Hand Drums vs Drum@
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
Drum@
This app offers a virtual drum kit with 8 realistic drum sounds and multiple instruments. It allows for simultaneous song and drum playing with multitouch support and vibration mode.
- Multitouch support
- 8 drum pads
- Complete acoustic drum kit
- Realistic drum sounds
- Simultaneous song and drum playing
- Vibration mode
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Features: * Multitouch * 8 drum pads * Complete acoustic drum kit * 8 realistic drum sounds * Instruments like kick, bass, snare, tom, floor, cymbal, hi-hat, ride, crash, splash, bell, china, block, cowbell and tambourine * Simultaneous song and drum playing * Free * Vibration mode Music http://freesound.org/people/rjonesxlr8/sounds/221204/ http://www.soundjig.com/pages/soundfx/drums.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Drum@ at none against Hand Drums's 2. Drum@ also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (25% vs 10%). Hand Drums's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 3.7) and ratings volume (11 vs 3). On price, update cadence 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. Drum@ asks for nothing beyond the download.
Hand Drums holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 10% of Hand Drums's written reviews are positive against 25% of Drum@'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hand Drums | Drum@ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (11 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 10.0% of reviews | 25.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | 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 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Drum Starz | yuan hung Huang |
Customer experience
Hand Drums
Drum@
In-app purchases
Hand Drums
- Hand Drums Upgrade$0.99
- Exporting$0.99
Drum@
No in-app purchases









