FaceDrum vs AnXiens
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FaceDrum
Play music games using your facial expressions. Smile and blink to hit notes and create rhythms. Save your gameplay videos with optional photo library access.
- Play drums and piano with facial expressions
- Smile and blink detection
- Save gameplay videos
- Camera permission for gameplay
- Photo library access for saving videos
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FaceDrum is super fun and entertaining Rhythm Action Game. You can play drum and piano with your face expression. FaceDrum requests the following permissions: - Camera: Smile & Blink Detections to play game - Photo Library: To save your game play video (in case you want)
AnXiens
Immerse yourself in a vibrant rhythm game featuring anime-style art and epic EDM tracks. Explore a mystical rhythm world alongside your Rhythmates.
- Anime-style art
- Epic EDM music
- Rhythm exploration
- Rhythmate companions
- Music game mechanics
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Brand new Music game, anime-style arts, epic EDM musics, explore the mysteries of rhythm world with your Rhythmates.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: AnXiens at 4.9 against FaceDrum's 2.3. AnXiens also leads on review sentiment (88% vs 67%). FaceDrum's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. AnXiens sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. FaceDrum asks for nothing beyond the download.
AnXiens holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of FaceDrum's written reviews are positive against 88% of AnXiens's.
FaceDrum ships an update every 3 days, AnXiens every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | FaceDrum | AnXiens |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (4 ratings) | 4.9 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 136 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Float32 Inc | GLACIA STUDIO |
Customer experience
FaceDrum
AnXiens
In-app purchases
FaceDrum
No in-app purchases
AnXiens
- $0.99 pack$0.99
- $2.99 pack$2.99
- $3.00 pack$3.00
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