KaKaDum vs Odd Metronome
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Rhythm library management
- Accompanist player
- Rhythm export
- Darbuka practice
- Belly dance practice
Read full descriptionHide full description
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!
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.
- 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
Read full descriptionHide full description
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
Verdict
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
KaKaDum costs $2.99 and Odd Metronome $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
KaKaDum ships an update monthly, Odd Metronome every 40 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | KaKaDum | Odd Metronome |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (16 ratings) — better | 4.7 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 88.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16 | 16 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 40 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vladyslav Lytvynenko | Tony Overwater |
Customer experience
KaKaDum
Odd Metronome
In-app purchases
KaKaDum
No in-app purchases
Odd Metronome
No in-app purchases









