Comparison

KaKaDum vs Odd Metronome

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

Head to head
About

KaKaDum

This app helps users practice Darbuka drumming and belly dance by providing a rhythm library and a player to act as an accompanist. Users can easily save and share their custom rhythms.

Highlights
  • Rhythm library management
  • Accompanist player
  • Rhythm export
  • Darbuka practice
  • Belly dance practice
Features
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KaKaDum is perfect tool for everyone practicing Darbuka drumming or belly dance! KaKaDum not only provides convenient way to keep your rhythm library - with Player feature you can turn your device into real accompanist!  And with export feature it's easy to share your rhythms! Happy drumming!

About

Odd Metronome

This app allows musicians to create and practice complex rhythmic patterns in any meter. It offers visual feedback and multiple sound sets for an immersive practice experience, designed by professionals for professionals.

Highlights
  • Create any rhythmic pattern in any meter
  • Visual cursor to follow rhythm
  • Multiple sound sets for different styles
  • Save custom rhythms
  • Precise timing technology
  • Intuitive and clean design
Features
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A revolutionary new metronome built by and for professional musicians. The Odd Metronome is the ultimate study companion. Create any rhythmic pattern in any meter with three different sounds (low, medium, high). Just tap the note-values on the screen and the Odd Metronome will build the rhythm, calculate the meter and play it instantly. The Odd Metronome offers you a wide array of possibilities: from a simple quarter note click to a complicated 47/8 rhythm. It’s up to your creativity. The moving cursor will let you follow the rhythm visually, so you never get lost. The Odd Metronome offers various Latin, Arabic and metronome rhythms and you can easily create your own patterns. It uses standard rhythmical notation. This will also allow you to construct your rhythms using the popular Long-Short Method which creates rhythms from groups of two or three eight notes. Three high quality sound samples deliver a low, medium and high beat and give an acoustic feel, making it very comfortable to play with. The Odd Metronome comes with six different sound sets: metronome, cajon, darabuka, drums and tabla, for studying various musical styles. The design is intuitive and clean with only those options and buttons that you really need, leaving you to do what you intended to do, study your instrument. *) Easy to use by intuitive design. *) Precise timing technology. *) No latency regardless of BPM rate. *) Create any odd meter. *) Follows the playing rhythm visually. *) Presets with different styles of rhythms: metronome, Arabic, Turkish, Ottoman, Latin. *) Save your own rhythms. *) Different sound sets for different styles: classic metronome, oriental percussion, drum set, tabla, cajun. *) Built by and for professional musicians.

Screenshots

KaKaDum4 screens
Odd Metronome3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: KaKaDum at monthly against Odd Metronome's every 40 months. KaKaDum also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 88%). Odd Metronome's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $2.99) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

KaKaDum costs $2.99 and Odd Metronome $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

KaKaDum holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of KaKaDum's written reviews are positive against 88% of Odd Metronome's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

KaKaDum ships an update monthly, Odd Metronome every 40 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
KaKaDum versus Odd Metronome: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKaKaDumOdd Metronome
Price$2.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.9 (16 ratings) — better4.7 (16 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better88.2% of reviews
Number of ratings1616
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 40 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVladyslav LytvynenkoTony Overwater

Customer experience

KaKaDum

All ratings14 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Odd Metronome

All ratings16 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral6.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive88.2%
Neutral5.9%
Negative5.9%

In-app purchases

None

KaKaDum

No in-app purchases

None

Odd Metronome

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is KaKaDum free?
KaKaDum costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Odd Metronome free?
Odd Metronome costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, KaKaDum or Odd Metronome?
KaKaDum is rated higher. KaKaDum averages 4.9 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Odd Metronome averages 4.7 from 16 ratings.
Do KaKaDum or Odd Metronome have ads?
Neither KaKaDum nor Odd Metronome shows ads.
Which is updated more often, KaKaDum or Odd Metronome?
KaKaDum ships an update monthly, and Odd Metronome every 40 months. Most recently, KaKaDum was updated on November 1, 2026 and Odd Metronome on November 1, 2026.

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