Comparison

Frame Drum! vs The Best Drums

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

The Best Drums

This app offers a realistic classical drum set experience for both beginners and advanced musicians. Record your own music, practice beats, and explore a variety of professional studio-recorded sounds. It's designed to help users improve their drumming skills and showcase their talent.

Highlights
  • Recording mode
  • Multitouch functionality
  • Full acoustic drum set simulation
  • 13 realistic studio-recorded sounds
  • Choice of various instrument sounds
  • Practice and skill improvement
Features
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The best classical drum set for beginning and advanced musicians. The Best Drums is a drum set perfectly fitted for beginning musicians, who spend hours practicing the easiest beats. It is also an invaluable application for professional drummers who want to have their drums always to hand. They want to improve their skills but also to impress others with their virtuosity. Our application consists real classical drumsets. The Best Drums contains 13 realistic sounds recorded in a professional studio as well as a multitouch function. Thanks to the recording mode, every user can record all pieces. The application is an ideal solution for both beginning and professional drummers. Features: - recording mode - multitouch - a full acoustic set - 13 realistic sounds - choice of instruments sound like: kick, bass, snare, tom, boiler plates, hi-hat, ride, crash and splash and more - a real drum kit

Screenshots

Frame Drum!4 screens
The Best Drums3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: The Best Drums at 4.0 against Frame Drum!'s 2.8. The Best Drums also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). Frame Drum!'s advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Frame Drum! sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. The Best Drums asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Best Drums holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Frame Drum!'s written reviews are positive against 33% of The Best Drums's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Frame Drum! ships an update every 6 weeks, The Best Drums every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Frame Drum! versus The Best Drums: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFrame Drum!The Best Drums
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (4 ratings)4.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews33.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 7 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB28 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperDrum StarzNETIGEN Kluzowicz sp. j.

Customer experience

Frame Drum!

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

The Best Drums

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Frame Drum!

One-time2
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • Exporting$0.99
None

The Best Drums

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Frame Drum! free?
Frame Drum! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is The Best Drums free?
The Best Drums is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Frame Drum! or The Best Drums?
The Best Drums is rated higher. Frame Drum! averages 2.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while The Best Drums averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Frame Drum! or The Best Drums have ads?
Frame Drum! shows ads; The Best Drums does not.
Which is updated more often, Frame Drum! or The Best Drums?
Frame Drum! ships an update every 6 weeks, and The Best Drums every 7 months. Most recently, Frame Drum! was updated on October 29, 2026 and The Best Drums on October 30, 2026.

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