DronePlayer vs Berimbau ~ Capoeira
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DronePlayer
This app provides a practice tool for musicians to improvise over sustained tones, known as drones. It helps develop ear training and musical ideas by allowing users to mute drone voices for focused practice or add multiple drones for a richer experience.
- Improvisation practice tool
- Extended tonality practice
- Ear training development
- Muteable drone voices
- Multiple drone options
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DronePlayer is a fun, interactive practice assistant for improvising musicians. Playing over extended tonalities is a great way to develop your ears as well as your musical ideas. Long, sustained tones are generally known as drones. Drones have proven themselves quite useful for practicing. Many people use them to assist with intonation. Some enjoy playing scales over them. I personally have found them useful for practicing improvisation and improving my ears. Muting one of the drone voices is a great way to play with just a fundamental pitch. You can then improvise over this and focus on hearing how what you are playing relates. Adding a second drone voice just adds to the fun.
Berimbau ~ Capoeira
Experience the most realistic berimbau instrument simulator. Play capoeira melodies, record your sounds, and share them with friends. Supports Inter-App Audio and low-latency playback.
- Realistic berimbau sounds
- Two berimbau instrument types
- Inter-App Audio support
- Low-latency audio
- Melody recording
- Share music with friends
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Berimbau ~ Capoeira - most realistic berimbau instrument simulator app! Play Berimbau capoeira melodies, record that sounds, share them with friends. Key features: - Realistic sounds of two different kinds of Berimbau instruments. - Inter-App Audio supported. - Low-latency audio. - Possibility to record your melodies. - Share your Berimbau music with friends in compact format and play through that app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Berimbau ~ Capoeira at 4.0 against DronePlayer's 1.8. Berimbau ~ Capoeira also leads on price ($1.99 vs $4.99) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). DronePlayer's advantage is review sentiment (38% vs 0%) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 26 months). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
DronePlayer costs $4.99 and Berimbau ~ Capoeira $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Berimbau ~ Capoeira holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 38% of DronePlayer's written reviews are positive against 0% of Berimbau ~ Capoeira's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
DronePlayer ships an update every 4 months, Berimbau ~ Capoeira every 26 months. The most recent releases landed on July 4, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DronePlayer | Berimbau ~ Capoeira |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 1.8 (5 ratings) | 4.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 37.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 26 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #187 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | tingjing.com | Aliaksei Vatutsin |
Customer experience
DronePlayer
Berimbau ~ Capoeira
In-app purchases
DronePlayer
No in-app purchases
Berimbau ~ Capoeira
No in-app purchases
