Comparison

Drum Loop vs Rhythm

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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).

About

Rhythm

Learn to create and master beats with this music tutor app. It offers over 200 lessons and 100 sound packs across various genres, with guided playing and different modes to suit all skill levels. Track your progress and improve your drumming techniques anywhere.

Highlights
  • Over 200 lessons
  • 100+ sound packs
  • Guided playing
  • Tutorial, step-by-step, and live modes
  • Progress tracking and statistics
  • Portable music creation
Features
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Rhythms is your ultimate music tutor that will help beat makers of all ages and levels to improve their beat techniques. Follow the rhythms of the music and learn at your own pace, whenever and wherever you want. WHO IS THIS FOR? * Beat makers and finger drummers * Complete beginners * Advanced musicians WHAT IS INCLUDED? * Over 200 lessons with over 100 sound packs covering popular genres including EDM, Trap, Future Bass, and so on. * Guided playing: Rhythms help you play different parts of a track and then you can combine them together. The app will lead you to advance your skills and challenge yourself. * Different modes: use tutorial mode to watch how to play the lesson. Use step-by-step mode to learn the rhythm. Use live mode to challenge yourself. * Fun music game: addictive and fun gameplay tracks your progress. Practice every day to improve your results. * Statistics: check your statistic and keep motivated to practice and learn. * Portability: you can take Rhythms with you and play music anywhere. * High sound quality: all sounds are made by us in our music studio or in collaboration with EDM producers. RHYTHMS - the fun way to learn, play and master the pad controllers. Hit the notes at the right time to get the highest score! Practice every day and you’ll be amazed how fast your skills advance. Go and start playing now! UNLOCK BONUS LESSONS You can access the bonus lessons at already open levels to improve your results. We offer the following plans: 1 week: $1.99 1 year: $23.99 These prices are for the US. Pricing in other countries may vary. • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings 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 Terms of Service: https://www.drumpads24.com/legal/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://www.drumpads24.com/legal/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Drum Loop4 screens
Rhythm4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Rhythm at 80% against Drum Loop's 31%. Rhythm also leads on rating (4.5 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (336 vs 1). Drum Loop's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Rhythm sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Drum Loop asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Rhythm holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rhythm has 336 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 31% of Drum Loop's written reviews are positive against 80% of Rhythm's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drum Loop ships an update every 3 months, Rhythm every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Drum Loop versus Rhythm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrum LoopRhythm
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)4.5 (336 ratings) — better
Positive reviews31.3% of reviews79.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1336 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.614 — better
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRockCat Studio LimitedBeat Squad LLC

Customer experience

Drum Loop

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive31.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative68.8%

Rhythm

All ratings336 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral4.8%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews98 reviews
Positive79.6%
Neutral6.1%
Negative14.3%

Bugs and requests

Drum Loop

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Rhythm

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • App crashes frequently
  • Subscription issues (levels blocked after payment)
  • App exits randomly after a few seconds
  • Game lags on older devices (iPad 2)
  • Certain beats/levels have no practice or keys
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  • D3 button sometimes unresponsive
  • 12beat not working
  • App crashes constantly after 10 seconds of gameplay
  • Game crashes randomly
  • Subscription X button not working
  • Does not respond tightly enough on certain iPads
  • Pause menu constantly pops up on harder levels
  • Swipe to pause is too sensitive
  • App exits immediately after opening

Requested features

28 requests
  • Add a freestyle mode
  • More free content/levels
  • Option to disable swipe-to-pause
  • Easier difficulty modes
  • Ability to create own music
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  • Add tutorial videos
  • Fix the metronome
  • Allow replaying specific song sections
  • Add a dark mode
  • Adjust sensitivity for swipes
  • Make sound packs downloadable
  • Add a feature to replay entire track after learning
  • Allow moving the scrolling bar
  • Add more free soundtracks
  • Introduce an easy mode
  • Add a feature to make music and play through it
  • Add advertising that gives points to progress
  • Add a free mod for the game
  • Make at least 2 compositions free
  • Add a feature to review own gameplay
  • Allow scrolling the timeline in Step mode
  • Fix the X button for subscription
  • Add more flexibility with missing notes
  • Make the price slightly lower
  • Add lessons for programming
  • Add a feature to see replay of gameplay
  • Add Melbourne bounce pads 24
  • Allow horizontal screen orientation with UI adjustment

In-app purchases

None

Drum Loop

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Rhythm

Subscriptions5
  • One Week7 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • Rhythms Premium3 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • 1 Week$1.997 Days
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  • 1 Month$3.991 Month
  • Rhythms Premium$23.991 Year

Questions

Is Drum Loop free?
Drum Loop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rhythm free?
Rhythm is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Drum Loop or Rhythm?
Rhythm is rated higher. Drum Loop averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Rhythm averages 4.5 from 336 ratings.
Do Drum Loop or Rhythm have ads?
Both Drum Loop and Rhythm show ads.
Which is updated more often, Drum Loop or Rhythm?
Drum Loop ships an update every 3 months, and Rhythm every 5 weeks. Most recently, Drum Loop was updated on June 5, 2026 and Rhythm on September 27, 2026.

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