 — better$39.99
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size107 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJazz Soft, Inc.ALEKS ENTERPRISES LLC

Customer experience

Tritone Jazz

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

AKI Drum Machine

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Tritone Jazz

No in-app purchases

None

AKI Drum Machine

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tritone Jazz free?
Tritone Jazz costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is AKI Drum Machine free?
AKI Drum Machine costs $39.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tritone Jazz or AKI Drum Machine?
AKI Drum Machine is rated higher. Tritone Jazz averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while AKI Drum Machine averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Tritone Jazz or AKI Drum Machine have ads?
Neither Tritone Jazz nor AKI Drum Machine shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tritone Jazz or AKI Drum Machine?
Tritone Jazz ships an update every 6 weeks, and AKI Drum Machine every 3 months. Most recently, Tritone Jazz was updated on November 2, 2026 and AKI Drum Machine on November 5, 2026.

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