Comparison

Double Kick vs Drum

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

Head to head
About

Double Kick

Transform your device into a professional drum kit. Create beats with high-quality audio and graphics, and customize the layout to match your style. Play along to your favorite music library.

Highlights
  • Studio quality drum kit
  • Customizable layout
  • High definition graphics
  • High quality audio samples
  • Excellent response times
  • Play along to music library
Features
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Double Kick Pro — the ultimate drum kit experience for iPhone and iPad. Turn your device into a full studio-quality drum kit. Double Kick Pro delivers realistic drum sounds, lightning-fast response times, and a fully customizable layout — so you can play exactly the way your style demands. Whether you're a beginner just discovering the drums or an experienced drummer looking for a mobile practice kit, Double Kick Pro puts the feel of a real drum set right in your pocket. FEATURES: • High-resolution, photorealistic graphics • Studio-quality audio samples • Lightning-fast response times — just like a real drum kit • Fully customizable drum kit layout • Double-kick pedal for demanding drummers • Play along with your favorite tracks from your music library • Optimized for iPhone and iPad • No ads, no distractions With a fully configurable pad layout, Double Kick Pro adapts to your playing style — not the other way around. Place your snare, hi-hats, toms, and kicks exactly where you want them. Perfect for rock, metal, jazz, pop, and everything in between. Work on your rhythms, compose new beats, or just jam out. Download Double Kick Pro now and discover the best mobile drum kit experience on the App Store.

About

Drum

This app recreates the distinctive sound of early 1980s electronic drum modules combined with sampled real cymbal sounds. It offers a virtual analog engine for drum synthesis and a separate engine for realistic cymbal playback, providing a unique sonic palette for music production.

Highlights
  • Virtual analog engine for 80s drum sounds
  • Sampled real cymbal sounds
  • Dual sound engines for drums and cymbals
  • Multiple output options
  • Built-in effects (limiter, delay, reverb)
  • Unlimited program storage
Features
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Please note: 1) This App comes with an AUv3 plugin extension. 2) To play the cymbal samples, a separate download (free, in-app) of ~180 MB is required. The App also works without the cymbal samples. INSTRUMENT BACKGROUND We all know and use electronic drums today, but at the beginning of the 80's the first electronic drums were a real novelty that revolutionized not only the sound of music of those years, but also the workflow in the recording studio. Many producers preferred to record the sound of electronic drums rather than acoustic drums because it saved time and money, avoiding having to mount microphones, find the right positions, spend hours equalizing and correcting the recorded material. With an electronic drum set it was quicker: it was enough to connect the cables and maybe find the right sound for the song, which was a perfect scenario especially for many low-cost productions, for example those of pop music. The first electronic drums were completely analog, they generated the sounds of the drums using only a few elements such as an oscillator and a white noise generator, plus a couple of envelopes and a filter. The sound wasn't exactly realistic but it was peculiar, and perfect for creating certain sounds never heard before. The downside was that electronic drums could only generate the sound of drums but not cymbals. For this reason, the sound of real cymbals was recorded alongside the sound of electronic drums. This kind of setup was also used live quite often. It was common to see a drummer on stage playing the typical hexagonal pads but combined with a set of real cymbals. GSi Drum-80 reproduces that exact scenario. It contains two separate sound engines that can play at the same time. One engine recreates the sounds of the famous electronic drum module known as the Simmons SDS-V (very similar to the later SDS-8 model); at the same time, the exclusive GSi WLF Engine plays a multi-sample of real cymbals recorded exclusively for Drum-80. Main features - Virtual Analog Engine based on the famous SDS-V drum module - Optional VCO phase reset - Supports multiple outputs (one stereo mix, six individual drum synth channels, one stereo channel for Cymbals) - Sampled Cymbal sounds (Hi-Hat, Ride, 4 Crashes, 3 Splashes) provided by the exclusive GSi WLF Engine - Full Polyphony - Separate section with adjustments for Cymbal sounds (tuning, leveling and EQ) - Stereo 1176-Style Limiter - Stereo Delay effect - Stereo Reverb effect - Built-in programmer with unlimited Programs - Embedded user's manual - Available as Stand-alone application and audio plugin (AUv3 for iPad) - Very low CPU and RAM usage Visit home page for audio and video demos.

Screenshots

Double Kick3 screens
Drum3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Double Kick at $2.99 against Drum's $14.99. Drum's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and review sentiment (80% vs 47%). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Double Kick costs $2.99 and Drum $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Drum holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of Double Kick's written reviews are positive against 80% of Drum's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Double Kick ships an update every 9 months, Drum every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Double Kick versus Drum: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDouble KickDrum
Price$2.99 — better$14.99
Rating4.3 (12 ratings)4.8 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews47.1% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings12 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 7 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFoobar CreativeGenuine Soundware

Customer experience

Double Kick

All ratings12 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews68 reviews
Positive47.1%
Neutral7.4%
Negative45.6%

Drum

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

None

Double Kick

No in-app purchases

None

Drum

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Double Kick free?
Double Kick costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Drum free?
Drum costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Double Kick or Drum?
Drum is rated higher. Double Kick averages 4.3 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Drum averages 4.8 from 5 ratings.
Do Double Kick or Drum have ads?
Neither Double Kick nor Drum shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Double Kick or Drum?
Double Kick ships an update every 9 months, and Drum every 7 months. Most recently, Double Kick was updated on October 17, 2026 and Drum on October 12, 2026.

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