Comparison

Double Kick Drum Kit vs Cajon!

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Double Kick Drum Kit

Transform your device into a professional drum kit for high-performance music creation. Customize the layout to match your style and play along to your favorite tracks. Enjoy studio-quality audio and graphics for an immersive drumming experience.

Highlights
  • Studio quality drum kit
  • Customizable layout
  • High definition graphics
  • High quality audio samples
  • Excellent response times
  • Play along to music library
Features
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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.

About

Cajon!

Experience authentic drumming with a variety of percussion instruments. This app offers realistic touch sensitivity, pitch changes, and multi-track recording. Customize your cajon's color and sound with adjustable effects, and play along to built-in beats and metronome.

Highlights
  • 6 high-fidelity cajons
  • 5 additional percussion instruments
  • Realistic touch sensitivity and pitch response
  • Multi-track recording and export
  • Customizable cajon colors
  • Play-along beats and metronome
Features
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The cajon is thought to have originated in Peru, where African slaves used old packing crates to replace their native drums. Cajon! Free features 6 different professionally recorded high fidelity cajons to play. You can also add 5 different percussion instruments that can be played along with the cajon including congas, bongos, timbales and more. Realistic features of Cajon! Free combine to give you an authentic drumming experience. The pitch changes slightly depending on where you hit the cajon. Also, the volume responds to your touch; the harder you tap, the louder it sounds. Playing rolls is as easy as swirling your finger, simply adjusting the roll speed by how fast or slow you swirl.   A unique addition to Cajon! Free is the ability to choose any color you desire for the cajon. Other great features include adjustments for pitch, reverb, delay, and touch sensitivity, multi-track recording, ability to share and export your recordings (optional in-app purchase), and so much more! There are also 16 PlayAlong Beats, 15 unique Drum Beats and 11 Music Beats to play along to, as well as 11 different metronome sounds. Utilizing decades of real drum experience and the latest technology, Cajon! Free is the perfect app for cajon players of all ages and experience! FEATURES:
 - 5 professionally recorded 44.1 khz high fidelity cajons, with more to come - 5 different percussion instruments to choose from including congas, bongos, timbales, cowbell/woodblock, and snare/cymbal - Slider control for different cajon color choices - The harder you hit the drums, the louder they sound! - Drum Pitch Sensitivity - the pitch changes depending on where you strike the cajon, just like a real cajon - Reverb and Delay Controls - slider adjustments allows limitless drum sounds - Pitch Control - lower or raise the pitch of the drums - Realistic visual effects - Retina Display for both iPad and iPhone for incredibly crisp graphics - 15 Drum Beats and 11 Music Beats to play along to, with more to come! - PlayAlong Beats: 16 new loops with basic bass drum, hi-hat or snare beats, to play along for added rhythmic expression! - Realistic Rolls - simply swirl your finger around to create slower or faster rolls - Double Beat drum feature with slider adjustment - 11 Metronome Sounds and 4 Time Signatures to choose from, with BPM adjustment - Multi-track recording - easily add or delete tracks, save and loop recordings - Share your recordings through email, Facebook, and Twitter - Export your recordings to your computer (optional in-app purchase) - Lefty Mode - reverse the entire drum layout - Play along to the music on your iPod - Adjust volume for metronome and beat sounds PRIVACY POLICY: http://codyrotwein.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

Double Kick Drum Kit3 screens
Cajon!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Double Kick Drum Kit at none against Cajon!'s 2. Double Kick Drum Kit also leads on review sentiment (44% vs 25%). Cajon!'s advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Cajon! sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Double Kick Drum Kit asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Double Kick Drum Kit against 4.3 for Cajon!. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 18 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 44% of Double Kick Drum Kit's written reviews are positive against 25% of Cajon!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Double Kick Drum Kit ships an update every 5 months, Cajon! monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Double Kick Drum Kit versus Cajon!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDouble Kick Drum KitCajon!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (21 ratings)4.3 (18 ratings) — better
Positive reviews43.8% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings21 — better18
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB52 MB
Age rating4++9
DeveloperFoobar CreativeDrum Starz

Customer experience

Double Kick Drum Kit

All ratings21 ratings
Positive81.0%
Neutral9.5%
Negative9.5%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive43.8%
Neutral12.5%
Negative43.8%

Cajon!

All ratings18 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral5.6%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative62.5%

In-app purchases

None

Double Kick Drum Kit

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Cajon!

One-time2
  • Exporting$0.99
  • Remove Ads$0.99

Questions

Is Double Kick Drum Kit free?
Double Kick Drum Kit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cajon! free?
Cajon! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Double Kick Drum Kit or Cajon!?
Cajon! is rated higher. Double Kick Drum Kit averages 4.3 out of 5 from 21 ratings, while Cajon! averages 4.3 from 18 ratings.
Do Double Kick Drum Kit or Cajon! have ads?
Both Double Kick Drum Kit and Cajon! show ads.
Which is updated more often, Double Kick Drum Kit or Cajon!?
Double Kick Drum Kit ships an update every 5 months, and Cajon! monthly. Most recently, Double Kick Drum Kit was updated on October 21, 2026 and Cajon! on October 23, 2026.

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