Drum Studio vs Play 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.
Play Drums!
Experience a futuristic rhythm game inspired by 80s electronic drum kits and EDM. Tap colorful hexagons in time with the music to score points and improve your rhythmic abilities. Choose from various difficulty levels, songs, and drum kits.
- Rhythm game with EDM music
- Beginner and advanced difficulty levels
- Multiple drum kits and songs
- Professionally recorded stereo sounds
- Hi-resolution graphics
- Lefty mode for reversed layout
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Play Drums! is an exciting and unique rhythm game based on the electronic drum kits of the 1980s. Combined with electronic dance music (EDM), this fast-paced and futuristic game is not only fun and challenging, but actually improves your rhythmic abilities! When you start a song, choosing from either beginner or advanced levels, colorful concentric hexagons converge onto the drum pad that should be tapped. If you hit it right on time, you score 50 points; almost in rhythm, 25 points. And if you miss, 10 points are deducted from your score. With 10 songs and 6 different drum kits to choose from, you'll be rockin' like a real drummer in no time! Play Drums! is the most fun way ever to learn to Play Drums! FEATURES: * 5 free EDM beginner songs and 5 free EDM advanced songs to choose from * 6 free amazing drum kits to choose from......play to songs, or play drums without music * Professionally recorded stereo sounds * Beautiful hi-resolution retina graphics * Game Center integration * Lefty mode: reverse the drum layout PRIVACY POLICY: http://codyrotwein.com/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Play Drums! at 3.7 against Drum Studio's 3.0. Play Drums! also leads on ratings volume (13 vs 2). Drum Studio's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) 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. Play Drums! sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Drum Studio asks for nothing beyond the download.
Play Drums! holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Play Drums! has 13 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Drum Studio's written reviews are positive against 40% of Play Drums!'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, Play Drums! every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Drum Studio | Play Drums! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 3.7 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 13 — 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 | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Panus Tantikornphan | Drum Starz |
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