Comparison

Frame Drum! vs Real 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

Real Drums!

Experience a realistic drumming environment with customizable drum kits and extensive sound options. Arrange components, edit layouts, and utilize features like auto-rolling and motion sensor integration for an immersive playing experience. Record your own beats or explore pre-recorded tracks.

Highlights
  • Customizable drum kit arrangement
  • Multiple drum kit sounds
  • Auto drum rolling
  • Motion sensor integration
  • Record and save beats
  • Pre-recorded beats library
  • 3-D sound positioning
Features
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Looking for a realistic drum playing application? Want to arrange drum components as you like? Want sliding and playing functions with great responsiveness? Meeting above needs all at the same time? Here is a perfect solution for your ideal drum. Real Drums will provide you with realistic drum playing environment at your fingertips. FEATURES: * 4 different drum kit sounds (rock, jazz, dance, electronic) * 10 basic drum components with 12 different sounds played simultaneously * 8 extra components (4 brushed, side-stick, 2 extra cymbals, and a cowbell) * Arrange drum components to make your fingers comfortable * Edit (Add / Remove / Resize) components * Auto drum rolling (4, 8, 12, 16, 32 beat) * Mixes high quality poly-phony sounds with no clipping at the end * 3-D Positioning sounds * A metronome with adjustable on/off, BPMs and beats * Open hihat features quick stop * Record and save your own beats * 40 pre-recorded beats (Rock, Hiphop, Jazz, Latin, Ballad, Dance, etc) * Slide and play * Activates motion sensor for playing bass drum and cymbals * Great responsiveness for double bass and fast beats * Animated visual effect * Velocity Control Turn on your favorate song and enjoy !!!

Screenshots

Frame Drum!4 screens
Real Drums!3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Real Drums! at 54% against Frame Drum!'s 0%. Real Drums! also leads on rating (4.4 vs 2.8) and ads (none vs shown). Frame Drum!'s advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Drums! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Real Drums! holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Frame Drum!'s written reviews are positive against 54% of Real Drums!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Frame Drum! ships an update every 6 weeks, Real Drums! every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Frame Drum! versus Real Drums!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFrame Drum!Real Drums!
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (4 ratings)4.4 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews53.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings47 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB35 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperDrum StarzMooseok Bahng

Customer experience

Frame Drum!

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

Real Drums!

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive53.6%
Neutral3.6%
Negative42.9%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Frame Drum!

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

Real Drums!

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99

Questions

Is Frame Drum! free?
Frame Drum! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Real Drums! free?
Real Drums! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Frame Drum! or Real Drums!?
Real Drums! is rated higher. Frame Drum! averages 2.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Real Drums! averages 4.4 from 7 ratings.
Do Frame Drum! or Real Drums! have ads?
Frame Drum! shows ads; Real Drums! does not.
Which is updated more often, Frame Drum! or Real Drums!?
Frame Drum! ships an update every 6 weeks, and Real Drums! every 4 months. Most recently, Frame Drum! was updated on October 6, 2026 and Real Drums! on October 7, 2026.

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