Drummit vs simpleMIDIController
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Drummit
Learn to play drums with a vast library of beats and customizable tools. Create your own rhythms, practice at your own pace, and improve coordination. Ideal for beginners and advanced players alike.
- Millions of unique beats
- Manual beat building
- Random beat generation (SPIN IT)
- Customizable metronome
- Groove Library for saved beats
- Adjustable tempo
- Practice settings (line, click, note flash, sounds, sticking)
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Drummit is a revolutionary way of learning the drums. With literally millions of different beats available, drummers of any ability can tackle even the most complicated of patterns. Improve your co-ordination skills and your overall drumming at your own pace with Drummit. HOW IT WORKS Manually build your own bars by adjusting each beat individually. Create something to challenge yourself, or if you're teaching, introduce various patterns of increasing difficulty at a pace suitable for your individual pupil’s needs. For the more advanced and adventurous amongst you, go straight to SPIN IT. SPIN IT: Tap here to spin the notes and create your own beat from millions of possibilities! Make the bar your own by adjusting any individual beats with your fingers. Use the padlock icon to lock any individual spinner. HEAR IT: Listen to the beat you have created. Not sure? Then spin again. Like it? Then it’s time to DRUMMIT! SAVE IT: Save your favourite beats and create your own personal ‘Groove Library’! SELECT IT: Build your own beats! DRUMMIT: Ready to go? DRUMMIT takes your chosen beat onto a play screen. Adjust the tempo using the metronome dial on the left hand side, and fine tune your practice session by going to SETTINGS. SETTINGS: Check out this page to make the most of your DRUMMIT experience. Line – ON/OFF Click – ON/OFF Note Flash – ON /OFF Drum Sounds – ON/OFF Show Sticking - ON/OFF Use this button to show recommended stickings for selected packs. Choose between right or left handed option. Specialised metronome with click/line at 1/4, 1/8 or 1/16th note value, allowing detailed and accurate practice at any speed. Check out the website at www.drummit.co.uk
simpleMIDIController
This app turns your iPhone or iPad into a 6-slider MIDI CC controller. It's ideal for live performances and studio production, allowing you to control MIDI-compatible hardware and software wirelessly or via USB.
- 6 full-screen sliders with value display
- Virtual MIDI port for app connection
- Bluetooth MIDI for wireless control
- Color-coded sliders for easy identification
- Prevents sleep mode during use
- Supports Virtual, Bluetooth, USB, and Network MIDI
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SimpleMIDI Controller transforms your iPhone or iPad into a 6-slider MIDI CC controller. Perfect for live performances, studio production, and controlling any MIDI-compatible hardware or software using standard MIDI. Features: • 6 Full-Screen Sliders - Smooth, responsive vertical faders with real-time value display • Virtual MIDI Port - Connect to any MIDI-compatible app on your device • Bluetooth MIDI - Wireless connection to Bluetooth LE MIDI devices (and computers that support BLE MIDI) • Color-Coded Sliders - Easy visual identification during performance • Prevent Sleep Mode - Keep the screen on during long sessions • Completely Free - All features available at no cost Perfect For: • Live electronic music performance • Controlling software synthesizers • DAW automation and mixing • Hardware synth parameter control • Music production workflows Supported Connections: • Virtual MIDI (iOS inter-app) • Bluetooth MIDI (BLE MIDI) • USB MIDI (class-compliant devices via adapters) • Network MIDI Works with multiple third-party MIDI devices and apps. No proprietary or dedicated hardware is required. (Optional) Examples: GarageBand, Logic Pro, Korg Gadget, and other MIDI-enabled DAWs/music apps.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Drummit at 56% against simpleMIDIController's 0%. Drummit also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and ratings volume (34 vs 1). simpleMIDIController's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.7) and in-app purchases (none vs 7). On ads 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
Drummit is free to download; simpleMIDIController costs $0.99 up front. Drummit sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. simpleMIDIController asks for nothing beyond the download.
simpleMIDIController holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Drummit has 34 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 56% of Drummit's written reviews are positive against 0% of simpleMIDIController's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
| Parameter | Drummit | simpleMIDIController |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 3.7 (34 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.9% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 34 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 109 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Drummit Ltd | Hakaru Hirose |
Customer experience
Drummit
simpleMIDIController
Bugs and requests
Drummit
Reported bugs
12 issues- No sound when tapping 'hear it' button
- Sound does not work
- App makes no sound
- No audio
- No sound in the app
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- The app does not emit sound
- The sound doesn't work
- Playback is strangely not in time
- 1/8 the '+' beats are dragging
- Crashed
- Lost its drum sound suddenly
- Updated and sound is gone
Requested features
13 requests- Add more acoustic/digital kits (rock, funk, jazz; TR808, TR909)
- Include triplet eighth and triplet sixteenth notes
- Allow changing time signatures (2-3-5-6-7/4, 3-6-7-9-12/8)
- Enable grooves from 2 to 4 measures with different metrics per measure
- Volume and mute for each instrument (BD, SND, HH)
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- Add 6/8 beats
- Allow saving patterns as presets
- Add a sequencer option for customization
- Paid version with more than 4/4 and more drums
- Allow entering custom beats, especially triplet or sextuplet rhythms
- Add a second time signature for polyrhythms
- Ability to change individual notes in a beat
- Ability to drag and drop or move sections to reorder them
simpleMIDIController
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Drummit
- Pro Subscription1 Month trial$2.991 Month
- Pro Subscription1 Month trial$19.991 Year
- Rock/Funk Pack 2$0.99
- Rock/Funk Pack 3$0.99
- Rock/Funk Pack 2$2.99
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- Rock/Funk Pack 3$2.99
- Lifetime Subscription$29.99
simpleMIDIController
No in-app purchases









