Drum Loop vs DJ Soundboard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Drum Loop
Create your own drum beats with a variety of styles and high-quality sounds. Practice your instrument without needing a live drummer. This app is updated frequently with new patterns.
- Multiple drum styles (Rock, Metal, Blues, Pop, Jazz)
- 50 high-quality drum patterns
- Real recorded drum sounds
- User-friendly interface
- Frequent updates with new patterns
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Drum Loop is an instance Drum Machine. Now you can practice your guitar without calling your band's drummer. Keep Rocking! Practice make perfect. Main Features: - Drum style: Rock, Metal, Blue, Pop and Jazz. - 50 drum patterns with high quality sound. - Real recorded drum. - User Friendly. - App update frequently (add more drum patterns).
DJ Soundboard
Create exciting DJ sets with a collection of custom sound effects. Add sirens, airhorns, vocals, and alarms to your music. Loop effects and adjust their tempo to perfectly match your tracks.
- Custom sound effects library
- Sound effect looping
- Tempo adjustment for effects
- Scalable UI for any device
- Sirens, airhorns, vocals, alarms
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Imagine the possbility to press and mash buttons, the possibility to hear incredible sounds in front of thousands or on your! With DJ Soundboard we have collated some of the best sound effects to make sure your DJ set will hipe up your audience to the extreme. Effects include sirents, airhorns, vocals, alarms and many more. Effects can even be looped to increase or decrease temp ensuring every effect matches your track nicely, and with an incredibly design that scales and looks perfect on any device you'll be able to focus on what really matters - the music!. If you choose to purchase DJ Soundboard AI Sounds, payment will be charged to your Apple account, and your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Auto-renewal may be turned off at any time by going to your settings in the App Store after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication where applicable. Privacy Policy and Terms of Service: https://www.lukepearce.com.au/legal.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DJ Soundboard at 3.8 against Drum Loop's 1.0. DJ Soundboard also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (206 vs 1). Drum Loop's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 9) and review sentiment (31% vs 11%). On price, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. DJ Soundboard sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Drum Loop asks for nothing beyond the download.
DJ Soundboard holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DJ Soundboard has 206 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 31% of Drum Loop's written reviews are positive against 11% of DJ Soundboard's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Drum Loop ships an update every 3 months, DJ Soundboard every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Drum Loop | DJ Soundboard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 3.8 (206 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 31.3% of reviews — better | 10.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 206 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RockCat Studio Limited | Luke Pearce |
Customer experience
Drum Loop
DJ Soundboard
Bugs and requests
Drum Loop
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
DJ Soundboard
Reported bugs
4 issues- Purchased sounds not working
- Buttons don't work half the time
- Unable to purchase
- Sounds don't play
Requested features
7 requests- Run in background
- Discounted price for all sounds
- Filter for in-app purchases
- Add own sound effects
- Instruction manual or site for app usage
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- Touchbar support
- Add sounds to the app
In-app purchases
Drum Loop
No in-app purchases
DJ Soundboard
- DJ Soundboard AI$3.991 Month
- Halloween Sounds$2.99
- Explosion & Impacts$2.99
- Cartoon Sounds$3.99
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- Artist Introductions$4.99
- Horns And Alarms Plus$4.99
- Vocal Shouts$6.99
- Unlimited Plays$9.99
- Everything Bundle$19.99
Questions
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