Comparison

DrumKick vs Musaic

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

Head to head
About

DrumKick

This app allows users to play a high-quality drum kit on their mobile device, offering low latency and interactive 3D graphics. It uniquely enables kick drum playing with your foot using a second iOS device and Bluetooth connection.

Highlights
  • Foot-controlled kick drum via second iOS device
  • High-quality stereo drum sounds
  • Low-latency performance
  • Interactive 3D animated drums
  • MIDI over Bluetooth support
  • Audiobus & Inter-App Audio support
Features
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DrumKick is the ultimate live performance drum app on-the-go! It gives you the freedom to play a great-sounding, intuitively laid-out drum kit anywhere—without the hassle of lugging your entire acoustic set to the show. Simply plug into a P.A. system, headphones, a boombox, or an amplifier, and you're ready to rock! – Connect to your Bluetooth-enabled laptop or device with MIDI over Bluetooth. – Core and Virtual MIDI support. – Audiobus & Inter-App Audio support. – Featured in Apple's Music-Making Apps for "The Song." – Featured in Apple's Band In Your Hand showcase. Reviews: http://www.musicappblog.com/drumkick-music-app-review/ DrumKick is the only stereo drum app that allows you to play the kick drum with your foot! With DrumKick installed on two iOS devices, such as an iPad and an iPhone, you can use the iPhone as a Bluetooth remote to play the kick drum with your foot! It also works with two iPhones or iPod touches. Or, you can mix and match. How does it work? Playing the virtual kick drum pedal is achieved by inserting the iPhone (upside down) into a snug fitness band that's wrapped around your ankle, or the front tube of your relatively clean crew sock. Tap your toes with your heel down, and the iPhone's accelerometer will trigger the kick drum sound on the iPad via Bluetooth. Feature Highlights: • Play the kick drum sound with your foot, using a second iOS device via standard Bluetooth connection. • High-quality drum stereo sounds with independent control of their volume, pitch and pan levels. • Low-latency with drum taps and sounds. • Retina-enhanced, interactive, 3-D animated drums and cymbals. • Multiple tap regions for triggering different drum and cymbal sounds. • Ability to switch the drum kit's audio output from stereo to mono when connected to stereo speakers, such as a P.A. system. • Touch-hold on the crash cymbal for a choked cymbal* muting effect. • Audiobus & Inter-App Audio support (iOS7+) for adding effects apps to DrumKick's output and recording into to GarageBand, Loopy, or AudioShare. https://audiob.us • Audiobus Remote triggers for playing DrumKick's sounds via a secondary iOS Device with the Audiobus Remote app installed. Requires the Audiobus app, iOS 8.3 +, and a Bluetooth LE-enabled iOS device, such as an iPad 3, iPhone 4S & higher. https://audiob.us/remote. • Core MIDI IN & OUT support, thanks to Nic Grant of Audeonic Apps for his robust MidiBus Library (http://midib.us) and generous help. • MIDI over Bluetooth support. • Compatible with the iRig BlueBoard MIDI foot controller. Requires Bluetooth LE-enabled iOS device, such as an iPad 3, iPhone 4S & higher. The iRig BlueBoard does not work with iPad 2. • Jam along with music apps that run in the background, such as GarageBand, Pandora, or your iPod music library. • Minimum requirements: iPad 2, iPhone 4S and newer devices are recommended. * No cymbals were harmed during the making of this app. If you have an issue or find a bug within DrumKick, please do not inform me about it in an App Review, since that method doesn't provide your contact information. For help and support, please send an email to: feedback@drumkickapp.com Known issues: • Missing UI panel for controlling the playback and recording from an Inter-App Audio connected app.

About

Musaic

Create multi-layered music and music videos with a variety of audio effects and instruments. Record vocals, import clips, and arrange them in different split-screen layouts. Offers advanced features like synced lyrics and chord detection with an optional subscription.

Highlights
  • Multi-track audio recording
  • Layered video recording
  • Audio effects per layer
  • Multiple recording modes
  • Built-in instruments
  • Split-screen layouts
  • Export in high resolution
Features
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Record music reels on your iPhone and make them sound good. Sing and play every part yourself, layer by layer, and give your voice and each instrument its own reverb, delay and EQ. Free, no account. AUDIO FX ON EVERY LAYER • Reverb: Room, Hall, Slapback, Dub and Ambient, plus echo and delay • Three-band EQ, Warmth, Tube Saturation, Compressor and Doubler • Pan each layer left or right in the mix • Each layer has its own settings: vocal in a hall, guitar dry • Your raw take is kept, so you can change the effects any time RECORD IN LAYERS • Up to 10 takes in one split-screen • Record video + audio, or import clips • 9:16 for Reels, TikTok and Shorts, or 16:9 for YouTube 4 MODES • Mosaic - split-screen layouts • Live Studio - tap to cut between layers • Twin (beta) - cut yourself out of a second take, two of you in one shot • Audio only - no camera, no watermark: record, layer, mix and export the sound INSTRUMENTS • Bass, drums, piano, strings, synth and more, free for everyone • Air instruments (beta) - play in the air, the camera watches your hands • An instrument take draws the notes you played over the picture ON THE PICTURE • Looks you can aim at you, at the background, or at the whole frame • Strength per layer, and a look that can ride the beat TIMELINE • Animate mosaic layout changes over time EXPORT • 2160p and 60 fps • The mix, the lyrics, each layer's audio, each layer's video, or all of it SHARE • Share or collaborate via iCloud • Or send the whole project as a file WITH MUSAIC PRO • Synced lyrics from your vocals • Animations: every lyric line as an animated scene • Chords, beat and key detected from your take, with bass, drums and keys played on them • Chord looks with a fretboard on the frame (the beat looks are free) • Harmonies: extra voices around your own, in the song's key • Audio Lab: every audio layer on one screen. Record more lanes over the song and fix a part in place • Export with no watermark Free to start. Layering, the audio FX on every layer, Live Studio, audio-only projects, the timeline and every instrument are all included. Musaic Pro adds synced lyrics, chord detection with generated instruments, and removes the watermark. Musaic Pro is an auto-renewing subscription. • Monthly: $2.99 / month in the US • Yearly: $24.99 / year in the US Prices are set per country and region. Your own price is shown in the app before you buy, and on this page. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://likwest.com/musaic/privacy.html

Screenshots

DrumKick4 screens
Musaic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Musaic at Free against DrumKick's $3.99. Musaic also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 6 weeks) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). DrumKick's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and rating (4.4 vs 4.0). On ads 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

Musaic is free to download; DrumKick costs $3.99 up front. Musaic sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. DrumKick asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DrumKick holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DrumKick has 40 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of DrumKick's written reviews are positive against 100% of Musaic's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DrumKick ships an update every 6 weeks, Musaic every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
DrumKick versus Musaic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrumKickMusaic
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (40 ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews79.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings40 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS7.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB238 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMark JeschkeMarco Duerrwaechter

Customer experience

DrumKick

All ratings40 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews99 reviews
Positive79.8%
Neutral7.1%
Negative13.1%

Musaic

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

DrumKick

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Kick drum feature doesn't sync or has high latency
  • App crashes on startup
  • App drains battery in background
  • Kick drum activates unexpectedly
  • Rarely loads, long loading screen
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  • Connection issues with remote kick between devices
  • Overall volume not loud enough
  • Sound of cymbals sometimes cuts out

Requested features

17 requests
  • Add left and right-handed orientation setting
  • Allow changing kit layout and adding more drums/percussive instruments
  • Ability to switch kits around
  • Add more drums or different percussive instruments
  • Add recording functionality
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  • Add background track playback (drumless tracks)
  • Option to add own kit sounds
  • Full Chinese localization
  • Support for iPhone 6/6+
  • Simple mode for easier hitting
  • More kit variations
  • Option to change each sound and build/save custom kits
  • Edit drum position button
  • Make rolls continuous
  • More drum kits
  • More variation in samples and velocity changes
  • Improve overall volume

Musaic

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

DrumKick

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Musaic

Subscriptions2
  • Musaic Studio Pro Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Musaic Studio Pro Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year

Questions

Is DrumKick free?
DrumKick costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Musaic free?
Musaic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, DrumKick or Musaic?
DrumKick is rated higher. DrumKick averages 4.4 out of 5 from 40 ratings, while Musaic averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do DrumKick or Musaic have ads?
Neither DrumKick nor Musaic shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DrumKick or Musaic?
DrumKick ships an update every 6 weeks, and Musaic every 8 days. Most recently, DrumKick was updated on October 23, 2026 and Musaic on October 31, 2026.

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