Rockin' Drums vs Drum Solo Studio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rockin' Drums
This app offers a realistic drumming experience with high-fidelity sound and responsive touch controls. Explore a variety of drum kits, create custom sounds, and practice with built-in beats and metronomes. Record and share your musical creations.
- High fidelity professionally recorded drum kits
- Responsive touch controls for volume and pitch
- Multi-track recording and sharing
- 16 PlayAlong Beats and 10 unique Drum/Music Beats
- Adjustable sensitivity, reverb, and delay
- Metronome with adjustable BPM and time signatures
- Lefty Mode for reversed layout
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Rockin' Drums Free will have you rockin' from the moment you start playing! Utilizing the latest technology and decades of real drum experience, Rockin' Drums Free is perfect for drummers of all ages and experience. There are 14 different professionally recorded high fidelity drum sets to choose from. In addition, there are also 11 more snares that you can mix and match to create your ideal sound. The drums respond to your touch, as the volume changes depending on how hard you tap the drums, just like a real drum kit. The pitch also changes slightly depending on where you hit the toms. 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. Rockin' Drums Free also features 16 PlayAlong Beats, 10 unique Drum Beats and 10 Music Beats to rock out with, as well as 10 different metronome sounds. Other great features include the ability to adjust the pitch, sensitivity, reverb and delay, multi-track recording, ability to share and export your recordings (optional in-app purchase), and so much more! . FEATURES: - 14 professionally recorded 44.1 khz high fidelity kits, with more to come - 11 additional snares to choose from - Slider control for infinite bass drum color choices - The harder you hit the drums, the louder they sound! - Drum Pitch Sensitivity - the pitch changes depending on where you strike the toms, just like a real kit - Reverb and Delay Controls - slider adjustments allows limitless drum sounds - Pitch Control - lower or raise the pitch of the drums - Realistic visual effects - drums and cymbals look and respond like a real drum set, visually corresponding to your every touch - Retina Display for both iPad and iPhone for incredibly crisp graphics - 10 Drum 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 Bass drum feature with slider adjustment - 10 Metronome Sounds and 4 Time Signatures to choose from, 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 entire drum layout - Play along to the music on your iPod - Option to add bass drum when hitting crash cymbal PRIVACY POLICY: http://codyrotwein.com/privacy.html
Drum Solo Studio
This app offers a realistic drumming experience with a multitouch acoustic drum kit simulator. It allows users to play along to their own songs, learn various drumming styles, and record their performances with studio-quality sound.
- AI-powered song lessons
- Multitouch acoustic drum kit simulator
- MIDI support
- Session recording and export
- Real-time effects
- Multiple audio kits
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Drum Solo Studio from Batalsoft unleashes an exceptional drumming experience, empowering you to have fun and become a skilled drummer. With the app's multitouch acoustic drum kit simulator, you can play drums on your iPhone or iPad with your fingers. The app is free and offers studio-quality sound banks with fast and precise response. Take your drumming skills to the next level! NEW: play any song on your drums. Pick a song from your phone and our AI removes the original drums and turns the drum part into a lesson. Play it with a guide on the drum kit, on a highway or as sheet music, slow it down and choose which pieces you play. It includes many incredible features such as MIDI support, recording your sessions, and exporting your compositions to different formats. With these powerful tools, you can create your own unique drumming experience. Play music loud with headset for a superior experience. Drum Solo Studio is designed for everyone who loves drums: beginners, percussionists, professional musicians, drummers... The main advanced features are: • Your songs, as lessons: AI removes the drums from the song you choose and writes the drum part for you. Your first 2 songs are free; with the subscription, 30 songs every month. • 6 complete audio kits: Standard, Heavy Metal, Modern Rock, Jazz, Pop and Synthesizer. • Drum lessons of all styles, from beginner to professional: learn them step by step, then play them in time to earn points and stars. Rock, blues, disco, dubstep, jazz, reggaeton, heavy metal, pop... • Play and record over the songs on your phone (MP3 tab), or jam over pre-recorded backing tracks of different styles. • Record your sessions and later play on top of your own loops, like a real drum machine. • Real-time effects: equalization, reverb, compression, delay and chorus, to fine-tune your live drumming sound and create your desired ambience. • MIDI: connect your electronic drum kit by USB or Bluetooth, assign each pad to the drum you want with "Learn", and send what you play to your computer as MIDI output. • Import the drums track from your favourite MIDI songs from your storage. • Export your loops to MP3, OGG, MIDI and PCM WAV, or share them as a video. Drum Solo Studio also includes these additional features to enhance your drumming experience: • Adjust individually the volume of each instrument and the background music, giving you complete control over the sound of your drumming. • Use the built-in metronome, up to 400 bpm, to stay in time. • Playback speed control for learning, and seekbar to find the preferred moment in the song. • Latency calibration, so the lessons follow your timing with any headphones or speaker. • Realistic HQ sampled stereo sounds, including double kick bass, two toms, floor, snare, hi-hat (two positions with the pedal), 2 crash, splash, ride and cowbell. • Awesome animations for each instrument. • Left-handed mode, and the button bar on the side you prefer. • Low latency for the beats. • 13 touch sensitive multitouch pads. Up to 200 fingers simultaneously. • Very fast loading time. Drum Solo Studio is free, but you can acquire a license to unlock some items and remove ads. Converting more songs needs a monthly or yearly subscription. Terms of Use: https://batalsoft.com/song-service-terms.htm
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Drum Solo Studio at every 10 days against Rockin' Drums's every 4 months. Rockin' Drums's advantage is review sentiment (82% vs 63%). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Rockin' Drums sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Drum Solo Studio sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Rockin' Drums against 4.2 for Drum Solo Studio. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 12 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 82% of Rockin' Drums's written reviews are positive against 63% of Drum Solo Studio's.
Rockin' Drums ships an update every 4 months, Drum Solo Studio every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rockin' Drums | Drum Solo Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (30 ratings) | 4.2 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 81.8% of reviews — better | 62.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 521 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Drum Starz | Batalsoft |
Customer experience
Rockin' Drums
Drum Solo Studio
In-app purchases
Rockin' Drums
- Remove Ads$0.99
- Exporting$0.99
- Kit Pack$0.99
Drum Solo Studio
- Monthly, Premium price$3.991 Month
- Monthly$4.991 Month
- Annual, Premium price$24.991 Year
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- Annual$29.991 Year
- VIP Member$7.99
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