Hand Drums vs Best Electronic Drums
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hand Drums
Explore a collection of 25 professionally recorded hand drums, including bongos, congas, and djembes. Play along to a metronome, custom beats, or your own music library. Record and share your drumming creations.
- 25 professionally recorded hand drums
- Play along to metronome, beats, and loops
- Record and share drumming sessions
- Pitch and roll controls
- Play along with iPod music
- Visual 3D effects
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If you've always wanted to play the bongos, conga, or any other hand drum, or already know how, Hand Drums Free is for you! Easy to use, extremely fun and entertaining, Hand Drums Free features 25 unique hand drums, including Bongos, Conga, Djembe, Doumbek, Cajon, Tabla and more, all professionally recorded in high quality 16 bit stereo. You can play alone, to a metronome, or to unique Pocket Beats and Loops. You can even play along to the music on your iPod right from within Hand Drums Free. With features including pitch control, ability to share and export your recordings (optional in-app purchase), metronome, drum rolls, drum loops, and more, you'll sound like a pro from the moment you start playing! FEATURES: • 25 different hand drums, all professionally recorded in high-quality 16-bit stereo: Bendir, Bongo, Bongo Jam, Boudran, Cajon, Conga, Djembe, Doumbek, Duff, Electronic Drums, Frame Drum, Frame Drum with Bells, Mini Djembe, Pakhawaj, Snare & Bass, Tabla, Talking Drum, Tambourine, Timbale, and Tom Tom, with more to follow. • 4 Unique Playing Zones on each drum create a realistic drumming experience. • 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 43 sounds to choose from and variable speed switch (BPM) • 67 Pocket Beats and Loops to play along to • PlayAlong Beats: 16 new loops with basic bass drum, hi-hat or snare beats, to play along for added rhythmic expression! • 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 Hand 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 Hand Drums Free PRIVACY POLICY: http://codyrotwein.com/privacy.html
Best Electronic Drums
This application offers a virtual drum kit with realistic sounds and multiple instrument choices. It's designed for both beginners and experienced musicians, allowing users to create their own compositions and learn to play.
- Recording mode
- Multitouch support
- Realistic drum sounds
- Choice of instruments
- Solo mode
- Bilingual support
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We have prepared a special the Best Electronic Drums (percussion) set for you! Try unique music instruments! This game is perfect both for experienced percussionists and amateurs (even for kids!). Making music never before has been so easy. Now you don’t have to have your own studio. Features: - free - recording mode (you can make your own composition) - multitouch - a full acoustic set - 14 realistic sounds - choice of real musical instruments sound like: bass drum, snare drum, tom, floor tom, crash, hi-hat (hihat), cowbell, reverse cymbal, hand clap. - a real drum kit - 2 languages (English and Polish) - perfect for every drummer: experienced musicians and kids - solo mode Learn to play on drums with this application! Feel the electric power!!!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hand Drums at 4.0 against Best Electronic Drums's 1.0. Hand Drums also leads on review sentiment (17% vs 0%) and ratings volume (11 vs 1). Best Electronic Drums's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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
Both are free to download. Hand Drums sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Best Electronic Drums asks for nothing beyond the download.
Hand Drums holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hand Drums has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of Hand Drums's written reviews are positive against 0% of Best Electronic Drums's.
| Parameter | Hand Drums | Best Electronic Drums |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (11 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 7.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Drum Starz | NETIGEN Kluzowicz sp. j. |
Customer experience
Hand Drums
Best Electronic Drums
In-app purchases
Hand Drums
- Hand Drums Upgrade$0.99
- Exporting$0.99
Best Electronic Drums
No in-app purchases
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