Comparison

Bongos! vs Pellet Drum

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Bongos!

Experience the thrill of playing bongos and congas on your mobile device. This app offers high-quality sounds, realistic drumming experiences, and the ability to play along with your own music. Share and export your creations to sound like a pro.

Highlights
  • High-quality 16-bit stereo sounds
  • Realistic 3D visual effects
  • Play along to your music
  • Metronome with 43 sounds
  • 67 Pocket Beats and Loops
  • Share and export recordings
Features
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Now anyone can play the bongos anytime, anywhere with Bongos! Featuring high quality sounds and graphics, Bongos! Free is the ultimate drumming app for the iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. You can play the Bongos, a Bongo Jam, and Bongos and Conga together. Play alone, to the metronome with 43 different sounds, or to our unique Pocket Beats and Loops. You can even play along to your favorite music on your iPod! With features including 3D visual effects, low latency, slide-and-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. Bongos! is the grooviest drum app ever! FEATURES: • 3 different screens to choose from, all professionally recorded in high quality 16-bit stereo: Bongos, Bongo Jam, and Bongos and Conga. • 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 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 Bongos! 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 Bongos! Free PRIVACY POLICY: http://codyrotwein.com/privacy.html

About

Pellet Drum

Create realistic drum beats by rotating your phone. Experience a classic way to make music.

Highlights
  • Realistic beat creation
  • Phone rotation controls
  • Classic music experience
  • Intuitive interface
Features
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Rotate your phone to make realistic beats.

Screenshots

Bongos!4 screens
Pellet Drum2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pellet Drum at 5.0 against Bongos!'s 4.4. Pellet Drum also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). Bongos!'s advantage is ratings volume (60 vs 2). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Bongos! sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Pellet Drum sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pellet Drum holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bongos! has 60 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 72% of Bongos!'s written reviews are positive against 70% of Pellet Drum's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bongos! ships an update every 3 months, Pellet Drum every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Bongos! versus Pellet Drum: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBongos!Pellet Drum
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (60 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.2% of reviews — better70.0% of reviews
Number of ratings60 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB19 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperDrum Starz乃君 黄

Customer experience

Bongos!

All ratings60 ratings
Positive85.0%
Neutral6.7%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive72.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative27.8%

Pellet Drum

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive70.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative30.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Bongos!

One-time2
  • Bongos! Upgrade$0.99
  • Exporting$0.99
2 purchases

Pellet Drum

One-time2
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • Support Developer$1.99

Questions

Is Bongos! free?
Bongos! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pellet Drum free?
Pellet Drum is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bongos! or Pellet Drum?
Pellet Drum is rated higher. Bongos! averages 4.4 out of 5 from 60 ratings, while Pellet Drum averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Bongos! or Pellet Drum have ads?
Both Bongos! and Pellet Drum show ads.
Which is updated more often, Bongos! or Pellet Drum?
Bongos! ships an update every 3 months, and Pellet Drum every 4 months. Most recently, Bongos! was updated on October 27, 2026 and Pellet Drum on October 20, 2026.

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