Comparison

MZ Buddy vs Drum Touch

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

Head to head
About

MZ Buddy

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The MZ Buddy App is an incredibly useful and efficient tool for the Medeli MZ5 and MZ7 series electric drum kits. Through the App, you can make custom kits by easily accessing and editing the kit parameters and save the personalized data. You can load and play along with your favorite MP3 songs and even remove the drum parts for a “drum-less” song to play along with. In addition, the powerful metronome is available for simple or advanced practice with a wide variety of available time signatures and click sounds to choose from. Just connect your personal electronic device to the MZ series drum module and you’ve got the perfect tool ready to enhance your creativity, performances, and daily practice. The MZ Buddy App Contains: -Drum Kit Module: Select a drum kit intuitively in your MZ series module by the drum kit type and music style. Make custom kits easily by accessing the voice selection for each pad, adjust a variety of editing parameters and save your custom settings. -Collections Module: You can save your personalized drum kit settings here and access your custom drum kits anytime, anywhere. -Click Module: For beginners to professionals, the metronome lets you quickly adjust the tempo speed and features a wide selection of time signatures that range from 1/2 to 9/32. It includes five different metronome sounds to choose from, giving you an efficient tool for your practice time. -Song Module: Play along with your favorite songs; With an easy-to-understand display and operation, your MP3 and PDF files can be played at the same time and organized in the dedicated song folder. The new Drum-Mute function can automatically remove the drum parts from your MP-3 songs to provide a “drum-less”, clean backing song to play along with.

About

Drum Touch

This app connects to specific electronic drum hardware, allowing users to customize drum kits, tones, triggers, and effects. It also includes a metronome for practice and learning.

Highlights
  • Drum kit selection and custom kit loading
  • Individual percussion tone and pitch adjustment
  • Trigger sensitivity and velocity curve settings
  • Reverb and equalization effect configuration
  • Adjustable metronome tempo, volume, and rhythm
  • System settings for basic options
Features
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Drum Touch is a supporting APP specifically designed for the NUX DM-100 series electronic drums. Through this APP, users can quickly select the parameter modules that need to be set for adjustment. Whether it's for performances, daily training, or teaching experiences, as long as the Drum Touch APP is connected to the drum machine, all functions can be used quickly and conveniently, allowing you to fully enjoy a perfect playing experience. Contents include: Drum Kit Settings: Classified according to drum kit styles, it enables users to quickly and intuitively choose the style they want to use. Besides the preset drum kits with multiple sets of high-quality timbres, users can also quickly call up the custom drum kits set in advance. Tone Settings: The tone of each percussion trigger can be set, and at the same time, the pitch, volume, and phase of the currently edited tone can be set as well. Trigger Settings: Drum Touch is a professional drum machine debugging software. It can perform trigger settings on the connected devices, including adjusting and saving professional values such as sensitivity, trigger level, detection time, shielding time, crosstalk value, and velocity curve. Effect Settings: The effects unit is an indispensable and important function for electronic musical instruments. The APP supports the settings of reverb and equalization. For the reverb effect, different drums and cymbals can also be specified to set the sending amount. Metronome Function: It has a simple, intuitive, and efficient operation interface, allowing you to adjust the tempo, volume, beat, rhythm pattern, and tone, enabling you to listen, learn, and play smoothly. System Settings: Basic setting options.

Screenshots

MZ Buddy4 screens
Drum Touch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Drum Touch at every 2 weeks against MZ Buddy's every 6 months. On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MZ Buddy ships an update every 6 months, Drum Touch every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 6, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
MZ Buddy versus Drum Touch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMZ BuddyDrum Touch
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMedeli Electronic Co.,LTD.Cherub Technology Co. Ltd

In-app purchases

None

MZ Buddy

No in-app purchases

None

Drum Touch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MZ Buddy free?
MZ Buddy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Drum Touch free?
Drum Touch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MZ Buddy or Drum Touch have ads?
Neither MZ Buddy nor Drum Touch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MZ Buddy or Drum Touch?
MZ Buddy ships an update every 6 months, and Drum Touch every 2 weeks. Most recently, MZ Buddy was updated on October 6, 2026 and Drum Touch on October 6, 2026.

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