Hang Drum vs Handpan Rhythms
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hang Drum
This app allows you to play a virtual hang drum on your phone anytime. It offers multi-touch support, various hang drum sounds, and the ability to record and play back your musical creations. Regular updates are planned to add new features and fix bugs.
- Multi-touch support
- Multiple hang drum sound types
- Audio recording while playing
- Record file playback
- Easy to use interface
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Hang drum is virtual musical instrument app for people who love this. Now you can play hang any time by your phone. It is easy to use and integrated many cool effects and functions. Features: - Multi-touch supported - Many type of hang drum/handpan sound - Be able to record audio while playing - Show list of record files and play them. Many features will be update soon We will update app monthly by fixing bug (if have any) and add new features for it. So let us know about your experience and keep in touch with us. If you have any complain or suggestion for our app to be better. Contact to us by email: ptdno1studio@gmail.com
Handpan Rhythms
Create and hear your own Handpan rhythms with simple notation. Practice with a metronome and explore example rhythms. Play a virtual Handpan directly within the app.
- Compose custom Handpan rhythms
- Hear rhythms with virtual Handpan
- Practice with clap metronome
- Explore example rhythms
- Play virtual Handpan
- Custom scale support (premium)
- Rhythm save/export/import (premium)
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Using this app you can write your own Handpan rhythm with simple notations and hear how it sounds like with a virtual Handpan! The app also includes a set of popular rhythms as examples. You can also play the rhythm along with the clap sound as a metronome for practicing the tempo. The writing system is based on the names of the Handpan strokes with a precise timing. The user sets the number of beats in the rhythm. Each beat is shown with a box. The time duration of each beat is specified by BPM. This time duration is divided equally between all the notes written in the beat box. Also, you can play a virtual Handpan in the app, if you have no access to a real one. The premium version enables the custom scale, rhythm save, export, and import features. It also removes all ads from the app. The in-app purchase for accessing the premium version is a single-time payment which never expires.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Handpan Rhythms at 75% against Hang Drum's 23%. Handpan Rhythms also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.8). Hang Drum's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence 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. Handpan Rhythms sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Hang Drum asks for nothing beyond the download.
Handpan Rhythms holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hang Drum has 66 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of Hang Drum's written reviews are positive against 75% of Handpan Rhythms's.
Hang Drum ships an update every 2 months, Handpan Rhythms every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hang Drum | Handpan Rhythms |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (66 ratings) | 4.5 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.1% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 66 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| 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 | 9.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Duan Nguyen | Bita Sobhani |
Customer experience
Hang Drum
Handpan Rhythms
In-app purchases
Hang Drum
No in-app purchases
Handpan Rhythms
- Premium$14.99
