Drum Loop vs Flash Tempo
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).
Flash Tempo
This music app combines a metronome with a music player, allowing simultaneous playback of songs and metronome beats. Customize beat patterns, sounds, and BPM, and personalize the background. It supports various music formats but not DRM-protected files.
- Simultaneous music and metronome playback
- Customizable beat patterns
- Adjustable BPM (60-150)
- Multiple beat sound options
- Tap BPM setting
- Background color/image selection
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A metronome featuring full-screen flashes that pulse in time with the beat. Follow the beat visually as well as by sound—ideal for instrument practice, rhythm training, and situations where you prefer to practice without sound. Features : - Flash: Full-screen flashes synchronized with the beat - Flash Settings: Separate colors and durations for accent and regular beats - BPM: 30 – 240 - Tempo Setting: Set the BPM by tapping along with the rhythm - Time Signature: 1/4 – 8/4 - Beat Display: Marks or numbers - Sound: Separate settings for accent and regular beats - Audio: Plays alongside audio from other apps Functions : During playback, the entire screen flashes with each beat. Customize the flash colors, durations, and sounds for accent and regular beats, and select how the current beat is displayed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Flash Tempo at 33% against Drum Loop's 24%. Drum Loop's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 Loop ships an update every 3 months, Flash Tempo every 4 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Drum Loop | Flash Tempo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 23.8% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RockCat Studio Limited | Loop-Sessions.LLC. |
Customer experience
Drum Loop
Flash Tempo
In-app purchases
Drum Loop
No in-app purchases
Flash Tempo
No in-app purchases
Questions
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