Comparison

DM1 for iPhone vs DanStream

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

Head to head
About

DM1 for iPhone

Transform your iPhone into a powerful beat-making machine with this advanced vintage drum machine. Create intricate rhythms with a step sequencer, play beats on drum pads, and apply a wide range of real-time effects. Easily compose songs and export your creations.

Highlights
  • 154 electronic drum kits
  • Step sequencer
  • Drum pads with quantized recording
  • Mixer with channel controls
  • Real-time FX trackpads
  • Song composer with timeline editing
  • Instrument mode for melodies
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DM1 is an advanced vintage Drum Machine. It turns your iPhone into a fun and creative beat making machine. Easy and fast to use, loaded with 154 superb electronic drum kits and beautiful hyper-realistic graphics, DM1 has been designed for a lot of instant fun. As electronic musicians ourselves, we, at Fingerlab, have developed DM1 with the intention of delivering the perfect mix between fun playability and powerful sonic capacities. We always keep in mind the importance of a beautiful design with the right balance of powerful abilities while avoiding clumsy, overbusy interfaces. Check our 154 electronic drum kits. 42 classic vintage drum kits plus 112 in-house produced electronic kits, edited and mastered at Fingerlab professional studio. DM1 offers 5 main sections: 1 - THE STEP SEQUENCER frees your imagination with a smart use of the multi-touch screen. Just turn on and off steps in your sequence with the tip of your fingers to create cool beats, or unexpected rhythms! 2 - THE DRUM PADS simply lets you play and record the beat that tickles your fingers. No need to be a first-class drummer, automatic quantize does the work for you. 3 - THE MIXER for quick and subtle sound mixing of your drum kits. Featuring settings for volume, pitch, sample length, custom drum kit element for each channel, mute and solo mode. 4 - THE FX TRACKPADS a creative FX trackpad to distort, modulate and transform your beats. The effects include: Overdrive, Delay, Reverb, Phaser, Formant, Dalek, Filter, Compressor, Envelope follower, Dub Delay, Texturizer, Robotizer, and Noise Gate. 5 - THE SONG COMPOSER allows you to quickly make a song with the beat patterns you have created. Just drag and drop the patterns onto the timeline. Fast and easy. Specifications: - Retina Display - Graphic design by Jonas Eriksson - Smart ergonomy for fast creativity and fun - 108 vintage and produced drum kits, mastered at in-house Fingerlab Sound Studios - 48 additional drum kits available with In-App Purchases - Instrument mode allowing to add bassline, chord and melody - 3 instruments: Piano, Korg MicroPreset and Cello Strings - 3 other instrument (Clavinet, Marimba, MiniLogue) are available with In-App Purchases - Step Sequencer with multi-touch matrix - Mixer page with pitch, length and level rotary controls, pan controls, and custom drum kit per channel - 9 Drum pads, quantized recording - FX Trackpad for real-time sonic destruction - 16 or 32 Steps per patterns - The Randomizer tool - Extra fast drum kit loading - Playable pattern selection for extra creativity - Mode song with intuitive editing - High-quality export to SoundCloud, DropBox, Email, iTunes shared folder, AudioCopy or any other apps - Audio background mode - Audiobus support - Import & Export your song project (DropBox, Mail, iTunes folder) - Full Midi implementation - Inter-App Audio support Watch DM1 video trailer on YouTube Fingerlab's channel: http://www.youtube.com/fingerlab Feel free to let us know what you think and what you'd like to see in the next DM1 update. Enjoy! Watch us : vimeo.com/ fingerlab Visit us : fingerlab.net Follow us : twitter.com/ fingerlab Contact us : contact@fingerlab.net Powered by Fingerlab http://www.fingerlab.net

About

DanStream

Access a vast library of dancesport music with real-time tempo control and offline playback. Create custom playlists and discover new tracks to enhance your dancing experience. Future updates will include competition simulation and curated event playlists.

Highlights
  • Extensive dancesport music library
  • Real-time tempo changer
  • Offline listening
  • Customizable playlists
  • Song discovery
  • Future competition simulation feature
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All the music you'll ever need for your dancing at your fingertips! DanStream is a one of a kind music streaming application for the dancesport community. Boasting with the largest collection of dancesport music in the world, it is the perfect choice for any dancer, teacher or even an unrelated individual, who just loves to dance. DanStream’s goal is to satisfy every need of a dancer and to create a comfortable, user friendly environment for its users. It’s features were designed with exactly this in mind. Ever growing music library: On our platform, dancers can stream nearly all dancesport music that has ever been recorded in CD-quality and our music library is an ever-expanding catalogue of thousands of recorded tracks. All newly released albums are added as soon as possible as our mission is to supply our users with the best music possible. Real time tempo changer: One of the most essential aspects for dancing is the speed of the music. With a built in tempo changer You can adjust the tempo of your song anytime. Not sure if this is the app for you? Try it for 7 + 7 days without any restrictions! DanStream let’s you: • Play any song from the library, anywhere, anytime • Manipulate the Tempo of a song in real time • Create your own Playlists of your favourite songs • Discover songs you have never knew they existed • Listen to your songs Offline so you can enjoy your songs anywhere Features we are planning in the near future: • Competition Simulation: Setting up a playlist, just to stop manually every song at 1:30 or 2:00 is frustrating. This is why we designed a special playlist feature, where you can set the length of your songs, and the application will automatically fade it out and change it to the next track - just like a DJ at a competition! • Special playlists: Although albums are essential, there is no competition or dance practice where only songs from one album are played. This is why we decided to gather and compile the song lists of big events such as World Championships or German Opens so you can later find that one track that you loved so much at the competition! Terms & Conditions: https://danstream.app/en/Terms Privacy Policy: https://danstream.app/en/PrivacyPolicy

Screenshots

DM1 for iPhone4 screens
DanStream4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: DanStream at Free against DM1 for iPhone's $4.99. DanStream also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.1). DM1 for iPhone's advantage is ratings volume (79 vs 2). On review sentiment, 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

DanStream is free to download; DM1 for iPhone costs $4.99 up front. DM1 for iPhone sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and DanStream sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DanStream holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DM1 for iPhone has 79 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 73% of DM1 for iPhone's written reviews are positive against 67% of DanStream's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DM1 for iPhone ships an update every 3 months, DanStream every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
DM1 for iPhone versus DanStream: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDM1 for iPhoneDanStream
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.1 (79 ratings)4.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.3% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings79 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size253 MB12 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperFingerlabDanceSport Digital, s.r.o.

Customer experience

DM1 for iPhone

All ratings79 ratings
Positive75.9%
Neutral5.1%
Negative19.0%
Written reviews341 reviews
Positive73.3%
Neutral12.6%
Negative14.1%

DanStream

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral11.1%
Negative22.2%

Bugs and requests

DM1 for iPhone

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes on launch
  • Audio distortion and glitches
  • Sync and timing issues when exporting to other apps
  • Unresponsive controls and UI elements

Requested features

7 requests
  • Add support for more time signatures (3/4, 5/4, etc.)
  • Implement Ableton Link for better sync with other apps
  • Allow importing and using custom samples
  • Add more effects and per-channel processing
  • Implement a save/revert function to avoid losing progress
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  • Improve tempo controls with finer adjustment and tap tempo
  • Provide individual track export options

DanStream

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

DM1 for iPhone

One-time1
  • All Packs$3.99
1 purchases

DanStream

Subscriptions1
  • 1 Month Subscription$9.491 Month

Questions

Is DM1 for iPhone free?
DM1 for iPhone costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is DanStream free?
DanStream is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, DM1 for iPhone or DanStream?
DanStream is rated higher. DM1 for iPhone averages 4.1 out of 5 from 79 ratings, while DanStream averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do DM1 for iPhone or DanStream have ads?
Neither DM1 for iPhone nor DanStream shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DM1 for iPhone or DanStream?
DM1 for iPhone ships an update every 3 months, and DanStream every 6 weeks. Most recently, DM1 for iPhone was updated on October 15, 2026 and DanStream on October 13, 2026.

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