Drumgenius vs ORhythmic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Drumgenius
Explore an encyclopedia of drum grooves from Jazz to Rock, played by legendary drummers. Practice with expert virtual drummers to develop your time-feel and expand rhythmic knowledge. Includes a smart metronome with "clave" and "swing regulator" features.
- Encyclopedia of 500+ drum grooves
- Play along with master drummers
- Develop time-feel and rhythm knowledge
- Stretchable and loopable drum loops
- Smart Metronome with clave and swing regulator
- Descriptions and discography references
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Play along with the greatest drummers in the world and improve your knowledge of rhythm. Drumgenius (only Infinite Credits pack) includes Metrogenius: the smart Metronome, with "clave" and "swing regulator"! Drumgenius (created by a musician for musicians) is the first encyclopedia of drum grooves (500 loops from Jazz to Rock) as played by the masters of drums: a unique tool for any musician that wants to practice with an amazing expert virtual drummer, to develop time-feel and to expand the knowledge of any kind of rhythm, from the basic to the most complex one! The loops (stretchable) are accompanied by useful descriptions and discography references. The special "clave" button helps to go deep into the nature of different rhythms. ▶"Mauro Battisti has made it possible for anyone to play along with the greatest drummers in the world, historical and contemporary, with the ability to alter tempo. Drumgenius is a great resource that can bring any player closer to the flame.” (Dave Liebman) ▶ "Drumgenius sounds very good; I find it very handy to practice my instrument with real drums pattern that I can have always with me in my phone: thanks Mauro for this App." Dominique Di Piazza - Electric bass player (John McLaughling, Trilok Gurtu, Bireli Lagrene, Dennis Chambers) ▶ "Love this app: these loops sound fantastic! They are real drum loops – not midi or sequences – and they loop flawlessly. In addition to being a fantastic groove reference for drummers (or musicians of any kind), I think this app is fantastic for groove development as a bassist." Damian Erskine - Electric bass player (Peter Erskine, The Jaco Pastorius Big Band, Gino Vannelli, Tony Furtado), studio musician, author of bass method book series, adjunct Professor at both Portland State University and Marylhurst University – USA. ▶ “Drumgenius is a world-class teaching aid that addresses a fundamental challenge to successful performance practice for any musician: is a virtuoso educational work by a true musical virtuoso!” Harold Danko - Jazz pianist (Lee Konitz, Chet Baker, Thad Jones & Mel Lewis big band) and composer . Professor of Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media at Eastman School of Music - Rochester NY - USA. Download the app for FREE and use the PREVIEW FUNCTION for listening to all the loops before deciding to download them. You have at disposal three free loops to download from the list of 500 LOOPS TOTAL, so you can test the player functions and enjoy the practice with Drumgenius. Then, if you like it, on "Store" section, you can buy loops, having available three options: 10 Credits, 50 Credits and Infinite Credits. Each credit lets you download one loop at your choice from the complete list. When you choose a loop that comes with the alternate version with Clave (C), both versions will be automatically downloaded and will result as one credit only. You can use 10 and 50 credits option only once. Infinite Credits option lets you download all the loops included in Drumgenius 3.0 and will give you also unlimited access to all the loops that will be included in future updates. APP FEATURES 500 loops: 147 Jazz (from Baby Dodds to Eric Harland) 17 Jazz & Blues Shuffle 72 Afro-Cuban (traditional, contemporary and as played by jazz masters) 53 Brazilian (traditional, contemporary and as played by jazz masters) 21 Caribbean 65 Odd Times (Jazz, Funky, Afro-Cuban) 58 World (Africa, Balkan, India, Middle-East) 10 Straight eighths 3 Country 3 R&B 23 Funky 5 Hip-hop 12 Pop 19 Rock 1 Disco 16 Polymeters 1 Surf Easy search function by word or style Speed Stretching Function (+/- 20%) Pitch Bar Loops indicated with (C) include special Clave button on/off INFO: Drum genius 3.0 requires iOS 7 or later. Full pack (500 loops+clave versions) is 1,027 Gb in size. For any further information, leaving comments or suggestions please visit www.projazzlab.com or Drumgenius on Facebook at www.facebook.com/drumgeniusjazzloops
ORhythmic
This app transforms traditional metronomes into interactive rhythmic trees for practicing complex tuplets. It offers near-unlimited nested tuplets with intuitive editing and extensive BPM and time signature controls.
- Near unlimited nested tuplets
- Intuitive edit controls
- BPM controls (1-500)
- Flexible time signatures
- Interactive rhythmic trees
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For too long, metronomes have made practicing tuplets hard and clunky. ORhythmic turns traditional click-tracks into interactive rhythmic trees, allowing you to create structures previously confined to your innermost thoughts. Top features: - Near unlimited nested tuplets at the click of a button. - Intuitive edit controls without diving into complex menus. - BPM controls from 1 to 500. - Time signatures from 1/1 to 100/100. For iOS 17+ Privacy policy: https://prospero23.github.io/orhythmicsite/legal/privacy-policy.html Terms of use: https://prospero23.github.io/orhythmicsite/legal/terms-of-service.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ORhythmic at 5.0 against Drumgenius's 4.5. ORhythmic also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and review sentiment (100% vs 76%). Drumgenius's advantage is ratings volume (212 vs 5) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). 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. Drumgenius sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. ORhythmic asks for nothing beyond the download.
ORhythmic holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Drumgenius has 212 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Drumgenius's written reviews are positive against 100% of ORhythmic's.
Drumgenius ships an update every 2 months, ORhythmic every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and July 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Drumgenius | ORhythmic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (212 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 212 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Projazz Lab | Benjamin Eugene Eidson |
Customer experience
Drumgenius
ORhythmic
Bugs and requests
Drumgenius
Reported bugs
3 issues- Purchased loops disappearing
- Inability to download/play some loops
- Crashes when downloading loops
Requested features
5 requests- Add more world rhythms and genres like Amapiano
- Add more Tony Williams-style medium-uptempo swing tracks
- Add ability to export/share loops
- Add dark mode support
- Improve organization and browsing of purchased loops
ORhythmic
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Drumgenius
- 10 credits pack$0.99
- 50 credits pack$1.99
- Infinite Credits pack$7.99
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- Lifetime Access$12.99
ORhythmic
No in-app purchases









