Drum Set Pro vs Paradiddle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Drum Set Pro
Practice your drumming skills or create new beats with this virtual drum set. Enjoy a fun and interactive musical experience suitable for all ages.
- Virtual drum set
- Practice drumming skills
- Create new beats
- Interactive musical experience
- Suitable for all ages
- New color skin
- Improved user experience
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Open the app and you are already behind a kit. Kick, snare, hats, toms, crash, and ride — tap and play. No account. No ads. Works offline. PLAY INSTANTLY Your kit is the home screen. Multi-touch so you can hit two drums at once. Haptics on every hit. Left-handed layout if you want it. PLAY ALONG Press Play to run a groove behind you — rock, pop, funk, and more. Follow the pocket, or ignore it and just jam. GUIDED LESSONS Lessons light up the next drum and move you around the kit. Meet every pad, learn a first beat, then run fills and a daily groove. LOOP, RECORD, CLICK Capture a loop and let it repeat. Record a take and listen back. Turn on the metronome and set the tempo. AIRPLAY Route the kit to AirPlay or Bluetooth speakers when you want the room to hear it. BUILT FOR iPHONE AND iPAD Native audio engine — not a web view. Works in portrait or landscape. Respects Reduce Motion. Every feature works with the radio off. FREE TO PLAY No ads. No account. No subscription required to sit down and play.
Paradiddle
A straightforward metronome and tuner designed for musicians. It offers a clean interface with no ads, sign-ins, or in-app purchases, making it easy to use for practice and performance.
- Metronome functionality
- Tuner functionality
- Ad-free experience
- No sign-in required
- No in-app purchases
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Easy to use. No ads. No sign-in. No in-app purchases. Enjoy!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Paradiddle at 100% against Drum Set Pro's 50%. Paradiddle also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 90 months). On price, ratings volume, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Paradiddle holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Drum Set Pro's written reviews are positive against 100% of Paradiddle's.
Drum Set Pro ships an update every 90 months, Paradiddle every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Drum Set Pro | Paradiddle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 90 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jaxily LLC | Mark Freimuth |
Customer experience
Drum Set Pro
Paradiddle
In-app purchases
Drum Set Pro
No in-app purchases
Paradiddle
No in-app purchases
