Comparison

Djembe Thumb Drum vs Frame Drum!

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

Head to head
About

Djembe Thumb Drum

This app simulates a Djembe drum with customizable pitch and volume for bass, tone, and slap sounds. It allows users to play along in drum circles with friends.

Highlights
  • Realistic Djembe drum simulation
  • Customizable bass, tone, and slap sounds
  • Adjustable pitch and volume
  • Play with friends in drum circles
  • Fast and responsive interface
Features
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Djembe Thumb Drum is a fast and responsive Djembe Drum. You can customize the pitch and volume of the bass, tone and slap. Play the Djembe in Drum circle's with your friends!

About

Frame Drum!

Explore a variety of frame drums with realistic sound and touch sensitivity. Create music with multi-track recording, built-in beats, and metronome functions. Share and export your creations.

Highlights
  • Realistic touch sensitivity for volume control
  • Multiple frame drum types and layouts
  • Multi-track recording and playback
  • Built-in beats and metronome
  • Pitch, reverb, and delay adjustments
  • Share and export recordings
Features
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Frame Drum! Free is the fun and easy way to play many different types of frame drums, including Bendir, Duff, Tambourine, and many more. Perfect for both beginners and pros alike, Frame Drum! Free utilizes the latest technology and decades of real frame drum experience to create the ideal frame drum app for the iPhone or iPad. All of the features of the app combine to make you feel as if you are playing a real frame drum. There are 8 different single drum layouts to choose from- Bendir, Dirty Duff, Duff, Frame Drum, Large and Small Frame Drum, Tambourine, and Tambourine Jam. There are also 3 different 2 drum layouts- Small & Large Frame Drum, Bendir & Dirty Duff, and Tambourine & Frame Drum, with more to come. Featuring unique touch sensitivity, the sound volume varies according to how hard you hit it, just like a real drum. The pitch changes slightly depending on where you hit the drum as well, and realistic graphics and visual effects combine to enhance the experience. Playing realistic rolls is as easy as swirling your finger around, simply adjusting the roll speed by how fast or slow you swirl your finger. Other features include pitch, sensitivity, reverb, and delay adjustments, multi-track recording, ability to share and export your recordings (optional in-app purchase), and so much more. Frame Drum! Free also includes 16 PlayAlong Beats, 22 unique Percussion Beats and 10 Music Beats to play to, as well as 25 different metronome sounds to choose from. FEATURES: • Professionally recorded 44.1 khz high fidelity stereo sound • Touch sensitivity - The harder you hit the drums, the louder they sound! • Reverb and Delay Controls - slider adjustments allows limitless drum sounds • Pitch Control - lower or raise the pitch of the drums • Realistic visual effects - drums visually correspond to your every touch • Retina Display for both iPad and iPhone for incredibly crisp graphics • 22 Percussion Beats and 10 Music Beats to play along to, with more to come! • PlayAlong Beats: 16 new loops with basic bass drum, hi-hat or snare beats, to play along for added rhythmic expression! • Realistic Rolls - simply swirl your finger around to create slower or faster rolls • Double beat feature with slider adjustment • 25 Metronome Sounds and 4 Time Signatures, with BPM adjustment • Multi-track recording - easily add or delete tracks, save and loop recordings • Share your recordings through email, Facebook, and Twitter • Export your recordings to your computer (optional in-app purchase) • Lefty Mode - reverse the 2 drum layouts • Play along to the music on your iPod PRIVACY POLICY: http://codyrotwein.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

Djembe Thumb Drum4 screens
Frame Drum!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Frame Drum! at Free against Djembe Thumb Drum's $4.99. Frame Drum! also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months). Djembe Thumb Drum's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 2.8) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). On ratings volume, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Frame Drum! is free to download; Djembe Thumb Drum costs $4.99 up front. Frame Drum! sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Djembe Thumb Drum asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Djembe Thumb Drum holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of Djembe Thumb Drum's written reviews are positive against 0% of Frame Drum!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Djembe Thumb Drum ships an update every 9 months, Frame Drum! every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 18, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Djembe Thumb Drum versus Frame Drum!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDjembe Thumb DrumFrame Drum!
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better2.8 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings24 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB51 MB
Age rating4++9
DeveloperThumb WizardsDrum Starz

Customer experience

Djembe Thumb Drum

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%

Frame Drum!

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Djembe Thumb Drum

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Frame Drum!

One-time2
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • Exporting$0.99

Questions

Is Djembe Thumb Drum free?
Djembe Thumb Drum costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Frame Drum! free?
Frame Drum! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Djembe Thumb Drum or Frame Drum!?
Djembe Thumb Drum is rated higher. Djembe Thumb Drum averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Frame Drum! averages 2.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Djembe Thumb Drum or Frame Drum! have ads?
Both Djembe Thumb Drum and Frame Drum! show ads.
Which is updated more often, Djembe Thumb Drum or Frame Drum!?
Djembe Thumb Drum ships an update every 9 months, and Frame Drum! every 2 months. Most recently, Djembe Thumb Drum was updated on August 18, 2026 and Frame Drum! on September 13, 2026.

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