DrumLab vs Progressions
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DrumLab
Create unique drum sounds by blending samples and synthesis. This app features a powerful graphic editor, a step sequencer, and a mixer for detailed sound manipulation. Build songs by arranging patterns and apply a variety of effects.
- Multi-engine sound design (samples & synthesis)
- Graphic audio engine editor
- Step sequencer with 16/32 step patterns
- Mixer with pan and solo
- 20 stereo effects with quad pad processors
- Song building with pattern timeline
- Ableton Link compatible
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DRUMLAB brings a new approach to the Drum Machine by allowing you to play with both Samples & Synthesis drum sounds. With a powerful and easy to use graphic editor to create and manipulate sound, it is packed with 76 ready-made samples and synthesis Drum Kits. You can mix and match any sound from any drum kits to any track of your song. Play a song and load any drum kits (from factory kits or from any other songs) to listen to a completely new song every time. What’s in the box : ◊ 7 Sound Engines including a graphical Sampler ◊ 73 Drum Kits including 24 Classic kits ◊ 20 Stereo Effects including 3 Reverbs ◊ Fully Automatable engines, mixer and effects Sound Engines include : ◊ OSCILLATOR Engine ◊ KICK Engine ◊ SAMPLE Engine ◊ CLAPS Engine ◊ AM/FM Engine ◊ TYMBAL Engine ◊ DRONE Engine DRUMLAB is fully automatable and comes with 73 ready made drum kits: ◊ 24 Vintage Audio Drum Kits ◊ 38 Modern Audio Drum Kits ◊ 14 Syntheses Drum Kits As well as 20 hi-quality stereo effects: ◊ Delay ◊ Ping Pong ◊ Tap Delay ◊ Grain Delay ◊ Overdrive ◊ ResoDrive ◊ BitCrusher ◊ Filter ◊ SwipeFilter ◊ Vowel ◊ Ring Mod ◊ Shifter ◊ Reverse Pitch ◊ Phaser ◊ Chorus ◊ Classic Reverb ◊ Tone Reverb ◊ Box Reverb ◊ Compressor ◊ Big Compressor DRUMLAB offers 6 main sections: 1 - THE STEP SEQUENCER takes advantage of the iPad multi-touch screen for fast and creative patterns drawing. The Sequences handles 16 or 32 steps patterns and is polymeric. Each track can have its own length. Just gently tap and drag the blue handle at the right end of each track. Triplets, Duets, Quadriplets steps can also be added for more complex rhythms. 2 - THE DRUMS PAGE is a powerful graphic Audio Engine editor. Parameters are displayed as graph for visual feedback an d easy of use. Play, experiment and discover new sounds. Don’t forget to tap the little magnifying glass on the bar title of each graph, it will expand the graph to a bigger size for extra precision. 3 - THE PADS PAGE simply lets you play and record any beat that tickles your fingers, with automatic quantize so that you don’t miss a beat. With a Beat Repeat effect for extra fun. 4 - THE MIXER PAGE for quick and subtle sound mixing of your drum kits. Large and spacey so that you can get the big picture. Pan and Solo included. 5 - THE FX SECTION offer a powerful Quad Pads Effect processors. You can stack up to 4 effects at the same time and pick amongst a list of 20 available stereo effects. All effects can be either auxiliary or master effects. All effects are automatable. 6 - THE SONG PAGE allows you to quickly build a song with the patterns you have created. Just drag and drop the patterns onto the timeline. Each pattern in a song can be repeated for compact Song composition. DRUMLAB is Ableton Link compatible. Specifications: • Pure Data powered Audio Engine • 7 Audio Engines • 61 ready-made electronic drum kits • 20 hi-quality stereo effects • Engines, Mixer and Effects parameters are fully automatable • Step Sequencer with multi-touch matrix • Triplets, Duets, Quadriplets steps • 16 or 32 Steps per patterns • Polymetric Sequencer • Graphic Audio Synthesis editor • Copy and Paste sounds • Save your own drum kits • Export your own drum kits • Import drum kits • Export your song • Import songs • 9 Pads to play and record patterns • With Beat Repeat effect • Full screen Mixer with volume, pan and solo mode for each track • 4 FX Pads for your Master Effects chain : Compressor | Overdrive >>> Phaser | Chorus >>> Delay >>> Reverb • Mode song with easy building and pattern repeat • Audio background mode • Audiobus support • Full Midi implementation • Inter-App Audio support • Ableton Link compatible • Import DM2 songs (to extent, DRUMLAB has a new filter that may responds differently) Enjoy! Visit us : audionomy.fr Contact us : contact@audionomy.fr
Progressions
Generate unique chord progressions beyond traditional scales using mathematical algorithms. Control complexity and freedom to explore new harmonic territories. Features include arpeggiators, strumming patterns, and humanization for expressive musical output.
- Generate unique chord progressions
- Adjust complexity and freedom levels
- Block Chord, Arpeggiator, and Strummer modes
- Supports open and closed chords with selectable voicings
- Humanize chord and note timings
- Integrated ARP and STRUM pattern editor
- Sync multiple instances
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Progressions is an AUv3 MIDI plugin for your favourite DAW. It can be used to generate a unique set of chords that are unrelated to traditional scales, which become predictable and repetative over time. Instead, Progressions uses a unique way of mathermaically generating a series of related chords using only a root note and mode (major or minor). Chord sequences are limited by the selected complexity and freedom levels, which mimic the way traditional composers of old would wander away from tonality and back again. The complexity level start off at Basic, which uses only the most common chords (I, IV, V and relative minor ii, iii, and vi triads). As you progress through the levels, you can add parallel majors and minors, sus and dom chords etc. At level 3 we start to introduce 6th and 7th chords, and then 9ths chords, all the way to 11ths, 13ths, Quartals and all their variations. The freedom level allows us to specify how far to drift away from tonality (the root), even allowing you to create never ending randomized soundscapes. Progressions allows you to quickly randomize a toolbox of chords, that can be played in a variety of modes (block chords, arpeggiated, or strummed). These can be synced to a host application, triggered remotely or pieced together into a song. Song mode allow you to change play modes on the fly as well as being able to control many features of the app in real time. Progressions supports open and closed chords with selectable voicings. It has an intelligent algorithm that attempts to align top notes of chords, add additional bass, and open chord padding to give equal weight to chords with only 3 notes. You can even play with rootless voicings. The Humanize section allows you to control chord and note timings, as well as set velocity variations to ensure things don't get too robitic. Progressions also features an integrated arpeggiator and strummming pattern editor. You can load up to 6 arp and 6 strum patterns at the same time and seemlessly switch between them manually, remotely, or using song mode. If you run multiple instances, Progressions allows you to sync your chord pads, song chain, arpeggiator / strum patterns between instances. Progressions can be loaded as a MIDI plugin or as an Instrument for those programs that don't support MIDI plugins (such as GB). Additionally when loaded as an instrument, you can use either internal sounds (soundfonts) or send MIDI directly to other MIDI instruments. Features • Block Chord, Arpeggiator and Strummer modes. • Supports open and closed Chords. • Varying complexity levels of chords. • Freedom levels control how far from the root key you can go. • Rootless voicing mode. • Open chord padding support. • Additional bass note mode. • Supports all common chord types. • Edit the preferred chord list to exclude certain chord types. • Input MIDI control for chords and play modes. • Automatic top note alignment of chords. • Hold Pedal support. • Built in ARP and STRUM editor. • Humanize options for chord and note velocity and timings. • Comprehensive Song Mode with 256 steps and looping. • Randomize chord progressions, arps and strumming patterns. • Route Chord/Arp/Strum modes & MIDI thru to any of 4 output ports. • Supports soundfonts when loaded as an Instrument plugin. • Sync multiple instances of Progressions. • AUv3 compatible MIDI plugin supporting Sync to Host.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: DrumLab at $9.99 against Progressions's $14.99. DrumLab also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). Progressions's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly) and chart position (#198 vs unranked). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and 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
DrumLab costs $9.99 and Progressions $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
DrumLab holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 26 and 34 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 64% of DrumLab's written reviews are positive against 67% of Progressions's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
DrumLab ships an update monthly, Progressions every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DrumLab | Progressions |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 — better | $14.99 |
| Rating | 4.3 (26 ratings) — better | 4.1 (34 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 63.6% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 26 | 34 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #198 — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 107 MB | 117 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pascal Douillard | 4Pockets.com |
Customer experience
DrumLab
Progressions
In-app purchases
DrumLab
No in-app purchases
Progressions
No in-app purchases
Questions
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