Comparison

Idiotic vs GrooveSmith

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

Head to head
About

Idiotic

Create silly music with this sound recording and pitch-changing keyboard. Features built-in sounds, the ability to record your own voice, and a unique pitch control for hilarious effects. It's designed to be the world's silliest instrument for fun and experimentation.

Highlights
  • Sound recording
  • Pitch changing
  • Built-in sound banks
  • Record your own voice
  • Pitch control slider
  • Silly instrument
Features
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Idiotic is a fun, sound recording, pitch changing music keyboard for the iPhone and iPad. With lots of crazy built-in sounds and the ability to record your own, start making Idiotic music today! Slide the Pitch Control to make the sounds higher and lower and truly Idiotic! There are 20 sound banks built-in. From chickens to pianos, to your own voice, Idiotic makes music fun. There are just 8 colourful keys - with Idiotic, there's no such thing as a wrong note. Unless you press the Idiotic button, then all the notes get a bit wrong! Try sliding the pitch control up and down whilst playing for extra annoying, extra Idiotic sounds, or wipe over the key to get some bendy sonics! Record a different sound onto each key, reverse them, perform them, record your Idiotic-ness and send it to your friends! Hold a key and hit record and enter MULTI mode. You can make whole sentences for your friends to enjoy! Idiotic is truly the world's silliest instrument. For more fun nonsense and some fantastic catchy songs, visit www.djeurope.com. DJ Europe is the world's number two DJ, he makes songs about home appliances, love, holidays and more. Take the incredible Washing Machine app for a spin!

About

GrooveSmith

Features
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You sit down at the kit — and play the same three beats you always play. GrooveSmith solves the hardest part of practising alone: deciding what to play. Tap once and you get a fresh practice sheet — a groove flowing into a fill — written out properly, with the audio to match. Not a random note generator: every combination is checked so it sounds like real drumming. YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ MUSIC If you read charts, this is a chart. If you don't, turn on labels and the notes tell you which drum to hit — so you're learning real notation from day one, not a simplified version you'd have to unlearn later. IT GROWS WITH YOU Ten levels, from your very first beat to material you'll have to work at. Each one adds a single new idea instead of a wall, so the next level always feels like the next step — not a cliff. BUILT FOR PLAYING ALONG, NOT WATCHING Hit play and the drums, the click and a moving cursor stay locked together. Change tempo without stopping. Count yourself in. Mute the kit and keep the click, or the other way round. FILLS, AND THE RUDIMENTS YOU KEEP MEANING TO WORK ON Short pickups or a full bar, with the sticking written in so you're never guessing which hand leads. Paradiddles, flams, rolls — properly notated. FITS THE WAY YOU ALREADY PRACTISE Play something once or twenty times. Slow it right down, stop halfway, come back tomorrow. There's no course to work through and no streak to keep — you decide what counts as progress. Rock and pop, straight, half-time or shuffle — and 6/8 and 12/8 when you want them. Works offline. No account, no ads, nothing to sign up for. Made by a drummer who got bored of his own practice routine.

Screenshots

Idiotic3 screens
GrooveSmith4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GrooveSmith at none against Idiotic's 1. GrooveSmith also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 8 months). Idiotic's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Idiotic sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. GrooveSmith asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Idiotic ships an update every 8 months, GrooveSmith every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Idiotic versus GrooveSmith: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIdioticGrooveSmith
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews92.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWimbledon SoundBlackshift s.r.o.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Idiotic

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99
None

GrooveSmith

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Idiotic free?
Idiotic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GrooveSmith free?
GrooveSmith is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Idiotic or GrooveSmith have ads?
Neither Idiotic nor GrooveSmith shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Idiotic or GrooveSmith?
Idiotic ships an update every 8 months, and GrooveSmith every 3 weeks. Most recently, Idiotic was updated on October 12, 2026 and GrooveSmith on October 15, 2026.

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