Comparison

Salsa Percussion vs Instruments Free

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

Head to head
About

Salsa Percussion

Explore 7 exclusive Salsa percussion instruments with high-definition live sound. Professionally recorded for authentic sound reproduction on your mobile device. Recommended for use with headphones or external sound systems for optimal quality.

Highlights
  • 7 exclusive Salsa percussion instruments
  • High-definition live sound quality
  • Professionally recorded sounds
  • Authentic sound recreation
  • Mobile device playback
Features
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This app gives users 7 exclusive Salsa music percussion instruments with high-definition live sound quality. Each instrument was professionally recorded to give users the ability to play from their mobile device and recreate each instruments sound in its true form. To transform your experience, it is professionally suggested that for the best sound quality you should use headphones or plug your device to a sound system.

About

Instruments Free

Explore a vibrant sound picture book with a collection of musical instruments. Tap images to hear their authentic sounds and see their names spoken in one of 78 languages. Ideal for early learning and language development.

Highlights
  • Interactive sound picture book
  • Real instrument sounds
  • Spoken instrument names
  • Supports 78 languages
  • Adjustable slideshow mode
  • Offline functionality
  • Parental gate
Features
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Instruments is the best interactive sound picture book featuring a lot of musical instruments: tap the image to hear the instrument and see its name in your chosen language (78 languages). Large images, real sounds, spoken names. Who is it for? Ages 1–5 for the picture-book experience. Ages 3–15 for language learning and instrument vocabulary. How it works The interface lets a child, alone or with an adult, discover each instrument and its sound. Images can advance automatically like a slideshow (adjustable speed) or manually by swiping the screen. The display order is configurable (random or sequential). A long-press on the instrument name lets you choose another display/spoken language. Multilingual (78 languages) Spoken names and interface available in your language of choice, to build vocabulary and train the ear from an early age. Tip: in your device settings, download Apple’s premium voices (higher-quality voices provided by iOS). Why you’ll love Instruments? Clear, reassuring musical discovery for young children. Natural pronunciations and authentic sounds. Multilingual (78) to support early learning, vocabulary, and listening. Works anywhere Works offline and in airplane mode: all images and sounds are stored on device No connection required. Orientation Portrait and landscape on iPhone and iPad. Parents and schools – Parental gate (settings protected by a random math question). Supported languages (displayed and spoken) Afrikaans, Albanian, German, Amharic, English, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Bengali, Belarusian, Burmese, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Croatian, Danish, Spanish, Estonian, Filipino/Tagalog, Finnish, French, Galician, Welsh, Georgian, Greek, Gujarati, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Irish, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Kazakh, Khmer, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Malayalam, Maltese, Marathi, Dutch, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Uzbek, Persian/Farsi, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian (Cyrillic), Serbian (Latin), Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Swahili, Tamil, Czech, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Yoruba, Zulu Contact us contact@iburgerapps.com

Screenshots

Salsa Percussion1 screens
Instruments Free4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Instruments Free at Free against Salsa Percussion's $0.99. Instruments Free also leads on review sentiment (53% vs 15%). Salsa Percussion's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.1 vs 17.6). On rating, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Instruments Free is free to download; Salsa Percussion costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 1.0 for Salsa Percussion against 1.0 for Instruments Free. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Salsa Percussion has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 15% of Salsa Percussion's written reviews are positive against 53% of Instruments Free's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Salsa Percussion ships an update every 18 months, Instruments Free every 19 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Salsa Percussion versus Instruments Free: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSalsa PercussionInstruments Free
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating1.0 (5 ratings)1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews15.4% of reviews52.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 18 months — betterEvery 19 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.1 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGuido DiazChristophe Burdin

Customer experience

Salsa Percussion

All ratings5 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive15.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative84.6%

Instruments Free

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive52.6%
Neutral7.9%
Negative39.5%

In-app purchases

None

Salsa Percussion

No in-app purchases

None

Instruments Free

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Salsa Percussion free?
Salsa Percussion costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Instruments Free free?
Instruments Free is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Salsa Percussion or Instruments Free?
Salsa Percussion and Instruments Free are both rated 1.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Salsa Percussion or Instruments Free have ads?
Neither Salsa Percussion nor Instruments Free shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Salsa Percussion or Instruments Free?
Salsa Percussion ships an update every 18 months, and Instruments Free every 19 months. Most recently, Salsa Percussion was updated on October 5, 2026 and Instruments Free on October 13, 2026.

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