Comparison

Drum Loop vs Percussion Loops HD Light

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

Percussion Loops HD Light

This app offers a library of live-played percussion loops and samples for music creation. It allows users to copy loops to DAWs, utilize Audiobus and Inter App Audio, and practice timing. The free version provides a taste of the full percussion loop library.

Highlights
  • Live played percussion loops and samples
  • Copy loops to DAWs as Apple Loops
  • Audiobus and Inter App Audio support
  • Practice timing with percussionist
  • High-end studio recordings
  • Multiple genres and tempos
Features
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This is the free trailer version for Percussion Loops HD, a truly live played percussion loops and samples library, played by a pro and purpose built for iOS! Copy them to your fav daw (all loops can be copied as Apple Loops and will follow tempo in Garageband), take advantage of Audiobus and Inter App Audio or play along. Nothing is programmed or synthesized. Download the free version to get a taste of the action with one chapter fully enabled. Now with 4 salsa chapters added! If you want real percussion on your tracks, this is the best option there is, every loop or sample was performed in a pro studio by the Dutch number one percussionist. Furthermore, the app is a direct sibling of Drum Loops HD and Drum Loops HD 2 (also G.I. Records releases). In the revolutionary new version (1.2) loops can be copied to Garageband as Apple Loops meaning that they follow GB tempo, just like in Drum Loops HD and Drum Loops HD 2. Main features! (only Ballads chapter fully functional in light version) * Full percussion loop library for anyone making music on an iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch, containing 9 styles with Audiobus and Inter App audio support built in * Loops and samples performed on congas, shakers, tambourine, djembe, shekere and more. * Big library of sampled percussion instruments (besides the loops) * Copy/paste to your favorite multitracker! * Copy a wav to any DAW, copy an Apple Loop to Garageband for changing tempo and composing on Apple’s most popular music program * Percussionist to play along with when practicing your timing on any instrument (all grooves loop perfectly in app itself) * Performed, recorded and built only for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. * Many styles in many bpms (check content list) * 4/4, 6/8 loops and shuffles, 'smooth' loops, loops in straight time and shuffled time plus some unique 'urban loops' * Uncut, not time stretched, not chopped but actual high end recordings. * Audio quality: 44.1 kHz, 16 bit (cd). * All loops are actually played in all bpms separately, with subtle changes and differences between them for making your music come alive. * All loops can be used creatively outside their respective styles, giving endless combinations. * The loops were played and cut to 2 bar loops (instead of 1) giving a more natural feel (and less repetition) to your tracks. Every style comes in a wide range of tempos including: * Ballads-60, 66, 72 and 78 bpm (beats per minute), 3 conga loops, 3 shaker loops and 3 tambourine loops per bpm (FULLY FUNCTIONAL IN LIGHT VERSION) * Pop/Rock-80-170 bpm, in 10 bpm increments, 3 conga loops, 3 shaker loops and 3 tambourine loops per bpm * Funk/Hip-Hop-80, 90, 100, 110, 120 and 130 bpm, 3 conga loops, 3 shaker loops and 3 tambourine loops per bpm * Dance/DnB-120, 130, 140, 160 and 180 bpm, 3 conga loops, 3 shaker loops and 3 tambourine loops per bpm * Soul-100, 110, 120 and 130 bpm, 3 conga loops, 3 shaker loops and 3 tambourine loops per bpm * Smooth loops-60-130 bpm (10 bpm increments), 3 conga loops, 3 shaker loops and 3 tambourine loops per bpm * 6/8 and Shuffles-75, 85, 95, 110 and 130 bpm, conga loops, shaker loops, tambourine loops, shekere loops and djembe loops * Jazz,100-280 bpm, 20 bpm increments, 3 conga loops and 2 tambourine loops per bpm * 4 new Salsa chapters, Congas/Bongos, Claves, Cowbell, Timbals, Güiro and Shekere, loops and samples with all relevant patterns and traditional fills! * Urban Loops-80-120 bpm (10 bpm increments) played on congas, djembe, shekere, shaker and tambourine * Mixed percussion loops-80, 100, 120 and 140 bpm mixes of congas, shaker, tambourine and djembe, mixed for your comfort * Conga and Djembe-samples- huge library of percussion samples at multiple dynamic levels, covering all conga hand techniques plus some Djembe samples * Sampled instruments- a vast number of percussion samples (from familiar to less standard with effects) See this app in action here: www.iosappsformusicians.com (support site with two trailers)

Screenshots

Drum Loop4 screens
Percussion Loops HD Light4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Percussion Loops HD Light at 5.0 against Drum Loop's 1.0. Percussion Loops HD Light also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Drum Loop's advantage is review sentiment (24% vs 0%) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 11 months). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Percussion Loops HD Light holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 24% of Drum Loop's written reviews are positive against 0% of Percussion Loops HD Light's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drum Loop ships an update every 3 months, Percussion Loops HD Light every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Drum Loop versus Percussion Loops HD Light: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrum LoopPercussion Loops HD Light
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews23.8% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 11 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.69.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB129 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRockCat Studio LimitedGo Independent Records

Customer experience

Drum Loop

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive23.8%
Neutral4.8%
Negative71.4%

Percussion Loops HD Light

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Drum Loop

No in-app purchases

None

Percussion Loops HD Light

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Drum Loop free?
Drum Loop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Percussion Loops HD Light free?
Percussion Loops HD Light is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Drum Loop or Percussion Loops HD Light?
Percussion Loops HD Light is rated higher. Drum Loop averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Percussion Loops HD Light averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Drum Loop or Percussion Loops HD Light have ads?
Drum Loop shows ads; Percussion Loops HD Light does not.
Which is updated more often, Drum Loop or Percussion Loops HD Light?
Drum Loop ships an update every 3 months, and Percussion Loops HD Light every 11 months. Most recently, Drum Loop was updated on October 9, 2026 and Percussion Loops HD Light on October 7, 2026.

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