iFretless Guitar vs DrumPerfect Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iFretless Guitar
This app offers a unique, touch-optimized guitar fretboard for iOS devices. It allows for expressive, one-touch note playing with real-time pitch control, enabling fast melodies, scales, and arpeggios. It's a powerful new instrument for making music, not just a simulation.
- One-touch-per-note design
- Real-time pitch control
- Audio unit support
- Fretless note bending
- Velocity sensitive instruments
- MIDI input and output
- Built-in reverb and EQ
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iFretless is a guitar fretboard re-designed for maximum playability on iOS devices. It replaces two handed playing and strumming with a one-touch-per-note design that enables fast, precise playing of melodies, scales, and arpeggios and real-time control over the pitch of each individual note. iFretless is not an imitation guitar for your iPhone; it's a powerful new way to make music. FEATURES 1) Audio unit support allows you to connect to a software effects chain or record directly in DAW apps 2) Fretless note bending 3) Velocity sensitive multi-sampled instruments 4) 10 different velocity sensitive guitar sounds 5) MIDI input and output 6) built-in reverb and Eq Sounds: 1) Nylon String Folk 2) Picked Steel String 3) Grunge Telecaster 4) Snarling Synth 5) Bridge-Mid Pickup Bright Strat 6) Blues Neck Pickup Strat 7) Hollow Body Electric 8) Classical 9) Clean bridge pickup 10) Clean neck pickup
DrumPerfect Pro
Create professional drum and percussion music with a highly programmable system. Emulate the feel of pro drummers across genres with advanced features for multitrack programming, multi-velocity sampling, and intricate pattern creation. Explore world rhythms and integrate your own MIDI files.
- Programmable drum/percussion system
- Emulates human drummer feel
- Multitrack/layer programming
- Multi-velocity sampling
- AUv3 player for live performance
- MIDI file loading and playback
- Massive collection of world rhythms
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DrumPerfect Pro is without doubt the most complete, open, fully programmable drum/percussion music production system ever created for iPad. The wealth of professional features it offers is just astonishing. Yet its most distinguished quality is probably its confounding capacity to emulate so musically the human feel of pro drummers performances in any genre, as you will see. Here is what Gilbert Medam, professional composer and arranger, creator of the pack collection as well as designer of the new UI writes: In the musical consciousness, rhythm is without question a most fundamental element. Combining movement with numbers, it is found in music all around the world and at any period of human history. Musicians, particularly drummers and percussionists by nature excel in precise body movement, coordination and inevitably inspire listeners to join the dance. On the other hand computer systems excel, by design, in powerful processing of numbers. We are constantly, Marinus and I, attentive to this simple fact when refining and expanding DrumPerfect Pro. Because we want our app to excel in coming as close as it can be, to a perfect integration of both performances. In this new version, if you are passionate about rhythms, drums and beyond, you will find, we think, the best companion for your music adventure and production. Its flexibility will surprise you. Program on multitrack/layers, multi-velocity sampling, the most intricate patterns, improvising songs. Unleash your wildest experimentation in the creative and fun process. It is the high end app of choice for: - drums/percussions professional track production - live performance with the brand new AUv3 player - practice and training for musicians in any musical genre - easy loading and playing of your own library of midi files. - study, understanding and experimenting from the massive collection of world rhythms available in the packs. High-quality music packs available as IAP, in many different music styles and ready to be used in your own productions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: iFretless Guitar at $9.99 against DrumPerfect Pro's $22.99. iFretless Guitar also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). DrumPerfect Pro's advantage is review sentiment (65% vs 55%) and ratings volume (40 vs 11). On update cadence, ads 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
iFretless Guitar costs $9.99 and DrumPerfect Pro $22.99 up front. DrumPerfect Pro sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. iFretless Guitar asks for nothing beyond the download.
iFretless Guitar holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 40 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 55% of iFretless Guitar's written reviews are positive against 65% of DrumPerfect Pro's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
iFretless Guitar ships an update every 2 months, DrumPerfect Pro every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iFretless Guitar | DrumPerfect Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 — better | $22.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (11 ratings) — better | 4.0 (40 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 54.5% of reviews | 64.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 40 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 201 MB | 563 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Blue Mangoo Consulting Company Limited | Marinus J.G. van de Molengraft |
Customer experience
iFretless Guitar
DrumPerfect Pro
User reviews
iFretless Guitar
From 11 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎸 Professional-grade electric guitar sound
- 🎛️ Excellent MIDI controller capabilities
- 🎶 Expressive and beautiful sounds
- 💡 Innovative fretboard interface
- 🎹 Playable without keyboard skills
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes
- 🔌 Issues with Audiobus/Auria Pro
- 🔊 No sound issues reported
- 📉 Sound quality not always convincing
- 🤔 Strumming is tricky and unique
DrumPerfect Pro
From 40 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ✨ Realistic drum sounds
- 🎛️ Powerful and flexible
- 🎶 Great for serious musicians
- 💡 Innovative features (Jam Mode)
- 🌟 High quality app
Room to improve
- 🤯 Steep learning curve
- 😵💫 Confusing UI/UX
- 📚 Lacks proper documentation
- ❓ Hidden features
- 🐛 Frequent crashes
Bugs and requests
iFretless Guitar
Reported bugs
37 issues- App keeps crashing
- Crashes after 5 minutes in Audiobus3
- Crashes with background audio
- DSP jumps high
- App crashes upon opening
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- AUv3 not loading in AUM
- No sound at all
- Audio output muted when app starts
- No sound on iPad Air
- No sound on iPad Air with latest iOS
- Reverb only sound
- Crashes anytime (standalone or IAA)
- Doesn't show in Audiobus anymore
- IAA instrument loading error
- Audiobus icon unresponsive
- App falls immediately when standalone
- No guitar presets, all bugged
- DSP jumps high, trash
- Update caused problems with Audiobus
- Distorted graphics
- No audio sometimes
- App does not work well on iPad Pro / iOS14
- Config right panel disappeared
- No sound in Auria Pro
- MIDI is broken in Auria Pro
- App crashes on iPad 5th gen with iOS 12.4
- App crashes on iPad Air 5
- App crashes on iPad Pro 2022
- App crashes on iPad Air, iOS 7.1.2
- App crashes on iPad Air II
- App crashes on iPad 2 iOS 7.1
- App crashes on iPad 5th gen with iOS 12.4
- App crashes on iPad Air 5
- App crashes on iPad Pro 2022
- App crashes on iPad Air, iOS 7.1.2
- App crashes on iPad Air II
- App crashes on iPad 2 iOS 7.1
Requested features
37 requests- AUv3 support
- Strumming coordinates
- Ability to play loose strings
- Open tunings with extensions
- Lap Steel / Dobro Tunings
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- Fix guitar tuning wonkiness
- Longer recording length
- Scale overlay for learning
- Ability to pick chords
- MPE compatibility
- Lock UI rotation for AUv3
- Save presets
- Adjustable attack and release times
- Palm muting
- Remember last session settings
- Add drum machine beats
- Improve sound quality
- Add more presets
- Scale selector with markers
- Polyphonic mode
- Customizable note range
- Different MIDI channels for chords
- Add violin or trumpet instruments
- Make app compatible with latest iOS versions
- Add advanced features like other apps in the suite
- Make it compatible with iOS 17
- Make it compatible with iOS 14
- Make it compatible with iOS 8
- Make it compatible with iOS 12.4
- Make it compatible with iOS 7.1.2
- Make it compatible with iOS 16
- Make it compatible with iOS 17
- Make it compatible with iOS 14
- Make it compatible with iOS 8
- Make it compatible with iOS 12.4
- Make it compatible with iOS 7.1.2
- Make it compatible with iOS 16
DrumPerfect Pro
Reported bugs
29 issues- Purchases not restoring
- Restore purchases doesn't work
- Restore all does nothing
- All packs still show as purchase option
- Glitches in AU3, Inter-App
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- Demo beat only plays through with Logic
- Crashing issue every time 'load' button is hit on song tab
- MIDI defaults only to channel 10
- Peaking at drum samples causes destructive edit
- Crashes whenever going to settings
- Not working right since last update
- Crashing all the time
- Pads don't play sounds and crash
- Crashing in iOS 13.2
- Won't load
- Audio Unit Extension not working
- Fails to load any presets as AU
- Graphics blurred on top sections
- Crashing on older iPad
- Purchases disappear
- App barely stays open
- Sequences not saving drum kit used
- Re-load all sequences, song, and drum sets needed
- UI fluky
- Cannot get closed hi-hat to choke open hi-hat
- UX needs major overhaul
- App stopped working after iOS 11 update
- Needed delete/re-install after iOS 11 update
- When saving sequences, drum kit is not saved
Requested features
30 requests- Add live MIDI OUT
- Option to automatically have 'Fill' go to 'Ride'
- Larger and more accessible Jam Screen section
- Reduce Kits Section in Pattern Screen
- Increase JAM section flexibility
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- Select and export multiple MIDI patterns at once
- More tutorial videos
- More drum patterns
- New upgrades with surprises
- Add AU3 compatibility
- Add MIDI OUT
- Option for Center or Top velocity to the pads
- Dark mode option
- Advanced analytics dashboard
- Beginner tutorials
- Folder organization for samples and kits
- Simplified mode for beginners
- More MIDI pattern purchase options
- Adjust pitch of drum samples
- Choke open hi-hat with closed hi-hat
- Import own MIDI drum loops
- Option to change MIDI mappings
- More kits available
- Better sounding toms
- More kick and snare options
- More velocity layers
- More drum packs
- Blurb in manual for AUE functionality
- More IAP loop sound packs
- Spring sale on IAPs
In-app purchases
iFretless Guitar
No in-app purchases
DrumPerfect Pro
- GM Volume 1Free
- Funky Breakbeats Volume 1$2.99
- Funky Breakbeats Volume 2$2.99
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- Afro Beats Volume 1$2.99
- Heavy Metal Volume 1$3.99
- Batucada Volume 1$3.99
- Jazz Sessions Volume 1$4.99
- Brazilian Rhythms Volume 1$4.99
- Rock Drums Volume 1$4.99
- Latin Percussion Volume 1$5.99
Questions
Is iFretless Guitar free?
Is DrumPerfect Pro free?
Which has better reviews, iFretless Guitar or DrumPerfect Pro?
Do iFretless Guitar or DrumPerfect Pro have ads?
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