Comparison

Plug & Rec 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

Plug & Rec

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· Connect your smartphone or tablet to your music instrument and record the lossless sound of your performance. · No need to switch between multiple apps, with MEDELI Plug & Rec you can record video as well as audio. · Time-shift the audio track of a video for calibration. · Up to 20 minutes audio record, with the function to continue the interrupted recording. · Save audios in the library and share your performance to major social media platforms with one click. · Adjustable audio volume gain.

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

Plug & Rec4 screens
Drum Touch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Drum Touch at every 2 weeks against Plug & Rec's every 9 months. Plug & Rec's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). 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

Plug & Rec ships an update every 9 months, Drum Touch every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Plug & Rec versus Drum Touch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlug & RecDrum Touch
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMedeli Electronic Co.,LTD.Cherub Technology Co. Ltd

In-app purchases

None

Plug & Rec

No in-app purchases

None

Drum Touch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Plug & Rec free?
Plug & Rec 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 Plug & Rec or Drum Touch have ads?
Neither Plug & Rec nor Drum Touch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Plug & Rec or Drum Touch?
Plug & Rec ships an update every 9 months, and Drum Touch every 2 weeks. Most recently, Plug & Rec was updated on October 10, 2026 and Drum Touch on October 6, 2026.

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