Monkey Drum vs Amplify Media
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Monkey Drum
Create music by drawing or playing instruments, then watch jungle animals react to your tunes. Customize characters and unlock new instruments and items by playing or using in-app currency.
- Create music by drawing
- Play instruments with mini-keyboard
- Customize characters
- Save and remix songs
- Unlock new instruments and items
- True 3D graphics
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ATTENTION: Some users have experienced problems with Monkey Drum on devices running iOS 8. "…no reason not to try this one out: it’s free!" - GEEKDAD (By Wired.com) "It’s a really great way to use creativity and rhythm and wrap it into a whole lot of fun." - MusiciansWithApps.com Featured by Apple in Apps For Learning Music! ------------------------- Making music has never been so fun, or so easy! Play realistic instruments and watch as little jungle animals copy your tunes. See their funny reactions as you feed them bananas, spin them, or bop them on the head! Make them happy and see them reward you with a special song! Create real music just by drawing and watch as the creatures play your creation. Get creative and re-mix your songs with different instruments, or accessorize your characters with a hat and sunglasses. Use Heart Coins to unlock new instruments and other fun items. Features: * Create songs by drawing on the screen * Play cool instruments with a mini-keyboard * Customize your characters with a hat or sunglasses * Save and name your songs * Remix songs - change instruments and tempo * True 3D graphics with tons of surprises! * Djembe drum, marimba, and kalimba included * Earn Heart Coins and bananas just by playing! * Unlock new instruments and other fun items! Items you can unlock: * Microphone * Acoustic Guitar * Congas * Girl Monkey * Panda * Sunglasses * Baseball Hat * Bunches of Bananas Note: This app is completely free to play and all items can be unlocked simply by playing. We also offer the option to buy additional Heart Coins with real money - if you'd like to disable this option, see the settings on your device.
Amplify Media
This platform helps churches find, personalize, and distribute various resources to foster spiritual growth and enhance their outreach efforts. It aims to equip ministries for greater impact.
- Discover diverse ministry resources
- Customize and share content
- Encourage deeper discipleship
- Equip churches for mission
- Multimedia platform
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Amplify is a multimedia platform allowing churches large and small to discover, customize, and share diverse resources that encourage deeper discipleship and equip churches to pursue their mission with greater impact.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Monkey Drum at 92% against Amplify Media's 0%. Monkey Drum also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). Amplify Media's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On price, ads 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. Monkey Drum sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Amplify Media asks for nothing beyond the download.
Monkey Drum holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Monkey Drum has 116 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of Monkey Drum's written reviews are positive against 0% of Amplify Media's.
Monkey Drum ships an update every 3 weeks, Amplify Media every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Monkey Drum | Amplify Media |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (116 ratings) — better | 3.0 (19 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.1% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 116 — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 4.3 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Flippfly, LLC | Katapy |
Customer experience
Monkey Drum
Amplify Media
Bugs and requests
Monkey Drum
Reported bugs
5 issues- Screen goes black after filling hearts/coins
- Game sounds can be heard but screen is black
- App not letting phone go into sleep mode
- No sound reported
- Repeated glitches
Requested features
8 requests- Update Monkey Drum
- Update for latest iOS
- More instruments
- Button to record
- Clear all / start new song option
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- Fix xylophone (backwards notes)
- Add legs to animals
- Dark mode option
Amplify Media
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Monkey Drum
- Small Chest (300 Heart Coins)$0.99
- Medium Chest (1000 Heart Coins)$1.99
- Large Chest (3500 Heart Coins)$5.99
Amplify Media
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Monkey Drum free?
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