Drum Studio vs Penguin Drums
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Drum Studio
Experience a realistic drumming simulation with multitouch capabilities. Explore various instruments and styles like rock, pop, and hip-hop, suitable for all skill levels.
- Realistic drum sounds
- Multitouch support
- Right-handed drumming option
- Rock, pop, and hip-hop instruments
- Suitable for beginners and experts
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Let's try the most realistic drum application in the Apple Store !! Drum Studio is multitouch drum application which is suitable for both experts and beginners. The cool features such as Right handed drumming, realistic drums sound, rock pop, and hiphop instruments.
Penguin Drums
This app simulates a drum kit on your device, allowing kids to play along with rhythms or use it as a MIDI controller. It offers a variety of drum sounds and supports multitouch for an interactive drumming experience.
- Multitouch drum pads
- Variety of drum instruments
- 12 example rhythms
- MIDI over Bluetooth support
- Simulates drum kit sounds
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Penguin Drums is an application for Kids that simulates a drum on your device. To play it, just drumming your fingers on the pads of the drums and the sound is played simultaneously. A fun, light and easy to use application. Ideal for those who want to study or play drumming without making much noise or taking up much space. Features of Penguin Drums: * Multitouch * Instruments like kick, snare, tom, floor tom, hi-hat, ride, ride-bell, crash, tambourine. * 12 examples of rhythms. * Support MIDI over Bluetooth When you connect your iOS device to Mac using "MIDI over Bluetooth", Penguin Drums Become to the drum pad for MIDI Sequencer software, such as GarageBand. Made for Kids drummers, beginners!
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Verdict
Drum Studio and Penguin Drums both sit at 3.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 50% of Drum Studio's written reviews are positive against 0% of Penguin Drums's. Drum Studio also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.0 for Drum Studio against 3.0 for Penguin Drums. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Drum Studio's written reviews are positive against 0% of Penguin Drums's.
Drum Studio ships an update every 6 months, Penguin Drums every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Drum Studio | Penguin Drums |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Panus Tantikornphan | taisuke fujita |
Customer experience
Drum Studio
Penguin Drums
In-app purchases
Drum Studio
No in-app purchases
Penguin Drums
No in-app purchases
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