Cajón Drum vs Cajon Real
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cajón Drum
This app simulates a Peruvian cajón box drum and a full drum kit, offering a variety of sounds and dynamic responses. It allows for multitouch playing, adjustable reverb, and different wood textures to customize your sound.
- Multiple cajón and drum sounds
- Selectable dynamic response
- Polyphonic and multitouch playback
- Adjustable variation and reverb
- Choice of wood textures
- Simulated egg shaker
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Cajón Drum is a musical instrument that gives you the best of a drum kit and a Peruvian cajón box drum, all in the palm of your hand. FEATURES • ten different cajón and drum sounds that musically morph across the screen • selectable dynamic response: tap softly and sound is soft, tap harder and the sound increases in volume • fully polyphonic and multitouch: tapping doesn't kill the previous note, and holding the last note down won't kill the next • selectable variation setting adds subtle changes to each note • selectable reverb adds some room to your sound • choose between five different kinds of wood to change the mood • it even simulates the egg shaker in your rolled-up pant leg trick: great for holding an eighth note pattern, now even more realistic with with up and down sounds INSTRUCTIONS 1. Hold lengthwise with the musical notes at the top and the info button on the bottom right. 2. Tap near the top of the screen for kick drum sounds and near the bottom for snare drum sounds. Tap throughout the middle for a smooth mix of both. 3. Tap the musical notes for shaker sounds. Are you left handed? You can set the shaker position to be on the left or on the right side. 4. Choose your own favorite kick and snare sounds. Mix and match. 5. Dynamics, variation, and reverb can be switched on and off.
Cajon Real
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A cajón (Spanish: ka-KHON; "box, crate, drawer") is a box-shaped percussion instrument originally from Peru, played by slapping the front or rear faces (generally thin plywood) with the hands, fingers, or sometimes implements such as brushes, mallets, or sticks. Cajóns are primarily played in Afro-Peruvian music (specifically música criolla), but have made their way into flamenco as well. The term cajón is also applied to other box drums used in Latin American music, such as the Cuban cajón de rumba and the Mexican cajón de tapeo. Sheets of 13 to 19 mm (1⁄2 to 3⁄4 inch) thick wood are generally used for five sides of the box. A thinner sheet of plywood is nailed on as the sixth side, and acts as the striking surface or head. The striking surface of the cajón drum is commonly referred to as the tapa.[2] A sound hole is cut on the back side. The modern cajón may have rubber feet, and has several screws at the top for adjusting percussive timbre. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caj%C3%B3n) The Cajon Real is Cajon musical instrument simulation app. Play with 3 modes: - FreePlay: Play Cajon with Metronome. - Rhythmic: Rhythm Cajon with your audio. - Songs: Play Cajon with Piano (You can choose autoplay for listening songs). Create Music Sheet feature: You can create, save, open your music sheet with 2 instruments: Piano (Melody) and Cajon. Export it for playing or sharing to everyone. Record feature: record, play back and share to your friends. Reverb feature.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Cajon Real at Free against Cajón Drum's $0.99. Cajón Drum's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On 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
Cajon Real is free to download; Cajón Drum costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Cajón Drum | Cajon Real |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Ashton | Son Truong Ngoc |
In-app purchases
Cajón Drum
No in-app purchases
Cajon Real
No in-app purchases









