Comparison

Cajon! vs Cajon Real

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

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About

Cajon!

Experience authentic drumming with a variety of percussion instruments. This app offers realistic touch sensitivity, pitch changes, and multi-track recording. Customize your cajon's color and sound with adjustable effects, and play along to built-in beats and metronome.

Highlights
  • 6 high-fidelity cajons
  • 5 additional percussion instruments
  • Realistic touch sensitivity and pitch response
  • Multi-track recording and export
  • Customizable cajon colors
  • Play-along beats and metronome
Features
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The cajon is thought to have originated in Peru, where African slaves used old packing crates to replace their native drums. Cajon! Free features 6 different professionally recorded high fidelity cajons to play. You can also add 5 different percussion instruments that can be played along with the cajon including congas, bongos, timbales and more. Realistic features of Cajon! Free combine to give you an authentic drumming experience. The pitch changes slightly depending on where you hit the cajon. Also, the volume responds to your touch; the harder you tap, the louder it sounds. Playing rolls is as easy as swirling your finger, simply adjusting the roll speed by how fast or slow you swirl.   A unique addition to Cajon! Free is the ability to choose any color you desire for the cajon. Other great features include adjustments for pitch, reverb, delay, and touch sensitivity, multi-track recording, ability to share and export your recordings (optional in-app purchase), and so much more! There are also 16 PlayAlong Beats, 15 unique Drum Beats and 11 Music Beats to play along to, as well as 11 different metronome sounds. Utilizing decades of real drum experience and the latest technology, Cajon! Free is the perfect app for cajon players of all ages and experience! FEATURES:
 - 5 professionally recorded 44.1 khz high fidelity cajons, with more to come - 5 different percussion instruments to choose from including congas, bongos, timbales, cowbell/woodblock, and snare/cymbal - Slider control for different cajon color choices - The harder you hit the drums, the louder they sound! - Drum Pitch Sensitivity - the pitch changes depending on where you strike the cajon, just like a real cajon - Reverb and Delay Controls - slider adjustments allows limitless drum sounds - Pitch Control - lower or raise the pitch of the drums - Realistic visual effects - Retina Display for both iPad and iPhone for incredibly crisp graphics - 15 Drum Beats and 11 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 drum feature with slider adjustment - 11 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 - Adjust volume for metronome and beat sounds PRIVACY POLICY: http://codyrotwein.com/privacy.html

About

Cajon Real

Features
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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.

Screenshots

Cajon!4 screens
Cajon Real4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cajon Real at none against Cajon!'s 2. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Cajon! sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Cajon Real asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Cajon! versus Cajon Real: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCajon!Cajon Real
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (18 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings18 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB85 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperDrum StarzSon Truong Ngoc

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Cajon!

One-time2
  • Exporting$0.99
  • Remove Ads$0.99
None

Cajon Real

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cajon! free?
Cajon! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cajon Real free?
Cajon Real is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cajon! or Cajon Real have ads?
Both Cajon! and Cajon Real show ads.

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