eBatuque vs PadLab
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
eBatuque
Explore diverse Brazilian percussion rhythms for musical study. Practice with high-quality backing tracks, adjusting tempo and instrument levels. Immerse yourself in authentic musical language for instrument mastery.
- Diverse Brazilian percussion rhythms
- High-quality backing tracks
- Adjustable tempo and volume
- Instrument pan control
- Study with real musicians
- Authentic musical language immersion
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O Ebatuque é um App com diversos loops de percussão brasileira, gravados por percussionistas reconhecidos, para você poder estudar seu instrumento de uma maneira musical e divertida. Você pode substituir o metrônomo pelo Ebatuque e tocar junto com uma base incrível de percussão, acessando diversos ritmos como choro, samba, bossa nova, forró, xote, baião, côco, ijexá, maracatu e muitos outros. Você ainda tem autonomia total para mudar a velocidade de cada ritmo, controlar o volume dos instrumentos e definir o pan (L/R). Estude seu instrumento com músicos de verdade para mergulhar e se aperfeiçoar na linguagem de cada ritmo. Baixe já nosso App e comece agora estudar música de um jeito que você nunca imaginou! Termos de Uso: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Politica de Privacidade: https://www.e-batuque.com/politica-de-privacidade
PadLab
Create ambient music, practice with drums, and perform live with this versatile music creation tool. It offers continuous pads, customizable drum kits, and loop recording capabilities for musicians.
- Continuous ambient pads with level controls
- Customizable drum pads with sound import
- Live loop recording and overdubbing
- MIDI controller support
- Performance set creation and management
- Optional StageLab expansion for advanced synthesis
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PadLab brings ambient pads, drums and instruments together for rehearsals, music creation and live performance. Play on your iPhone or iPad screen, or connect a compatible MIDI controller. • Continuous pads in different keys, with transitions and level controls. • Drum Pads with kits, individual sound selection and batch sample import. • Live Loops, available as a standalone one-time purchase or included in PadLab Full App, for creating patterns and recording quantized drum hits in one-loop or overdub mode. Arrange scenes, build your own kits and explore Gospel/worship presets. • A Live Loops mixer with volume, pan, mute, solo and convolution reverb with individual sends for each drum part. • A metronome with adjustable tempo, time signature, sound and volume. • MIDI Learn for pads, drum parts, transport, volume and set selection. • Complete performance sets that bring together pads, drums, Live Loops and StageLab instruments and settings when used. Arrange them in Set List for quick access. • Import and export performance sets and Live Loops sets with the personal files they use. Performance packages can include your samples and SF2 files. • On-screen guides to help you learn the controls and revisit them whenever needed. StageLab is an optional expansion unlocked through an in-app purchase. Combine up to eight sounds, use library instruments or import SoundFont SF2 files. Adjust levels, keyboard ranges, MIDI channels, envelopes, EQ, compression and reverb. Per-sound effects include chorus, tremolo, auto pan, drive and Leslie. Master controls provide volume, separate gain up to +9 dB and MIDI Learn. Inside StageLab, the WAVE 3 synthesizer offers oscillator, filter, envelope and effects editing, plus an integrated arpeggiator and sequencer. Explore a bank of 24 ARP/SEQ presets, create your own sounds and save your presets. In the standalone app, WAVE 3 and Live Loops follow the shared metronome. The AUv3 extension lets you use instruments in compatible hosts; Live Loops playback is available only in the standalone app. In AUv3, WAVE 3 retains Local/Host clock options. PadLab Full App includes Live Loops and StageLab, including for existing Full purchasers. WAVE 3 arpeggiator and sequencer are included in StageLab at no additional charge. Previous standalone ARP/SEQ purchasers retain access to their legacy tools. Buying Live Loops alone does not unlock StageLab or all premium drum kits. Other optional sounds, kits and features are offered through in-app purchases. Factory content referenced by a set depends on the library and purchases available on the destination device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: eBatuque at Free against PadLab's $1.69. eBatuque also leads on ads (none vs shown). PadLab's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly) and rating (4.2 vs 3.9). On ratings volume, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
eBatuque is free to download; PadLab costs $1.69 up front. eBatuque sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and PadLab sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PadLab holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 62 and 45 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of eBatuque's written reviews are positive against 71% of PadLab's.
eBatuque ships an update monthly, PadLab every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | eBatuque | PadLab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.69 |
| Rating | 3.9 (62 ratings) | 4.2 (45 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 59.9% of reviews | 70.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 62 — better | 45 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #22 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 96 MB | 410 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Elton Gomes de Moraes | Daniel Albano |
Customer experience
eBatuque
PadLab
Bugs and requests
eBatuque
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashing on certain rhythms
- Login and registration issues
- Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions
- Volume controls getting stuck
Requested features
6 requests- Count-in click for rhythms
- Start/stop via MIDI
- Rhythm information and sheet music
- Mute/solo for individual instruments
- Ability to save custom configurations
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- Smoother transitions between rhythms
PadLab
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
eBatuque
- Plano Mensal3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Plano Mensal3 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Plano Mensal com Desconto1 Month trial$2.991 Month
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- Plano Anual1 Year trial$14.991 Year
- Anual Cupom 501 Year trial$14.991 Year
- Equivale a R$10,82/mês Plano Anual3 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Plano Anual com Desconto 40%1 Year trial$14.991 Year
- Anual Cupom 301 Year trial$14.991 Year
- Plano Anual3 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Plano Anual com Desconto1 Year trial$19.991 Year
PadLab
- Worship Pad$0.99
- Pad Mix Pro$1.99
- Pad Pulse Pro$1.99
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- Arp Pro$1.99
- Sequencer Pro$2.99
- StageLab$3.69
- Worship Drum Collection$3.99
- PadLab Full App$4.59
- Live Loops$5.99
- PadLab Worship Complete$6.99
Questions
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