Comparison

DTX Touch vs FlipDeck

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

Head to head
About

DTX Touch

This app provides intuitive control for tuning, muting, EQ, and effects on compatible electronic drum kits. It allows users to create custom drum kits with extensive mixing and layering options, offering a PA engineer-like experience.

Highlights
  • Intuitive tap and swipe tuning
  • Graph-based sound adjustment
  • Seamless kit selection and editing
  • Extensive mixing and effect functions
  • Layering up to 10 tones simultaneously
  • Flexible routing options
Features
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*To use the application, you will need to connect your smart device to DTX using a USB cable and adapter. Please refer to our connection manual for details. *DTX Touch is compatible with firmware version 2 of DTX-PRO / DTX-PROX or later. 1. Tune it up like an acoustic kit Tap and swipe operations allow intuitive tuning, mute, EQ and effect adjustments. The graph allows customization to adjust the sound output in relation to the strength of the pad hit. 2. Simple and clear operation The UI features a flat design and ample use of photos and graphs, allowing users to edit items without hesitation. The normal flow of kit adjustment tasks, such as selecting a kit, editing the kit, adding effects, and mixing, can be performed seamlessly. 3. Let's create your own special kit! The DTX-PRO/PROX, comes enabled with a wide variety of mixing and effect functions, that allow the user to operate like a PA engineer. The DTX-PRO/PROX also offer a wealth of customizable materials, such as a layer function that allows up to 10 different tones to be pronounced simultaneously with highly flexible routing. Please try these functions with the DTX Touch.

About

FlipDeck

Features
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Record your cat, a sneeze, a sound from a TikTok. FlipDeck trims it, chops it and puts it on pads you can play like an instrument. Then it turns your performance into a video you can post. MAKE A BEAT OUT OF ANYTHING • Hold an empty pad to record from the mic. Eight effects (bass boost, fuzz, robot, octave up and down, and more) are recorded straight into the sample. • Sample any video in your Photos, or import audio files. • Chop a loop into slices automatically, or tap along to set the cuts. • Split a song into drums, vocals, bass and other with on-device AI. PLAY IT • 64 pads in four banks, with volume, pitch, pan, envelopes, a 3-band EQ and choke groups on every pad. • Keys mode plays any sound across a scale. Twelve scales, any root. • A built-in synth with five waveforms, a resonant filter and envelopes. Every note is generated live. • Note repeat and an arpeggiator, locked to the tempo. • 16 touch FX strips for live performance: stutter, tape echo, filter sweeps, reverse and more. SEQUENCE IT • 32 patterns you can switch between on the beat or the bar. • Record live, draw in a step grid, or write melodies in a full piano roll with velocity. • Swing, probability, note length, tap tempo. MIX IT • Send pads to four buses, each with three effect slots: reverb, tempo-synced delay, filters, bitcrush, drive, compression and chorus. • Load your AUv3 effect plugins right into FlipDeck. SHARE IT • One tap records your performance and renders a vertical video with the pads lighting up in time. • Remix links: send a whole beat as a link. It opens on your friend's phone sounding exactly the same. • Flip of the Day: everyone gets the same kit each day. Post yours with #FlipOfTheDay. WORKS WITH YOUR SETUP • USB, Bluetooth and network MIDI controllers. • Use FlipDeck as an instrument plugin inside GarageBand, AUM, Cubasis and other hosts. • Export WAVs, per-pad stems, MIDI files, or a complete Ableton Live bundle. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no ads, no tracking. Your recordings never leave your phone unless you share them. FLIPDECK PRO (one-time purchase) Mixer effects, AUv3 plugin hosting, Ableton and MIDI export, AI stem separation and videos without the watermark. Everything you need to make beats is free. Privacy Policy: https://flipdeck.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://flipdeck.app/terms

Screenshots

DTX Touch4 screens
FlipDeck4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DTX Touch at none against FlipDeck's 1. DTX Touch also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). FlipDeck's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 12 months). On price, ads and device support 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. FlipDeck sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. DTX Touch asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DTX Touch ships an update every 12 months, FlipDeck daily. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
DTX Touch versus FlipDeck: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDTX TouchFlipDeck
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size150 MB80 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperYamaha CorporationPerry Hampton

In-app purchases

None

DTX Touch

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

FlipDeck

One-time1
  • FlipDeck Pro$9.99

Questions

Is DTX Touch free?
DTX Touch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FlipDeck free?
FlipDeck is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do DTX Touch or FlipDeck have ads?
Neither DTX Touch nor FlipDeck shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DTX Touch or FlipDeck?
DTX Touch ships an update every 12 months, and FlipDeck daily. Most recently, DTX Touch was updated on October 13, 2026 and FlipDeck on October 3, 2026.

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