Double Kick Drum Kit vs Real 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.
Real Drums!
Experience a realistic drumming environment with customizable drum kits and extensive sound options. Arrange components, edit layouts, and utilize features like auto-rolling and motion sensor integration for an immersive playing experience. Record your own beats or explore pre-recorded tracks.
- Customizable drum kit arrangement
- Multiple drum kit sounds
- Auto drum rolling
- Motion sensor integration
- Record and save beats
- Pre-recorded beats library
- 3-D sound positioning
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Looking for a realistic drum playing application? Want to arrange drum components as you like? Want sliding and playing functions with great responsiveness? Meeting above needs all at the same time? Here is a perfect solution for your ideal drum. Real Drums will provide you with realistic drum playing environment at your fingertips. FEATURES: * 4 different drum kit sounds (rock, jazz, dance, electronic) * 10 basic drum components with 12 different sounds played simultaneously * 8 extra components (4 brushed, side-stick, 2 extra cymbals, and a cowbell) * Arrange drum components to make your fingers comfortable * Edit (Add / Remove / Resize) components * Auto drum rolling (4, 8, 12, 16, 32 beat) * Mixes high quality poly-phony sounds with no clipping at the end * 3-D Positioning sounds * A metronome with adjustable on/off, BPMs and beats * Open hihat features quick stop * Record and save your own beats * 40 pre-recorded beats (Rock, Hiphop, Jazz, Latin, Ballad, Dance, etc) * Slide and play * Activates motion sensor for playing bass drum and cymbals * Great responsiveness for double bass and fast beats * Animated visual effect * Velocity Control Turn on your favorate song and enjoy !!!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Double Kick Drum Kit at none against Real Drums!'s 1. Double Kick Drum Kit also leads on ratings volume (21 vs 7) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Real Drums!'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (54% vs 44%). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Real Drums! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Double Kick Drum Kit asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Double Kick Drum Kit against 4.4 for Real Drums!. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 7 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 44% of Double Kick Drum Kit's written reviews are positive against 54% of Real Drums!'s.
Double Kick Drum Kit ships an update every 5 months, Real Drums! every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and June 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Double Kick Drum Kit | Real Drums! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (21 ratings) | 4.4 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 43.8% of reviews | 53.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 4 months — 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 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Foobar Creative | Mooseok Bahng |
Customer experience
Double Kick Drum Kit
Real Drums!
In-app purchases
Double Kick Drum Kit
No in-app purchases
Real Drums!
- Remove Ads$1.99
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