Drum Loop vs DrumShell
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).
DrumShell
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DrumShell turns any song into a private drum practice rig. Drop in a track. In about three minutes, the drums come out clean — ready to slow down, loop, and drill against. Built for drummers who practice with sticks in hand and a kit in the room, not for casual listeners. — THE INSTRUMENT — • Isolate the drums from any song. Practice along with the kit alone, or mute it and play the part yourself. • A-B Loop. Drag two markers on the waveform and lock onto the bar that's been beating you. Loop tight, drill loud. • Variable speed, 0.7× to 1.5×. Pitch stays musical. Slow down a fill and walk it back up. • Multi-stem mix. Solo the drums, mute them, or balance every stem independently — bass, vocals, other. • Metronome locked to the song's BPM. Auto-detected during separation. • Offline-first. Once a song is loaded, no network needed. Practice in the basement, the green room, or the back of a van. — BUILT LIKE GEAR, NOT A TOY — Hardware-studio aesthetic. Dark chassis, indigo readouts, JetBrains Mono on every readout. Oversized touch targets so you can hit them with a stick in your hand. No tutorials, no upsell modals between you and the next loop. — FREE — • 3 separations per week • Up to 5 saved projects • 2-stem mode (drums + everything else) — PRO ($7.99/month or $49.99/year) — • 25 separations per week • Unlimited saved projects • A-B Loop • Waveform zoom • 4-stem and 6-stem modes (drums, bass, vocals, other — plus extended HD stems) — WHO IT'S FOR — Intermediate to advanced drummers drilling specific passages. If you've ever wished a song had no drums so you could play the part yourself — or wished it had only drums so you could shadow the part — this is the tool. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in iOS Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Payment is charged to your Apple ID. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited upon purchase of a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://drumshell.app/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://drumshell.app/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Drum Loop at none against DrumShell's 2. DrumShell's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 months). On price, 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
Both are free to download. DrumShell sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Drum Loop asks for nothing beyond the download.
Drum Loop ships an update every 3 months, DrumShell every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Drum Loop | DrumShell |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 31.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RockCat Studio Limited | Ghassan Al Karaan |
In-app purchases
Drum Loop
No in-app purchases
DrumShell
- DrumShell Pro Monthly$7.991 Month
- DrumShell Pro Annual$49.991 Year
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