Drum Loop vs Drum Pads
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).
Drum Pads
Create your own music with a variety of drum sounds at your fingertips. This application offers an entertaining and fun experience for users looking to make beats.
- Variety of drum sounds
- Music creation tool
- Entertaining and fun experience
- User-friendly interface
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With Drum Pads application, all the drum sounds are at your finger tips. You can create entertaining music with great sounds. This Drum Pads application, which is no different in reality, has been developed for your valuable users. You can have a nice and fun time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Drum Pads at 3.0 against Drum Loop's 1.0. Drum Pads also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Drum Loop's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 10 months). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Drum Pads holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Drum Loop ships an update every 3 months, Drum Pads every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Drum Loop | Drum Pads |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 10.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RockCat Studio Limited | Kadri AVUT |
Customer experience
Drum Loop
Drum Pads
In-app purchases
Drum Loop
No in-app purchases
Drum Pads
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Drum Loop free?
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