Drum Studio vs Drum Clinic HD Light
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.
Drum Clinic HD Light
This app offers a preview of a comprehensive drum education program. It showcases demo clips and introductory videos to give users a glimpse into the full version's extensive lessons on technique, grooves, rudiments, and improvisation.
- HD video previews
- Introduction and trailer videos
- Basic technique demonstrations
- Rudiments and independence exercises
- Improvisation system preview
- Brushes technique preview
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DRUM CLINIC HD LIGHT, Hans Eijkenaar Drum Clinic HD Light is the ultimate trailer version for Drum Clinic HD (full version). It gives you an insight into the first Drum Clinic app ever to appear for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch! All chapters can be previewed with demo clips telling you about the content of the full version. Furthermore, you can find the full introduction video as well as 2 trailer videos under the 'bonus content' button. The full version has more than 60 clips with instructions, basic technique, grooves, rudiments, an extensive improvisation system , a unique brushes system for pop grooves, drum solos and more...... The trailer clips you find in this free app have the same stunning HD quality and HD sound (check on headphones to enjoy it for real) as all clips have in the full version. about Drum Clinic HD: Hans Eijkenaar is a well known and much sought after session drummer in the Netherlands with a successful career both in Holland and abroad. His list of tours and recorded albums is huge and he is considered to be a specialist studio drummer. He is well known for being a versatile, creative and explosive drummer with a personal style...........best known for his pop and rock career.........but with a history in jazz and fusion. Hans is a Conservatory teacher (Codarts, Rotterdam) and has developed a powerful and transparent method for drummers of any style and of multiple levels. He unleashes all of his knowledge and has developed some very special views on studying drums, studying rudiments in a unique independence system, playing in all types of meter, improvising and playing fills in a creative, rather than a standard way..... He also is known for having a distinguished brushes technique for pop and rock which he demonstrates in several clips. Hans has decided to go the extra mile in terms of recording a fully featured, HD audio and video clinic app with over 60 clips, presentation videos, instruction videos and play alongs. And he has recorded a separate chapter with drum solos......... All filmed with 6 XD HD cams to capture for once and for all every angle you wanna see as a drummer. 'Drum clinic HD' needs (after downloading....) no further internet connection as all the videos are to be found within the app itself. Extra features: Voiceovers with clear explanations, written music where needed, 'making of' and trailer movies, play along tracks (do it yourself) and a biography with links. Complete content list (full version): Main page: ABOUT HANS EIJKENAAR biography with youtube links (both in free and full version) DRUM CLINIC HD -INTRODUCTION (both in free and full version) -BASIC TECHNIQUE (trailer clip in free version) instructions single stroke double stroke single paradiddle endurance exercise 1 endurance exercise 2 -RUDIMENTS AND INDEPENDENCE (trailer clip in free version) instructions paradiddles in 16th notes paradiddles in 16th note triplets paradiddles in 8th note triplets foot patterns instructions combination 1 combination 2 -HIHAT PATTERNS (trailer clip in free version) Instructions hihat pattern 1 hihat pattern 2 hihat pattern 3 hihat pattern 4 instructions variations -FILLS/IMPROVISATION (trailer clip in free version) instructions all groupings (19 videos!!!) fills high bpm fills low bpm instructions 4/4 rock track 6/8 pop track 7/8 fusion track -BRUSHES (trailer clip in free version) instructions phase 1 phase 2 phase 3 phase 4 all phases random grooves brushes track -DRUM SOLOS (trailer clip in free version) introduction free drum solo drum solo over loop DO IT YOURSELF: 4 tracks minus drums, play alongs with click PDF FILES BONUS CONTENT (both in free and full version) making of trailer CREDITS (both in free and full version)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Drum Clinic HD Light at 3.7 against Drum Studio's 3.0. Drum Clinic HD Light also leads on iOS requirement (8.3 vs 11.0). Drum Studio's advantage is update cadence (every 6 months vs every 54 months) and review sentiment (50% vs 33%). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Drum Clinic HD Light holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Drum Studio's written reviews are positive against 33% of Drum Clinic HD Light's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Drum Studio ships an update every 6 months, Drum Clinic HD Light every 54 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Drum Studio | Drum Clinic HD Light |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 54 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 8.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 264 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Panus Tantikornphan | Go Independent Records |
Customer experience
Drum Studio
Drum Clinic HD Light
In-app purchases
Drum Studio
No in-app purchases
Drum Clinic HD Light
No in-app purchases
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