myDrums vs Boom Lab
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
myDrums
Easily create drum rhythms for various music genres. Save your beats for future use, perfect for aspiring musicians, DJs, and producers. Explore simple sequencing for rap, hip-hop, rock, and jazz.
- Easy drum sequencing
- Create custom rhythms
- Save beats for later
- Supports rap, hip-hop, rock, jazz
- Background music creation
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The easiest drum sequencer in the world... FREE ! Create your rhythm and save it for later jams. Great for rap, hip-hop, rock, jazz, also for background music for radio or dj's bd: bass drum sd: snare drum hh: hi-hat
Boom Lab
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Boom Lab is a futuristic mobile music creation app for building beats, mixing tracks, recording original sounds, and organizing project ideas on your device. Start in Beat Lab with glowing pads, BPM controls, loop recording, quantize, swing, and a collapsible mini synth keyboard. Move into DJ Lab to load two decks, blend tracks, scratch virtual vinyl, adjust deck volume, and save sample ideas back into your crate. Stem Lab tools provide the interface for vocals, drums, bass, and instrumental separation workflows as the app evolves. Boom Lab is designed around local device storage. Saved projects, sample metadata, and recorded sounds are kept on your device so you can keep working smoothly and offline. Current features include: - 4-pad beat machine - Loop recording controls - BPM, swing, and quantize controls - Collapsible mini piano synth - Landscape-style DJ mixing board - Two deck import and playback controls - Virtual vinyl scratch interaction - Sample crate for saved sounds - Original sound recorder - Stem Lab placeholder workflow - Saved project vault - .boom project export and import - Device-first offline workflow Boom Lab is free with ads. The only paid upgrade is Boom Lab Premium, which removes ads. Core creation tools are not locked behind a paywall.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: myDrums at 8.0 against Boom Lab's 15.1. On price, ads, 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.
| Parameter | myDrums | Boom Lab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Roberto Sonzogni | Joseph Wright |
In-app purchases
myDrums
No in-app purchases
Boom Lab
No in-app purchases









