Comparison

iDrummer vs Velocity Filter

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

Head to head
About

iDrummer

This app offers a realistic drum set experience with high-quality sounds and a fast response. Play along to your favorite songs or create your own rhythms. It's optimized for multitouch devices and continuously updated with new drum sets.

Highlights
  • Realistic drum sounds
  • Integrated player for songs
  • Multitouch optimized
  • Fast response, no latency
  • Continuous updates with new sets
Features
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★☆★✯★☆★★☆★✯★☆★★☆★✯★☆★★☆★✯★☆★★☆★✯ With iDrummerPro Free you can play an amazing Drum set TEST YOURSELF ...PLAY ALL THE RHYTHMS THAT YOU WANT ON YOUR SONGS WITH THE INTEGRATED PLAYER.. is in continue update with new drum sets...and the user have the possibility to contact ,with a mail,the developer for any idea.... Link your device at yours Hi-Fi and make all crazy groove do you want Multitouch optimized for alla Device iDrummer Pro is a complete music app with: Realistic sounds Amazing interface Fast Response NO Latency ☆☆☆☆ SUPPORT IPHONE 5 ☆☆☆☆ In Full version you can play a 3 different types of sets : Rock Drum set Congas set Timbales set ★☆★✯★☆★★☆★✯★☆★★☆★✯★☆★★☆★✯★☆★★

About

Velocity Filter

This audio unit plugin enhances synthesizer patches by making them responsive to MIDI velocity. It can function as a MIDI-controlled filter or volume control, adding natural musicality to non-velocity-sensitive sounds without altering their core tone.

Highlights
  • MIDI velocity to volume/filter conversion
  • MIDI-CC and aftertouch control
  • High-shelf filter modulation
  • Preserves original patch tone
  • Batch application to patches
Features
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WHAT IS VELOCITY FILTER? Velocity Filter is the fastest way to make all your synthesizer patches respond to MIDI velocity in a natural and musical way. Just add it to your audio unit effects on the synth track and you are done! WHAT DOES IT DO? It converts non-velocity-sensitive synths sounds into velocity-sensitive ones. Velocity Filter can be configured as either a MIDI-controlled filter or a MIDI-operated volume control. In filter mode, it adds or removes high frequency energy according to the velocity of each MIDI note, so that lower velocity notes sound softer and have less high harmonic content. You can control the amount of boost or cut and the frequency range. In volume control mode, it adjusts the volume according to incoming MIDI velocity. WHAT ELSE DOES IT DO? In addition to MIDI velocity, you can also control the filter using MIDI-CC or aftertouch controls. So you can control it in a variety of ways. HOW IS THIS BETTER THAN EDITING MY SYNTH PATCHES TO MODULATE THE FILTER CUTOFF BY MIDI VELOCITY? Most synthesizers respond to velocity either by modulating the cutoff frequency of a lowpass filter or by modulating the gain. Doing velocity response that way distorts the tone of the patch in an un-musical way, especially if it uses a resonant lowpass filter. Instead of modulating the gain of a lowpass filter, Velocity Filter modulates the gain of a high-shelf filter. The sound is very different, and can be applied on top of the existing filters in the synth patch without destroying the tone of the patch. Also, if you are browsing through a collection of 1000 patches, it's much easier to apply this filter to the output than to modify each and every patch to modulate the filter cutoff with MIDI velocity. However, it's not necessarily "better"; it's just very different. Read the limitations section below for why it's not always better. WHAT LIMITATIONS DOES IT HAVE? All notes go through one filter, so if you play two notes at the same time, with different velocities, it will set the filter for the loudest of the two notes. Also, the filter takes about 1 millisecond to change from loud to soft, so if you quickly switch from loud to soft, you'll hear the filter clamping down AFTER the initial attack. This is problematic for synth patches that have near zero attack time. Velocity Filter does not support GarageBand because GarageBand does not support sending MIDI messages to audio effects. Velocity filter is an audio unit plugin ONLY. It runs inside of host apps such as AUM, Audiobus, Cubasis, Auria, and Beatmaker 3.

Screenshots

iDrummer4 screens
Velocity Filter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: iDrummer at Free against Velocity Filter's $2.99. iDrummer also leads on iOS requirement (5.0 vs 12.0). Velocity Filter's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 2.5) and review sentiment (100% vs 82%). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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

iDrummer is free to download; Velocity Filter costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Velocity Filter holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of iDrummer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Velocity Filter's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iDrummer ships an update every 2 weeks, Velocity Filter every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
iDrummer versus Velocity Filter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriDrummerVelocity Filter
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating2.5 (2 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews82.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings27 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS5.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFulvio ScichiloneBlue Mangoo Consulting Company Limited

Customer experience

iDrummer

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive82.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative17.6%

Velocity Filter

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

iDrummer

No in-app purchases

None

Velocity Filter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iDrummer free?
iDrummer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Velocity Filter free?
Velocity Filter costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iDrummer or Velocity Filter?
Velocity Filter is rated higher. iDrummer averages 2.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Velocity Filter averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do iDrummer or Velocity Filter have ads?
Neither iDrummer nor Velocity Filter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iDrummer or Velocity Filter?
iDrummer ships an update every 2 weeks, and Velocity Filter every 3 weeks. Most recently, iDrummer was updated on October 16, 2026 and Velocity Filter on October 24, 2026.

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