Comparison

Drummit vs Duende

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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)
Features
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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

About

Duende

Features
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Practice more. Guess less. Duende turns the time you spend with your instrument into something you can see. Start a session, play, and it does the rest. KNOW WHAT YOU REALLY PRACTISED The timer runs on the clock, not on whether the app happens to be awake. Lock your phone, set it on the stand, walk away, and every second still counts. Turn the microphone on and Duende separates playing from silence, so you find out how much of that "hour" actually made a sound. It judges against your own room rather than a fixed level, so it works the same in a quiet flat and a shared house, and it keeps measuring while the phone is locked. The audio is read on your device, never uploaded, and deleted the moment the session ends. BUILD THE HABIT A practice streak for showing up, and an activity heatmap covering the last three months. A reminder at a time you choose, if you want one. KEEP THE DETAILS Tag a session by focus: technique, repertoire, sight reading, improvisation and five more. Write quick notes mid-session without stopping the clock. Add a photo of the passage you are working on. ANY INSTRUMENT Fifty-plus instruments across strings, keys, wind, percussion and voice, from guitar and piano to sitar, tabla, bansuri and harmonium. Track as many as you play. SHARE IT, OR DON'T Generate a session card for Instagram or WhatsApp. Connect Strava and your practice lands in the same feed as your runs and rides. Both entirely optional, and the app works fully without either. Your practice history is private to your account. Nothing is deleted and nothing is sold. You can remove any session, or your whole account, from inside the app at any time.

Screenshots

Drummit4 screens
Duende4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Duende at none against Drummit's 7. Duende also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Both are free to download. Drummit sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Duende asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drummit ships an update every 3 months, Duende monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Drummit versus Duende: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrummitDuende
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (34 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews55.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings34 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size109 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDrummit LtdJoe Luca Dooley

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

Duende

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Drummit

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Subscription1 Month trial$2.991 Month
  • Pro Subscription1 Month trial$19.991 Year
One-time5
  • 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
None

Duende

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Drummit free?
Drummit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Duende free?
Duende is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Drummit or Duende have ads?
Neither Drummit nor Duende shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Drummit or Duende?
Drummit ships an update every 3 months, and Duende monthly. Most recently, Drummit was updated on November 3, 2026 and Duende on October 31, 2026.

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