Comparison

Drum Journey vs Tag Day

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

Head to head
About

Drum Journey

This app facilitates shamanic journeying, a spiritual practice combining visualization with rhythmic drumming or rattling. It functions as a customizable timer with professional audio tracks and the ability to import your own. Users can share their journeying locations with others within the app.

Highlights
  • Customizable journey duration
  • Choice of drumming styles
  • Adjustable tempo and instrument volumes
  • Professionally produced audio tracks
  • Import custom audio
  • Share journey location
Features
Currently charting
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You've found Drum Journey, the first app for shamanic journeying. Shamanic journeying, as you probably already know, is a kind of insight meditation.  It’s a spiritual practice that combines visualization with acoustic accompaniment, usually fast drumming or rattling. Drum Journey works like a timer; dial in the journey duration, set your options, and tap Start.  Included in the app are several professionally-produced drum and rattle tracks, and you can also import your own from iTunes. Features: - flexible journey duration, from 5 minutes to an hour - choice of drumming styles (single, double, or with rattle) - adjustable tempo (slow, normal, and fast) - adjustable instrument volumes - high quality drumming tracks - works with AirPlay - Optimized graphics for iPhone Retina screens - light up the globe; share your location with other Drum Journey users For centuries, shamans have used journeying to gain insight and clarity. I was inspired to create this app while participating in the three year program of the Foundation for Shamanic Studies. Note: This app does not teach shamanic journey practices. Visit the Mindful Bear website for links to shamanic educators, books, and practitioners.

About

Tag Day

This app helps you track habits, events, or states using customizable tags organized into different categories. Log daily progress, view monthly insights, and utilize home screen widgets for quick entry. Securely back up your data via iCloud Drive.

Highlights
  • Organize with Books
  • Customizable Tags
  • Simple Recording with time/duration
  • Monthly Insights & Statistics
  • Interactive Home Screen Widgets
  • iOS Shortcuts Integration
  • iCloud Drive Backup
Features
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Tag Day is a calendar-first visual journal for habits, routines, shifts, events and the moments you want to remember. Instead of filling out complex forms, mark each day with a color-coded Tag and add detail only when it helps. Built around your calendar - Fast recording: Tap a date and choose a Tag. Add start and end times, duration or a note when needed. - Flexible Books: Keep work, health, study and personal tracking separate with distinct colors and symbols. Archive Books you no longer use. - Custom Tags: Give every Tag a title, subtitle and colors. Move a Tag to another Book together with its related Records. - Useful perspectives: Review monthly coverage and Tag counts, or step back to a yearly overview across your Books. - Batch Editing: Add or replace Tags across selected dates, with Tag Circles for repeating patterns. - Customizable Overview: Show or hide Record counts, with your display mode and count visibility saved for next time. Works with iOS - Widgets: See today’s Records on your Home Screen and add Tags from supported interactive widgets. - Shortcuts: Automate adding and checking Records, retrieving entries, opening a Book or backing up the database. - Reminders: Schedule local notifications for each Book. - Secondary calendar: Optionally show the Chinese calendar or rokuyō. Your data, your control Tag Day keeps its primary database locally on your device. You can import or export the database whenever you need to migrate or make an extra copy. Optional automatic backup copies the database to the Tag Day folder in iCloud Drive up to once per day. This is a backup—not real-time iCloud synchronization between devices. Some advanced features, including unlimited Tags, interactive Widget entry and automatic iCloud Drive backup, require the one-time Pro unlock. ----------- EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Drum Journey3 screens
Tag Day4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Tag Day at Free against Drum Journey's $1.99. Tag Day also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Drum Journey's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (89 vs 5). On ads 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

Tag Day is free to download; Drum Journey costs $1.99 up front. Tag Day sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Drum Journey asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tag Day holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Drum Journey has 89 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Drum Journey's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tag Day's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drum Journey ships an update every 2 months, Tag Day every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Drum Journey versus Tag Day: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrum JourneyTag Day
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (89 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews82.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings89 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#64 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size203 MB26 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperMindful Bear AppsZIZICICI LIMITED

Customer experience

Drum Journey

All ratings88 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral1.1%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews64 reviews
Positive82.8%
Neutral3.1%
Negative14.1%

Tag Day

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Drum Journey

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Drum beats too fast on slowest setting
  • App crashes when changing settings
  • Settings not sticky
  • Preset tempos don't vary much
  • App freezes/won't play on iOS 7
Show 4 more
  • Journey map crashes when zooming
  • Drumming becomes unrhythmic/slows down after iPhone lock
  • Drums sound poor quality
  • App not updated for iOS 7

Requested features

11 requests
  • Add callback feature for ceremonial drum
  • More drum sound options
  • Option for a slower drum included by default
  • Numerical BPM control
  • Add a lead-in option
Show 6 more
  • Add a 'random intent' feature
  • Definite beginning to journey (e.g., four strikes)
  • Variable tempo option
  • Add rattle to settings
  • Improve rattle sound quality
  • Basic guide to journeying

Tag Day

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Drum Journey

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Tag Day

One-time1
  • Tag Day Pro$3.99

Questions

Is Drum Journey free?
Drum Journey costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tag Day free?
Tag Day is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Drum Journey or Tag Day?
Tag Day is rated higher. Drum Journey averages 4.7 out of 5 from 89 ratings, while Tag Day averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Drum Journey or Tag Day have ads?
Neither Drum Journey nor Tag Day shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Drum Journey or Tag Day?
Drum Journey ships an update every 2 months, and Tag Day every 2 weeks. Most recently, Drum Journey was updated on October 24, 2026 and Tag Day on October 24, 2026.

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