Comparison

myDrums vs Boom Lab

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Easy drum sequencing
  • Create custom rhythms
  • Save beats for later
  • Supports rap, hip-hop, rock, jazz
  • Background music creation
Features
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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

About

Boom Lab

Features
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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.

Screenshots

myDrums2 screens
Boom Lab4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
myDrums versus Boom Lab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametermyDrumsBoom Lab
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRoberto SonzogniJoseph Wright

In-app purchases

None

myDrums

No in-app purchases

None

Boom Lab

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is myDrums free?
myDrums is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Boom Lab free?
Boom Lab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do myDrums or Boom Lab have ads?
Neither myDrums nor Boom Lab shows ads.

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