Comparison

finger drums! vs Makanim Light

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

Head to head
About

finger drums!

Experience the thrill of playing the drums using just your fingers. This app offers a loud and engaging way to create rhythmic beats and enjoy a dynamic drumming experience.

Highlights
  • Play drums with fingers
  • Loud sound output
  • Rhythmic beat creation
  • Interactive drumming experience
Features
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Play the drums with your FINGERS! It's LOUD!!!

About

Makanim Light

Create stunning, interactive animations with multi-touch gestures. Explore endless visual effects, shapes, and patterns for relaxation or live performance. Save your creations as wallpapers.

Highlights
  • Multi-touch graphic generator
  • Real-time preset editing
  • Up to 3-finger gestures
  • Multiple animation modes and shapes
  • Adjustable speed, size, and chaos
  • Save creations as screenshots/wallpapers
Features
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AppAdvice.com review: "This generative art app will provide you with pure visual stimulation." AppSplit.com review: "With its level of customization, it's definitely still worthy to try it." Want to relax or have fun? Enjoy an amazing graphic experience with Makanim. Create stunning animations by playing with multi-touch. Snap your creations and use them as wallpapers. Play with Makanim at home for fun, at a party, or on stage for VJing: improvise during live performances and create new animations on the fly. Makanim offers endless combinations of visual effects by changing nine simple parameters. You can spend hours discovering the different ways to animate shapes. Makanim is a powerful app that can both entertain and relax. FEATURES - Multi-touch particle generator - Up to 10 fingers at once, depending on your device - 10 animation modes - 48 beautiful and original shapes - 22 color palettes - 112 editable presets, saved as you play - Thousands of possible combinations - Edit presets in real time - Switch between modes, shapes and colors - Control speed, size and chaos - Background color and particle opacity controls - Random button for surprise combinations - Interactive sounds - Animation auto-play - Screenshot button to save images to your photo library - Expert mode: hide or show the menu bar - Fingers limit, to avoid clashing with your device's multi-touch gestures LINKS Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flR6mz788h0 Visit http://appakabar.com for more information. Makanim Light is the free version of Makanim: it includes 12 of the 112 presets, 4 of the 10 modes and 7 of the 48 shapes, with up to 3 fingers at once. Unlock everything with a single in-app purchase. No subscription.

Screenshots

finger drums!1 screens
Makanim Light4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Makanim Light at 3.8 against finger drums!'s 3.1. Makanim Light also leads on review sentiment (60% vs 38%). finger drums!'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (7.7K vs 5). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Makanim Light sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. finger drums! asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Makanim Light holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: finger drums! has 7.7K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of finger drums!'s written reviews are positive against 60% of Makanim Light's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
finger drums! versus Makanim Light: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterfinger drums!Makanim Light
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (7.7K ratings)3.8 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews38.0% of reviews60.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7.7K — better5
Update frequency—Every 13 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS3.1.3 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIndigo Penguin LimitedAppakabar

Customer experience

finger drums!

All ratings7,781 ratings
Positive45.5%
Neutral12.8%
Negative41.7%
Written reviews271 reviews
Positive38.0%
Neutral14.0%
Negative48.0%

Makanim Light

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%

Bugs and requests

finger drums!

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Drums cut in and out
  • Crashes and freezes
  • Ads cover up drums

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more drum/cymbal options
  • Improve sound quality and volume
  • Implement better responsiveness
  • Introduce more gameplay modes

Makanim Light

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

finger drums!

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Makanim Light

One-time1
  • Unlock everything$4.99

Questions

Is finger drums! free?
finger drums! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Makanim Light free?
Makanim Light is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, finger drums! or Makanim Light?
Makanim Light is rated higher. finger drums! averages 3.1 out of 5 from 7.7K ratings, while Makanim Light averages 3.8 from 5 ratings.
Do finger drums! or Makanim Light have ads?
Neither finger drums! nor Makanim Light shows ads.

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