Comparison

Drumgenius vs Drum Loops HD 2

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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Master your sense of time by practicing with a drum genius! Created after years of research by Mauro Battisti (experienced musician and specialist in the field), Drumgenius is the choice of top players and leading music academies. An ever-growing rhythm library to practice on — 500+ loops across 21 styles, reproducing real grooves by the best drummers and following authentic patterns of rhythms from around the world. The loop player is packed with dedicated functions that put you in full control of every practice session. In-depth descriptions and insights offer a deeper understanding of the world of rhythm. Plus, using Metrogenius, the smart built-in metronome — with a fully editable library of 9 meters + 22 clave patterns — you can explore everything from basic patterns to the most complex rhythmic cycles. Easy Organization & Backup: Personalize your library by renaming loops, creating custom groups, and starring favorites. Save different practice setlists into single backup files to switch setups whenever you need, restore in a single tap on new devices, or share with friends, students, and fellow musicians. THE LOOP LIBRARY IS CONSTANTLY GROWING AND CURRENTLY INCLUDES: Afro-Cuban — 65 Boogaloo — 9 Brazilian — 53 Caribbean — 22 Country — 4 Disco — 3 Funky — 24 Gospel — 5 Hip-Hop — 5 Jazz — 53 Jazz – 3/4 — 9 Jazz – Ballad — 7 Jazz – Straight 8ths — 10 Jazz – Two Feel — 10 Jungle/D&B — 3 Neo Soul — 3 New Orleans — 14 Odd Time Signatures — 46 Polymeters — 17 Pop — 12 R&B — 3 Rock — 26 Shuffle — 17 Swing Lab — 24 World — 65 12/8 — 7 LOOP PLAYER TOOLS: • Count-in: Activate it if you don't want to miss the one. • Clave: Activate it to hear the rhythm backbone. Perfect for navigating tricky rhythms with confidence. • Play X Cycles: Structure your practice session by setting the exact number of repetitions for each loop. • Internal Loop Recording: Record yourself over the loop. Track your progress and share the recordings with peers and teachers. • Silence Mode (Internalize the Time): Set intervals of silence while the tempo keeps running — the ultimate test of your internal clock. • Time Morph (Rhythmic Elasticity): Accelerate and decelerate the loop in a continuous cycle, training you to react to the tempo in real time. STAY MOTIVATED: • Weekly Goals: Set practice targets, track your consistency, and share your achievements with a tap. WHAT MUSICIANS SAY: ▶ "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 McLaughlin, Trilok Gurtu, Biréli Lagrène, Dennis Chambers) ▶ "Love this app: these loops sound fantastic! They are real drum loops — not MIDI or sequences — and they loop flawlessly. A fantastic groove reference for musicians of any kind." — Damian Erskine, electric bass player (Peter Erskine, The Jaco Pastorius Big Band, Gino Vannelli, Tony Furtado), studio musician, author, adjunct professor at Portland State University ▶ "Drumgenius is a world-class teaching aid that addresses a fundamental challenge to successful performance practice for any musician: it is a virtuoso educational work by a true musical virtuoso!" — Harold Danko, jazz pianist (Lee Konitz, Chet Baker, Thad Jones & Mel Lewis Big Band), composer, Professor of Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media at Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY, USA Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Drum Loops HD 2

Access a live drummer in your pocket for music composition, jamming, and teaching. Features over 700 loops and fills in 8 new styles, with options to copy to DAWs and adjust tempo without quality loss. Perfect for producers and songwriters.

Highlights
  • Over 700 loops and fills
  • 8 new music styles
  • Copy loops to DAWs
  • Tempo adjustment without quality loss
  • Audiobus and Inter App Audio support
  • Multiple microphone mixes
Features
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Don't settle for an app that gives you programmed drum-like sounds, use a real drummer for composition, jamming, teaching or your own releases. With Drum Loops HD 2 (as with Drum Loops HD) you have a live drummer right in your back pocket! And in GB he plays exactly at your desired tempo, grooves and fills! In this totally new app: Blues/Reggae/Rock/Bossa/Samba/New Orleans/Fusion and Super Dry Loops (incl. full Audiobus and Inter App Audio support). Drum Loops HD 2 contains all new genres to complement the earlier release of Drum Loops HD. Perfect for, producers, teachers, songwriters……more than 700 loops, fills and samples in 8 new styles in many, many tempi, more fills and loops than ever before!. Copy any loop to any paste equipped DAW and compose your own track with anything you could ask from a studio drummer in no time. If you use GB as your DAW of choice you get an incredible advantage, you can copy a loop or fill into GB and from there on change the tempo anyway you like without losing audio quality and maintaining the feel of the drummer! MAIN FEATURES: * All new styles to complement the earlier release and this time with even more loops and fills * All loops and fills can be copied as Apple Loops to GB, following tempo changes * All loops (or fills) can be copied to any other paste equipped daw * Full drum loop library for anyone making music on an iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch! * Audiobus compatible * Inter App Audio compatible * Perfect drummer to play along with when practicing your timing on any instrument (loops loop perfectly in app itself) * Performed, recorded and built only for IOS * Many styles in many bpms (check content list) * Two sounds for all loops,fills and samples in every style and tempo (close miked/close miked + room mics). * 4/4, 6/8, 3/4 and even 7/8 loops. Uncut, not time stretched, not chopped but actual high end recordings * Audio quality: 44.1 kHz, 16 bit (cd) * All loops and fills actually played separately in all bpms, by a living and breathing studio drummer! Most loops are 2 bar loops (no single bar loop in the app, no repetition effect) and some are 4 bars in length. All loops (except the Super Dry Room chapter which has a distinct 70's sound) come in 2 mixes, close-miked and close-miked plus room mics mixed in (natural room reverb), all in perfect sync. Every style comes in a wide range of tempos including: * Blues- 4 loops and 3 fills at 80,100, 120, 140, 160, 180, 200 and 220 bpm (quarter note in 6/8) * Rock- 6 loops and 4 fills at tempos ranging from 100-200 bpm, in 10 bpm increments * Country- 6 loops and 4 fills, 100, 110, 120, 130, 140 bpm, plus double time loops in 100, 120, 140, 160 bpm (’train beats’) * Reggae/Ska- 5 loops and 4 fills at 80, 90, 100, 110, 120, 130, 140 and 150 bpm * Bossa/Samba- 6 loops and 4 fills at 120, 140, 160, 180, 200, 220, 240 and 260 bpm * New Orleans Grooves- 5 loops at 100, 110, 120, 130 bpm * Fusion- 4 loops in 4/4, 3 loops in 3/4 and 2 loops in 7/8 bars, plus 4 fills at 120, 130 and 140 bpm * Super Dry Room (distinct 70’s sound) a staggering 10 loops and 6 fills at 70, 80, 90 ,100,110, 120,130 and 140 bpm! * Ending drum fills recorded in both rooms, 3 in the big room and 4 in the dry room to make the live played drum track complete! (live ending fills and breaks) * 2 drum kits fully sampled in both rooms for adding stuff to grooves, changing them or adding samples to fills, full complement of samples at multiple dynamic levels. Drum Loops HD 2 is based mostly on user feedback of Drum Loops HD early adopters. Styles were requested by many and cover new grounds that were left out in the first app (size issues). In combination with Garageband or any other DAW this is the ultimate live drummer to work with and you can study or teach with him too, wherever you are! See this app in action here: www.iosappsformusicians.com (support site with trailers) Also you will find DAW specific instructions on this page.

Screenshots

Drumgenius4 screens
Drum Loops HD 24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Drumgenius at Free against Drum Loops HD 2's $6.99. Drumgenius also leads on review sentiment (76% vs 33%) and rating (4.5 vs 2.8). Drum Loops HD 2's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Drumgenius is free to download; Drum Loops HD 2 costs $6.99 up front. Drumgenius sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Drum Loops HD 2 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Drumgenius holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Drumgenius has 232 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 33% of Drum Loops HD 2's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drumgenius ships an update weekly, Drum Loops HD 2 every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Drumgenius versus Drum Loops HD 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrumgeniusDrum Loops HD 2
PriceFree — better$6.99
Rating4.5 (232 ratings) — better2.8 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews76.4% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings232 — better5
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB738 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperProjazz LabGo Independent Records

Customer experience

Drumgenius

All ratings232 ratings
Positive84.9%
Neutral5.2%
Negative9.9%
Written reviews199 reviews
Positive76.4%
Neutral9.5%
Negative14.1%

Drum Loops HD 2

All ratings5 ratings
Positive20.0%
Neutral40.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

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

Drum Loops HD 2

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Drumgenius

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly Pass$1.991 Month
One-time4
  • 10 credits pack$0.99
  • 50 credits pack$1.99
  • Infinite Credits pack$7.99
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  • Lifetime Access$12.99
None

Drum Loops HD 2

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Drumgenius free?
Drumgenius is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Drum Loops HD 2 free?
Drum Loops HD 2 costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Drumgenius or Drum Loops HD 2?
Drumgenius is rated higher. Drumgenius averages 4.5 out of 5 from 232 ratings, while Drum Loops HD 2 averages 2.8 from 5 ratings.
Do Drumgenius or Drum Loops HD 2 have ads?
Neither Drumgenius nor Drum Loops HD 2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Drumgenius or Drum Loops HD 2?
Drumgenius ships an update weekly, and Drum Loops HD 2 every 3 months. Most recently, Drumgenius was updated on October 25, 2026 and Drum Loops HD 2 on October 24, 2026.

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