Conga Drums vs Pellet Drum
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Conga Drums
This app allows users to play various conga and bongo drums with realistic sounds and graphics. It offers multiple drum configurations, play-along options with beats, loops, and personal music, and features like pitch control and recording.
- Multiple conga and bongo drum types
- Various drum configurations
- Realistic 3D visual effects
- Professionally recorded 16-bit stereo sounds
- Play-along beats, loops, and iPod music
- Recording and sharing capabilities
- Metronome with adjustable BPM
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Now you can play conga anytime, anywhere with Conga Drums Free! Featuring high resolution graphics and professionally recorded sounds, Conga Drums Free is the ultimate drumming app for the iPhone and iPad. You can play the Conga, Quinto, Tumba, Requinto, Super Tumba or Bongos in 2, 3, 4, or 5 drum configurations. Play alone, to 16 new loops with basic bass drum, hi-hat or snare beats, or to the metronome with 18 different sounds, or to over 27 unique Pocket Beats and Loops. You can even play along to your favorite music on your iPod right from within Conga Drums Free! With features including amazing 3D effect when hitting the drums, low latency 16-bit stereo sounds, slide 'n play, pitch control, ability to share and export your recordings (optional in-app purchase), drum rolls, and more, you'll sound like a pro from the moment you start playing! FEATURES: • 5 different drums plus Bongos, all professionally recorded in high quality 16-bit stereo: Conga, Quinto, Tumba, Requinto, and Super Tumba. • 4 different configurations: 2, 3, 4, or 5 drum • 3 Unique Playing Zones on each drum create a realistic sounding drum • Share your recordings through email, Facebook, and Twitter • Export your recordings to your computer (optional in-app purchase) • Visual 3D effect when drums are hit maximizes the drumming experience • Metronome with 18 sounds to choose from and variable speed switch (BPM) • PlayAlong Beats: 16 new loops with basic bass drum, hi-hat or snare beats, to play along for added rhythmic expression! • 29 Pocket Beats and Loops to play along to • Slide your finger between the drums • Shake your device to play sounds to your favorite music • Play drum heads simultaneously • Play along with your favorite music by easily accessing your iPod music right from within Conga Drums Free • Volume controls for both the drum sounds and music • Pitch control allows for unlimited drum sounds • Rolls on drums with variable speed adjustment (BPM) • Using headphones will allow you to fully enjoy the high quality sounds of Conga Drums Free PRIVACY POLICY: http://codyrotwein.com/privacy.html
Pellet Drum
Create realistic drum beats by rotating your phone. Experience a classic way to make music.
- Realistic beat creation
- Phone rotation controls
- Classic music experience
- Intuitive interface
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Rotate your phone to make realistic beats.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pellet Drum at 5.0 against Conga Drums's 4.4. Pellet Drum also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). Conga Drums's advantage is ratings volume (154 vs 2) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Conga Drums sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Pellet Drum sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pellet Drum holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Conga Drums has 154 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of Conga Drums's written reviews are positive against 70% of Pellet Drum's.
Conga Drums ships an update every 2 months, Pellet Drum every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Conga Drums | Pellet Drum |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (154 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.8% of reviews | 70.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 154 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | +9 | 4+ |
| Developer | Drum Starz | 乃君 黄 |
Customer experience
Conga Drums
Pellet Drum
Bugs and requests
Conga Drums
Reported bugs
10 issues- Crashes on iPhone
- Mutes iPad audio
- Recording mode is glitchy
- Cannot save or delete recordings
- Multi-track recording doesn't work
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- Loop beat speed doesn't work
- Pitch switch affects speed too
- Beat timing does nothing
- Weird extra drum hits
- Pop-up ads prevent playing
Requested features
9 requests- Add a tuning assist function
- Add a demo of features
- Improve ease of selecting sounds
- Add a mixer to adjust sound levels
- Overlay a map of sound zones
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- Fix multi-track recording issues
- Make recording mode less glitchy
- Add a feature to save in a useful format
- Create a timbales app
Pellet Drum
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Conga Drums
- Conga Drums Upgrade$0.99
- Exporting$0.99
Pellet Drum
- Remove Ads$0.99
- Support Developer$1.99
