Conga Drums vs Jingle+
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
Jingle+
This app simulates various shaker instruments using your phone's motion. Experience realistic sound and feel, perfect for live performances or studio work.
- Real motion shaker simulation
- Realistic sound and feel
- High-precision accelerometer data
- Expressive real-time control
- Tambourine, maraca, egg shaker, sleigh bells
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Jingle+ is the only shaker-instrument app that feels and sounds like a real instrument. Move and shake your phone and it feels just like holding a tambourine, maraca, egg shaker, or jingle/sleigh bells— expressively and in real time. Jingle uses high-precision motion data from the accelerometer to produce the same behaviour and range of sounds found in a real instrument – making it ideal for use live on stage or in the studio.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Conga Drums at Free against Jingle+'s $0.99. Conga Drums also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). Jingle+'s advantage is ads (none vs shown). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume 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
Conga Drums is free to download; Jingle+ costs $0.99 up front. Conga Drums sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Jingle+ sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Conga Drums against 4.5 for Jingle+. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 154 and 319 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 65% of Conga Drums's written reviews are positive against 72% of Jingle+'s.
Conga Drums ships an update every 2 months, Jingle+ every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Conga Drums | Jingle+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (154 ratings) | 4.5 (319 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.9% of reviews | 71.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 154 | 319 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | +9 | 4+ |
| Developer | Drum Starz | Charlie Williams |
Customer experience
Conga Drums
Jingle+
User reviews
Conga Drums
From 154 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎶 Amazing sound quality
- 🥁 Realistic drum sounds
- 👆 Great playability and responsiveness
- 💡 Multiple drum options/layouts
- 🤩 Fun and enjoyable to use
Room to improve
- 😠 Inappropriate and intrusive ads
- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- 🔇 Mutes other device audio
- ⚠️ Glitchy recording mode
- 🖱️ Difficult to hit specific sound zones accurately
Jingle+
From 319 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 😊 Great fun and enjoyment
- 🎄 Brings holiday cheer
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 🎶 Responsive to shaking/tapping
- 🌟 Realistic sounds
Room to improve
- 🎛️ Limited instrumental options
- 🔊 Low volume egg shaker sound
- 🎛️ Some sounds not very good (tambourine)
- 🐛 Background playback issues
- 🐛 App doesn't always shut off easily
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
Jingle+
Reported bugs
9 issues- Background playback feature not working reliably
- App continues playing when not on the app
- App doesn't work on some devices (iPhone 12 Pro)
- App doesn't open/work after installation
- Stuck on jingle bells sound
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- Some instruments not working
- Background play feature not working
- Cannot stop phone from jingling without reboot
- In-app purchase for interapp audio not found
Requested features
6 requests- More instrumental options (snare drum, cymbals)
- Lego sound effect
- Slapstick sound effect
- Add iWatch support
- Tutorial section
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- More sounds to make it interesting
In-app purchases
Conga Drums
- Conga Drums Upgrade$0.99
- Exporting$0.99
Jingle+
- All Instruments$1.99
- Inter-App Audio$1.99








