Comparison

Frame Drum! vs Real Kendang

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

Head to head
About

Frame Drum!

Explore a variety of frame drums with realistic sound and touch sensitivity. Create music with multi-track recording, built-in beats, and metronome functions. Share and export your creations.

Highlights
  • Realistic touch sensitivity for volume control
  • Multiple frame drum types and layouts
  • Multi-track recording and playback
  • Built-in beats and metronome
  • Pitch, reverb, and delay adjustments
  • Share and export recordings
Features
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Frame Drum! Free is the fun and easy way to play many different types of frame drums, including Bendir, Duff, Tambourine, and many more. Perfect for both beginners and pros alike, Frame Drum! Free utilizes the latest technology and decades of real frame drum experience to create the ideal frame drum app for the iPhone or iPad. All of the features of the app combine to make you feel as if you are playing a real frame drum. There are 8 different single drum layouts to choose from- Bendir, Dirty Duff, Duff, Frame Drum, Large and Small Frame Drum, Tambourine, and Tambourine Jam. There are also 3 different 2 drum layouts- Small & Large Frame Drum, Bendir & Dirty Duff, and Tambourine & Frame Drum, with more to come. Featuring unique touch sensitivity, the sound volume varies according to how hard you hit it, just like a real drum. The pitch changes slightly depending on where you hit the drum as well, and realistic graphics and visual effects combine to enhance the experience. 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. Other features include pitch, sensitivity, reverb, and delay adjustments, multi-track recording, ability to share and export your recordings (optional in-app purchase), and so much more. Frame Drum! Free also includes 16 PlayAlong Beats, 22 unique Percussion Beats and 10 Music Beats to play to, as well as 25 different metronome sounds to choose from. FEATURES: • Professionally recorded 44.1 khz high fidelity stereo sound • Touch sensitivity - The harder you hit the drums, the louder they sound! • Reverb and Delay Controls - slider adjustments allows limitless drum sounds • Pitch Control - lower or raise the pitch of the drums • Realistic visual effects - drums visually correspond to your every touch • Retina Display for both iPad and iPhone for incredibly crisp graphics • 22 Percussion 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 beat feature with slider adjustment • 25 Metronome Sounds and 4 Time Signatures, 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 2 drum layouts • Play along to the music on your iPod PRIVACY POLICY: http://codyrotwein.com/privacy.html

About

Real Kendang

Experience authentic drum sounds on your mobile device. This app offers a comprehensive blend of drum and gendang for creating beautiful rhythms, perfect for dangdut koplo fans and adaptable to various music genres.

Highlights
  • Authentic drum and gendang sounds
  • Koplo drum combination
  • Suitable for dangdut koplo
  • Accompanies pop and dangdut music
  • Mobile drumming experience
Features
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The Real Kendang application was created for drummers who want to play drums on their cellphone with real sounds like the original. The koplo drum is a complete combination of drum and gendang at once, producing beautiful songs and rhythms. This koplo drum was made for dangdut koplo lovers. Can also accompany pop songs, dangdut, dangdut music and others. Don't forget to support us so we can present the best applications, rates and comments. Don't forget to develop this application, thank you.

Screenshots

Frame Drum!4 screens
Real Kendang4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Real Kendang at 5.0 against Frame Drum!'s 2.8. Real Kendang also leads on review sentiment (25% vs 0%). Frame Drum!'s advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 8 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Frame Drum! sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Real Kendang sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Real Kendang holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Frame Drum!'s written reviews are positive against 25% of Real Kendang's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Frame Drum! ships an update every 6 weeks, Real Kendang every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Frame Drum! versus Real Kendang: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFrame Drum!Real Kendang
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (4 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews25.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 8 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB25 MB
Age rating+94+
DeveloperDrum StarzNoor Siah

Customer experience

Frame Drum!

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Real Kendang

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Frame Drum!

One-time2
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • Exporting$0.99
3 purchases

Real Kendang

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly$0.997 Days
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
One-time1
  • Life Time$69.99

Questions

Is Frame Drum! free?
Frame Drum! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Real Kendang free?
Real Kendang is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Frame Drum! or Real Kendang?
Real Kendang is rated higher. Frame Drum! averages 2.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Real Kendang averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Frame Drum! or Real Kendang have ads?
Both Frame Drum! and Real Kendang show ads.
Which is updated more often, Frame Drum! or Real Kendang?
Frame Drum! ships an update every 6 weeks, and Real Kendang every 8 months. Most recently, Frame Drum! was updated on October 23, 2026 and Real Kendang on October 11, 2026.

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