Double Kick Drum Kit vs Play 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 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.
- Studio quality drum kit
- Customizable layout
- High definition graphics
- High quality audio samples
- Excellent response times
- Play along to music library
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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.
Play Drums!
Experience a futuristic rhythm game inspired by 80s electronic drum kits and EDM. Tap colorful hexagons in time with the music to score points and improve your rhythmic abilities. Choose from various difficulty levels, songs, and drum kits.
- Rhythm game with EDM music
- Beginner and advanced difficulty levels
- Multiple drum kits and songs
- Professionally recorded stereo sounds
- Hi-resolution graphics
- Lefty mode for reversed layout
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Play Drums! is an exciting and unique rhythm game based on the electronic drum kits of the 1980s. Combined with electronic dance music (EDM), this fast-paced and futuristic game is not only fun and challenging, but actually improves your rhythmic abilities! When you start a song, choosing from either beginner or advanced levels, colorful concentric hexagons converge onto the drum pad that should be tapped. If you hit it right on time, you score 50 points; almost in rhythm, 25 points. And if you miss, 10 points are deducted from your score. With 10 songs and 6 different drum kits to choose from, you'll be rockin' like a real drummer in no time! Play Drums! is the most fun way ever to learn to Play Drums! FEATURES: * 5 free EDM beginner songs and 5 free EDM advanced songs to choose from * 6 free amazing drum kits to choose from......play to songs, or play drums without music * Professionally recorded stereo sounds * Beautiful hi-resolution retina graphics * Game Center integration * Lefty mode: reverse the drum layout PRIVACY POLICY: http://codyrotwein.com/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Double Kick Drum Kit at 4.3 against Play Drums!'s 3.7. Double Kick Drum Kit also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Play Drums! sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Double Kick Drum Kit asks for nothing beyond the download.
Double Kick Drum Kit holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of Double Kick Drum Kit's written reviews are positive against 40% of Play Drums!'s.
Double Kick Drum Kit ships an update every 5 months, Play Drums! every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Double Kick Drum Kit | Play Drums! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (21 ratings) — better | 3.7 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 43.8% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +9 |
| Developer | Foobar Creative | Drum Starz |
Customer experience
Double Kick Drum Kit
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In-app purchases
Double Kick Drum Kit
No in-app purchases
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