Drums with Beats vs Drum Starz
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Drums with Beats
Learn and play various drum beats on your mobile device. Explore different musical styles with included lessons and full-length tracks. Experience realistic drum sounds and responsive controls for an immersive drumming experience.
- Full drum kit with cymbals and cowbell
- Realistic sound and responsive controls
- Sidesticking technique for snare
- Record and save custom beats
- Free drum lessons included
- Multitouch support for complex rhythms
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Now you can rock the beat anytime and anywhere on your iPhone or iPad! Ever wonder what it would be like to play drums live on stage at a rock concert? In no time you’ll sound like a pro with the free drum beats included in this amazing app. Learn to play rock beats like the rock star you are! Or chill out with a caribbean samba beat. Wanna have some fun playing a wacky Polka beat? Now you can with the amazing FREE "Drums with Beats" app. Full length tracks are included for your playing pleasure and fun! This is the best drum kit available, and its free! With rich sound and incredible response, these drums sound and feel like the real thing. Hit the drums harder for louder sounds, or lightly for quiet beats. Play the snare drum traditionally, or use a sidestick technique for a more jazzy sound. You can play your hi-hat open, closed, or using the pedal for the widest range of beats. Silde your finger across the screen for easy drum rolls, or jam away with all five fingers at once! Features: Full drum kit - includes drums, cymbals, and cowbell! Only drum app to include sidesticking technique for snare! Rich high quality professionally recorded drum sounds Amazing response time and multitouch support Hit harder for loud beats, softer for quiet beats Record and save your own beats Free drum lessons included ( Choose from Rock, Latin, Swing, and more... ) Compete with friends for high scores and many, many more features included free! Get it now and start banging the beat!
Drum Starz
Learn to play various percussion instruments with interactive lessons and realistic sounds. Features include guided rhythm training, customizable effects, and multi-track recording. Suitable for all ages to develop basic rhythm and drumming skills.
- LearnNPlay rhythm training
- Multiple percussion instruments
- High fidelity drum sounds
- Multi-track recording
- Drum rudiment videos
- Customizable sound effects
- Play along to personal music
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Drum Starz is the FIRST music app to teach you how to play the drums in a fun and exciting way! Anyone can now play the drum kit, Congas, Bongos, and more with our unique LearnNPlay feature. When a LearnNPlay loop is played, the drum will light up when hit at the correct time. People of all ages will quickly and easily learn basic rhythm! Drum Starz colorful graphics, high fidelity drum sounds and user-friendly features combine to give you a realistic percussion experience whether playing a full size drum kit, Congas, Bongos, Doumbek, or Djembe. There are also dozens of Drum Beats, Music Beats, Rock loops, and metronome sounds to play along to, along with the ability to record your drumming, change the pitch, touch sensitivity, reverb, delay, and more. You can also play to your own music on your iPod from within the app. A unique feature of Drum Starz is the addition of 10 basic drum rudiment videos, so you can see first hand how to play the most important drum rudiments. Drum Starz amazing sounds, graphics, and kid-friendly features will inspire you to play the drums and teach them rhythm in a fun and creative way! FEATURES: • 5 different drums and layouts to choose from: Bongos, Congas, Drum Kit, Djembe, and Doumbek • Professionally recorded 44.1 khz high fidelity sounds • LearnNPlay feature teaches you rhythm in a fun and easy way - each drum has 8 different loops to play along to (4 beginner and 4 advanced) • Colorful graphics and animation- musical notes appear wherever drum is hit • The harder you hit the drums, the louder they sound! • Drum Pitch Sensitivity option- the pitch changes depending on where you strike the drums, just like a real kit • Reverb and Delay Controls - slider adjustments allows limitless drum sounds • Pitch Control - lower or raise the pitch of the drums • Videos of basic drum rudiments played on a real snare drum • Retina Display for both iPad and iPhone for incredibly crisp graphics • 10 Rock Loops created just for kids to jam with • 8 Drum Beats and 7 Music Loops to play along to, with more to come! • Realistic Rolls - simply swirl your finger around to create slower or faster rolls • Double Bass drum feature with slider adjustment • 10 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 • Lefty Mode - reverse the entire drum layout • Play along to the music on your iPod PRIVACY POLICY: http://codyrotwein.com/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Drums with Beats at none against Drum Starz's shown. Drums with Beats also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.1) and ratings volume (2.9K vs 35). Drum Starz's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 16 months). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Drums with Beats sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Drum Starz sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Drums with Beats holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Drums with Beats has 2.9K ratings behind it against 35, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Drums with Beats's written reviews are positive against 80% of Drum Starz's.
Drums with Beats ships an update every 16 months, Drum Starz every 8 days. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Drums with Beats | Drum Starz |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2.9K ratings) — better | 4.1 (35 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 81.5% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.9K — better | 35 |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 94 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Better Day Wireless, Inc. | Drum Starz |
Customer experience
Drums with Beats
Drum Starz
Bugs and requests
Drums with Beats
Reported bugs
4 issues- Paid version not delivering as advertised
- Saved songs not working properly
- Categories and labels mislabeled
- Compatibility issues with older devices
Requested features
4 requests- Add more songs and beats
- Improve customization options
- Integrate with external drum kits
- Add more advanced learning modes
Drum Starz
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Drums with Beats
- Drums Upgrade with 900+ Beats$9.99
Drum Starz
- Remove ads$0.99







