Drum Beats vs Quick Drummer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Drum Beats
This app offers a diverse collection of drum loops in various genres like funk, rock, reggae, and blues. It's designed to assist musicians of all levels during practice, jamming, or songwriting with features like adjustable speed and background audio.
- Funk, rock, reggae, blues drum beats
- Seamless looping
- Adjustable playback speed
- Background audio support
- Intuitive interface
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Unleash your inner guitarist with this ultimate drum loop companion! Designed for players of all skill levels, this app provides a wide variety of drum loops in funk, rock, reggae, and blues styles. Whether you're practicing, jamming, or performing, these grooves will keep you inspired and in rhythm. Features: - Funky, rocking, reggae, and blues beats for perfect guitar or bass accompaniment. - Seamless looping for uninterrupted practice sessions. - Adjustable playback speed to match your tempo. - Background audio support so you can jam while multitasking. - Intuitive interface to easily select and play your favorite loops. Perfect for practice, improvisation, or songwriting. Elevate your guitar playing with the power of live-like drum rhythms! Download now and start jamming today! Check out this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G5-XlJ7Nlk Or check out evanmlondon on YouTube
Quick Drummer
Access a professional drummer on demand for practice or songwriting. Explore over 300 diverse drum patterns across various genres, with customizable BPM and studio-quality sound. Enhance your audio with built-in effects.
- Over 300 drum patterns
- Patterns sorted by genre
- Bookmark favorite beats
- Adjustable BPM
- Studio sound quality
- Built-in equalizer and effects
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Your practice session, with a drummer. Quick Drummer brings 300+ drum patterns to iPhone and iPad for practice, songwriting and jamming. Explore rock, pop, funk, jazz, blues and more. Set BPM directly, tap a tempo, use count-in and keep your tempo when changing grooves. Save favorites with their tempos and shape your sound with EQ, compression and bit-crusher. Build a tempo practice routine with Speed Master and save your own presets. Choose from 18 in-app languages. On iOS 26 or later, try the Modern interface with landscape support or switch back to Legacy. Optional background playback and a keep-screen-awake setting fit your routine. Live Activity shows playback information on supported devices. An optional one-time in-app purchase removes ads; previous purchases can be restored in Settings.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Drum Beats at none against Quick Drummer's 1. Quick Drummer's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 16 months) and review sentiment (87% vs 76%). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Quick Drummer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Drum Beats asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Drum Beats against 4.7 for Quick Drummer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 962 and 1K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 76% of Drum Beats's written reviews are positive against 87% of Quick Drummer's.
Drum Beats ships an update every 16 months, Quick Drummer every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Drum Beats | Quick Drummer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (962 ratings) | 4.7 (1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.4% of reviews | 87.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 962 | 1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alvin Yu | MingChun Chien |
Customer experience
Drum Beats
Quick Drummer
User reviews
Drum Beats
From 962 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Solid drum beats
- 🎶 Useful for practice and jamming
- 💡 Diverse range of beats and genres
- 🎛️ Simple and intuitive interface
Room to improve
- 🐛 Drum rolls make some beats unusable
- 🔊 Low audio output volume
- 🕰️ Lack of tempo/BPM controls
- 🔀 Difficulty navigating between beats
Quick Drummer
From 1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great for practicing and jamming
- 🎶 Wide variety of drum beats and genres
- 💻 Simple and easy to use
- 🔊 Sounds great through Bluetooth speaker
- 🆓 Free with occasional ads
Room to improve
- 🔋 Battery drain issues
- 🔊 Lacks volume control
- 🔀 No randomness or variation in beats
- 📱 UI/UX could be more user-friendly
- 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
Bugs and requests
Drum Beats
Reported bugs
2 issues- Beats not visible in dark mode
- Beats reset to original tempo when stopped
Requested features
4 requests- Add more beat styles (e.g. jazz, techno, Middle Eastern)
- Implement tempo/BPM controls
- Add ability to bookmark/favorite beats
- Display time signature and other beat metadata
Quick Drummer
Reported bugs
3 issues- Buttons not working after recent update
- App crashing when changing tempo on certain beats
- Unable to save beats in favorites
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to save custom beat lists
- More odd time signatures (5/4, 7/8, etc.)
- Drum fills and transitions
- Integration with music apps like GarageBand
- Landscape mode support
In-app purchases
Drum Beats
No in-app purchases
Quick Drummer
- AD-FREE and all function,beats$1.99
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