Double Kick Drum Kit vs Penguin Drums
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Double Kick Drum Kit
Transform your iPhone or iPad into a realistic drum kit with high-quality audio samples and fast response times. This free app is perfect for beginners and experienced drummers alike to practice or simply enjoy playing music.
- Realistic drum kit layout
- High-quality audio samples
- Fast response times
- Customizable drum kit
- Play along with music
- Optimized for iPhone and iPad
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Double Kick — the realistic drum kit experience, now free. Turn your iPhone or iPad into a real drum kit. Play snare, hi-hats, toms, and kicks with lightning-fast response times and high-quality audio samples — completely free. Double Kick is the free version of the popular drum kit experience. Perfect for trying it out, practicing, or just having fun drumming. FEATURES: • Realistic drum kit layout • High-quality audio samples • Fast response times • Customizable drum kit • Play along with your music • Optimized for iPhone and iPad • Completely free Whether you're just starting out on drums or an experienced drummer looking for a portable kit, Double Kick gives you the feel of a real drum kit whenever you want to play. Want more? Get Double Kick Pro for the full studio experience with additional features and no ads. Download Double Kick free now and start drumming.
Penguin Drums
This app simulates a drum kit on your device, allowing kids to play along with rhythms or use it as a MIDI controller. It offers a variety of drum sounds and supports multitouch for an interactive drumming experience.
- Multitouch drum pads
- Variety of drum instruments
- 12 example rhythms
- MIDI over Bluetooth support
- Simulates drum kit sounds
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Penguin Drums is an application for Kids that simulates a drum on your device. To play it, just drumming your fingers on the pads of the drums and the sound is played simultaneously. A fun, light and easy to use application. Ideal for those who want to study or play drumming without making much noise or taking up much space. Features of Penguin Drums: * Multitouch * Instruments like kick, snare, tom, floor tom, hi-hat, ride, ride-bell, crash, tambourine. * 12 examples of rhythms. * Support MIDI over Bluetooth When you connect your iOS device to Mac using "MIDI over Bluetooth", Penguin Drums Become to the drum pad for MIDI Sequencer software, such as GarageBand. Made for Kids drummers, beginners!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Double Kick Drum Kit at 44% against Penguin Drums's 0%. Double Kick Drum Kit also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (21 vs 1). Penguin Drums's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Double Kick Drum Kit holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Double Kick Drum Kit has 21 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of Double Kick Drum Kit's written reviews are positive against 0% of Penguin Drums's.
Double Kick Drum Kit ships an update every 6 months, Penguin Drums every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Double Kick Drum Kit | Penguin Drums |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (21 ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 43.8% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Foobar Creative | taisuke fujita |
Customer experience
Double Kick Drum Kit
Penguin Drums
In-app purchases
Double Kick Drum Kit
No in-app purchases
Penguin Drums
No in-app purchases
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