Drum Starz vs Sazly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
Sazly
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Sazly turns the car stereo into everyone's queue. One person hosts. The music streams on Apple Music from the host's own subscription, on the host's own phone, exactly as it always has. Everyone else joins the ride from their own phone and adds songs — no aux cable, no passing the phone to the back seat, no arguing over who gets the next song. HOW A RIDE WORKS • The host starts a ride and gets a six-letter code and a QR code. • Friends join by scanning or typing the code. They need no subscription and no music account of their own. • Guests browse the host's shared library or search for songs, then send them to the queue. • The host stays in control: approve every request, or switch on auto-approve and let the queue fill itself. BUILT FOR THE FRONT SEAT AND THE BACK SEAT • Live queue — everyone sees what's playing and what's next, in real time. • Voting — thumbs up the good calls. Enough thumbs down and the song gets skipped automatically. • Reactions — send a moodie or a Genmoji that floats across everyone's screen mid-song. • Rider controls — optionally let your passengers play, pause and skip. • Ride recap — see the songs that played, who added the most, and save the whole ride as a playlist in your library. • Friends — add the people you drive with so joining the next ride takes one tap. • Live Activity — the current song and queue stay on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. Terms of Use (EULA): https://sazly.online/terms Privacy Policy: https://sazly.online/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Sazly at none against Drum Starz's shown. Sazly also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 8 days). Drum Starz's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Drum Starz sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Sazly sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Drum Starz ships an update every 8 days, Sazly every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Drum Starz | Sazly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (35 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 35 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 94 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Drum Starz | Almoutasembellah Abdalla |
In-app purchases
Drum Starz
- Remove ads$0.99
Sazly
- Sazly Pro Monthly$8.991 Month
- Sazly Pro Annual$34.991 Year
- Sazly Day Pass$7.99
- Sazly Pro Lifetime$59.99









