Drum Studio vs Rockin' 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.
Rockin' Drums
This app offers a realistic drumming experience with high-fidelity sound and responsive touch controls. Explore a variety of drum kits, create custom sounds, and practice with built-in beats and metronomes. Record and share your musical creations.
- High fidelity professionally recorded drum kits
- Responsive touch controls for volume and pitch
- Multi-track recording and sharing
- 16 PlayAlong Beats and 10 unique Drum/Music Beats
- Adjustable sensitivity, reverb, and delay
- Metronome with adjustable BPM and time signatures
- Lefty Mode for reversed layout
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Rockin' Drums Free will have you rockin' from the moment you start playing! Utilizing the latest technology and decades of real drum experience, Rockin' Drums Free is perfect for drummers of all ages and experience. There are 14 different professionally recorded high fidelity drum sets to choose from. In addition, there are also 11 more snares that you can mix and match to create your ideal sound. The drums respond to your touch, as the volume changes depending on how hard you tap the drums, just like a real drum kit. The pitch also changes slightly depending on where you hit the toms. Playing realistic rolls is as easy as swirling your finger around, simply adjusting the roll speed by how fast or slow you swirl your finger. Rockin' Drums Free also features 16 PlayAlong Beats, 10 unique Drum Beats and 10 Music Beats to rock out with, as well as 10 different metronome sounds. Other great features include the ability to adjust the pitch, sensitivity, reverb and delay, multi-track recording, ability to share and export your recordings (optional in-app purchase), and so much more! . FEATURES: - 14 professionally recorded 44.1 khz high fidelity kits, with more to come - 11 additional snares to choose from - Slider control for infinite bass drum color choices - The harder you hit the drums, the louder they sound! - Drum Pitch Sensitivity - the pitch changes depending on where you strike the toms, just like a real kit - Reverb and Delay Controls - slider adjustments allows limitless drum sounds - Pitch Control - lower or raise the pitch of the drums - Realistic visual effects - drums and cymbals look and respond like a real drum set, visually corresponding to your every touch - Retina Display for both iPad and iPhone for incredibly crisp graphics - 10 Drum Beats and 10 Music Beats to play along to, with more to come! - PlayAlong Beats: 16 new loops with basic bass drum, hi-hat or snare beats, to play along for added rhythmic expression! - Realistic Rolls - simply swirl your finger around to create slower or faster rolls - Double Bass drum feature with slider adjustment - 10 Metronome Sounds and 4 Time Signatures to choose from, with BPM adjustment - Multi-track recording - easily add or delete tracks, save and loop recordings - Share your recordings through email, Facebook, and Twitter - Export your recordings to your computer (optional in-app purchase) - Lefty Mode - reverse the entire drum layout - Play along to the music on your iPod - Option to add bass drum when hitting crash cymbal PRIVACY POLICY: http://codyrotwein.com/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Rockin' Drums at 4.2 against Drum Studio's 3.0. Rockin' Drums also leads on review sentiment (82% vs 50%) and ratings volume (30 vs 2). Drum Studio's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence 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. Rockin' Drums sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Drum Studio asks for nothing beyond the download.
Rockin' Drums holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rockin' Drums has 30 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Drum Studio's written reviews are positive against 82% of Rockin' Drums's.
Drum Studio ships an update every 6 months, Rockin' Drums every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Drum Studio | Rockin' Drums |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.2 (30 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 81.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 30 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +9 |
| Developer | Panus Tantikornphan | Drum Starz |
Customer experience
Drum Studio
Rockin' Drums
In-app purchases
Drum Studio
No in-app purchases
Rockin' Drums
- Remove Ads$0.99
- Exporting$0.99
- Kit Pack$0.99
Questions
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