Double Kick Drum Kit vs PlayDrum
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.
PlayDrum
This app provides a realistic drumming experience for musicians of all levels. It features multiple drum kits, an intuitive interface, and interactive tutorials to help you learn. You can also play along to your favorite music and use it as a MIDI controller.
- Intuitive and customizable interface
- Multi-touch support for responsive play
- Multiple professional drum kits
- Interactive tutorial for beginners
- Play along to your music library
- MIDI controller functionality
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Drum sets made by drummers and made for all! No matter you’re 1st time drummers or professional musicians, Play Drum is designed just for you! Features: * Intuitive interface. Minimal, clean and professional look, customizable color theme. * Multi-touch supported. Super fast and responsive multi-touch so that you can hear each instrument clearly without any delay! * Multiple drum kits to choose from: Studio Heavy Kit, Rock Kit, Tight Kit and R&B Remix Kit. * Easy to learn. Interactive tutorial helps you learn the basics of drumming and all the instruments of a drum set in no time! * Play to your favorite music. You can add music from iTunes shared folder with ease. * Works as a MIDI Controller with GarageBand and Logic X. Contact us: playdrum.app@gmail.com. We’d love to hear what songs you play drums to!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Double Kick Drum Kit at none against PlayDrum's 1. PlayDrum's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (75% vs 44%). On price, ratings volume 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. PlayDrum sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Double Kick Drum Kit asks for nothing beyond the download.
PlayDrum holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 37 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of Double Kick Drum Kit's written reviews are positive against 75% of PlayDrum's.
Double Kick Drum Kit ships an update every 5 months, PlayDrum every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on October 21, 2026.
| Parameter | Double Kick Drum Kit | PlayDrum |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (21 ratings) | 4.5 (37 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 43.8% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 21 | 37 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| 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 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Foobar Creative | Maimaitiming Abudukadier |
Customer experience
Double Kick Drum Kit
PlayDrum
In-app purchases
Double Kick Drum Kit
No in-app purchases
PlayDrum
- "Unlock All Drum Kits"$1.99
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