Comparison

Drum Loop vs Reggae Roots Drum Loops

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

Reggae Roots Drum Loops

An intuitive and efficient beat machine for musicians of all levels. It offers HD Reggae drum loops, fills, accents, and single hits for practice and performance. Easily play along with foundation Reggae beats and improve your timing.

Highlights
  • Intuitive beat machine interface
  • HD Reggae drum loops
  • Fills, accents, and single hits
  • Effortless to learn and play
  • Tempo, gain, and stop controls
  • Audiobus and IAA enabled
Features
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Beat Machine focused on intuition and efficiency. Featuring HD Reggae drum loops with fills, accents, and single hits. All musicians can play along, regardless of digital proficiency The heart of Reggae is the drums and this is the easiest beat machine ever designed. A single touch polyphonic percussion soundboard app seamlessly looping HD drum samples recorded on a Mapex kit. I put my heart and soul into making this the easiest possible drum app that all musicians will enjoy playing. This app is designed to be effortless to learn and play. If you are interested in playing with foundation reggae drums, this app is easiest and best. In addition it is a great tool for drummers to improve timing. Reggae Drum Loops contains three main control buttons tempo, gain and stop. A web button to connect to my website for tips, tricks Disclaimer: All sounds are licensed under creative commons license and are freely available to use for practice, performing and recording. All available free to download Audiobus enabled, and IAA allows you to create music with thousand of compatible instruments, record, and remix. I don’t have a multi-million dollar marketing campaign or celebrity sponsors, if you enjoy this app please share. Get Skanking with these beats

Screenshots

Drum Loop4 screens
Reggae Roots Drum Loops4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Drum Loop at Free against Reggae Roots Drum Loops's $4.99. Reggae Roots Drum Loops's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 1.0) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Drum Loop is free to download; Reggae Roots Drum Loops costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Reggae Roots Drum Loops holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Reggae Roots Drum Loops has 8 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 43% of Reggae Roots Drum Loops's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Drum Loop versus Reggae Roots Drum Loops: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrum LoopReggae Roots Drum Loops
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)4.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews31.3% of reviews42.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings18 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.611.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB95 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRockCat Studio LimitedAbu Studio Inc

Customer experience

Drum Loop

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

Reggae Roots Drum Loops

All ratings8 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral17.9%
Negative39.3%

In-app purchases

None

Drum Loop

No in-app purchases

None

Reggae Roots Drum Loops

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Drum Loop free?
Drum Loop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Reggae Roots Drum Loops free?
Reggae Roots Drum Loops costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Drum Loop or Reggae Roots Drum Loops?
Reggae Roots Drum Loops is rated higher. Drum Loop averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Reggae Roots Drum Loops averages 4.0 from 8 ratings.
Do Drum Loop or Reggae Roots Drum Loops have ads?
Drum Loop shows ads; Reggae Roots Drum Loops does not.
Which is updated more often, Drum Loop or Reggae Roots Drum Loops?
Drum Loop ships an update every 3 months, and Reggae Roots Drum Loops every 3 months. Most recently, Drum Loop was updated on June 5, 2026 and Reggae Roots Drum Loops on September 22, 2026.

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