Meditation Drum HD vs Handpan Rhythms
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Meditation Drum HD
Experience the unique sounds of the Hang drum and Steel tongue drum on your smartphone. This app offers a meditative musical experience, perfect for spiritual growth and relaxation, using professionally recorded sounds. No prior musical skill is required to play.
- Hang drum and Steel tongue drum sounds
- Professional studio recordings
- Meditative and spiritual experience
- No musical skills required
- Play anytime, anywhere
- Supports iPhone and iPad
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This is not just another music application. Now you can enjoy the magic sound of the Hang drum and Steel tongue drum (Pan Drum) in your smartphone. The sounds of these magical instruments are unique! Steel tongue drum dates back to the Tibetan singing bowls. Playing the drum you heal your soul, you harmonize your chakras, you clean and repair your body's energy balance. With this app you get the opportunity to plunge into the world of meditation and spiritual growth in any place and at any time! The application uses real drums sounds recorded in a professional studio. Playing the dream drum is possible for everyone since it does not require any skills and professional knowledge, only a desire to know more about your innerself and discover your soul. P.S. And one more thing, use headphones for better experience
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 rating: Handpan Rhythms at 4.5 against Meditation Drum HD's 3.5. Handpan Rhythms also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 47%) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 15 months). Meditation Drum HD's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.6). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Meditation Drum HD sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Handpan Rhythms sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Handpan Rhythms holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of Meditation Drum HD's written reviews are positive against 75% of Handpan Rhythms's.
Meditation Drum HD ships an update every 15 months, Handpan Rhythms every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Meditation Drum HD | Handpan Rhythms |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (14 ratings) | 4.5 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 46.7% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 176 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dmitriy Bedyukhov | Bita Sobhani |
Customer experience
Meditation Drum HD
Handpan Rhythms
In-app purchases
Meditation Drum HD
- Small support$0.99
- Unlock all scales$1.99
- Unlock screen record$1.99
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- Medium Support$4.99
- Large support$9.99
Handpan Rhythms
- Premium$14.99
Questions
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