Drums Play! vs Drum Trainer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Drums Play!
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Transform your iOS devices to the most realistic drum kit. Drums Play ! is the perfect solution for drummers who look for drum app producing the lowest latency audio. Features: - Multitouch - Realistic Drum Sounds - Right-handed & Left-handed Hi-hat (like playing real drum kit) - 10 instruments - And many more features in the next version Instruments: 2× Hi-hat 3× Toms 1× Bass Drum 1× Snare 1× Ride 2× Crash, Cymbal
Drum Trainer
Learn, create, and play drum beats with this app. It offers tools to slow down or isolate parts of beats for easier learning, allows customization of drum kits, and features a community for sharing and discovering new rhythms. You can also adjust tempo, time signature, and velocity.
- Create custom drum beats
- Community beat sharing
- Adjust tempo and time signature
- Customize drum kits
- Slow down or solo beat parts
- Pre-made beat library
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Learn beats fast, create your own or try beats made by others in the community. By soloing out or slowing down parts of the beat, you can learn it step by step until it sticks! You change how you want to see the beat, then play after it in full screen. You can also upload and download beats with others from the community. Features in the app: - Create your own beats. - Download or upload beats to the community. - Change time signature. - Change velocity on each hit. - Increase and decrease tempo. - Learn new beats from a pre-made beat library. - Zoom and pan for better focus. - Customize your drum kit. - Change different views.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Drum Trainer at none against Drums Play!'s shown. Drum Trainer also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 53 months). Drums Play!'s advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Drums Play! ships an update every 53 months, Drum Trainer every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on August 12, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Drums Play! | Drum Trainer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 53 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Panus Tantikornphan | Erik Andresen |
In-app purchases
Drums Play!
No in-app purchases
Drum Trainer
No in-app purchases
Questions
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