Double Kick Drum Kit vs DrumSet Live
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.
DrumSet Live
Learn to play the drums with realistic sound kits. Create custom drum kits and sample sounds for music production. Offers real-time feedback and high-quality audio.
- Learn to play drums
- Real drum sound kits
- Custom drum kits
- Sample sounds
- Text feedback on tap
- High-quality audio
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Learn to play the Drums using real Drum sound kits. Custom Drum kits are rare and producers love to sample from using Drum Set Live App. we have more to come. - Text feedback when drums is tapped - Mastered recorded, high quality drum Kit Sounds - Play multiple drum Kits simultaneously FOLLOW US: Twitter: http://twitter.com/CreateLex
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Verdict
Double Kick Drum Kit and DrumSet Live both sit at 4.3 stars, but that hides the real split: 81% of DrumSet Live's written reviews are positive against 44% of Double Kick Drum Kit's. DrumSet Live also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Double Kick Drum Kit against 4.4 for DrumSet Live. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DrumSet Live has 262 ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 44% of Double Kick Drum Kit's written reviews are positive against 81% of DrumSet Live's.
Double Kick Drum Kit ships an update every 5 months, DrumSet Live every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Double Kick Drum Kit | DrumSet Live |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (21 ratings) | 4.4 (262 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 43.8% of reviews | 81.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 21 | 262 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 9.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Foobar Creative | CREATELEX LLC |
Customer experience
Double Kick Drum Kit
DrumSet Live
Bugs and requests
Double Kick Drum Kit
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
DrumSet Live
Reported bugs
9 issues- App crashes on startup
- Black screen and forced exit
- No sound playback
- Full-screen ads interrupt gameplay
- Audio delay between tap and sound output
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- App screen shrinks with ads taking over
- Misses rapid taps when drumming fast
- Screen display issues on iPhone 6s Plus and larger devices
- Text messages visible under fingers during play
Requested features
10 requests- Recording functionality
- Multitouch support for complex rhythms
- Ad removal or reduced ad frequency
- Different drum sound variations
- Landscape orientation support
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- Smaller ad banner instead of full-screen ads
- Better visual drum set graphics
- Larger drum pads for bigger fingers
- More drum samples and variety
- Ability to share recorded beats
In-app purchases
Double Kick Drum Kit
No in-app purchases
DrumSet Live
No in-app purchases
Questions
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