Play Drums! vs Drum Set
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Play Drums!
Experience a futuristic rhythm game inspired by 80s electronic drum kits and EDM. Tap colorful hexagons in time with the music to score points and improve your rhythmic abilities. Choose from various difficulty levels, songs, and drum kits.
- Rhythm game with EDM music
- Beginner and advanced difficulty levels
- Multiple drum kits and songs
- Professionally recorded stereo sounds
- Hi-resolution graphics
- Lefty mode for reversed layout
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Play Drums! is an exciting and unique rhythm game based on the electronic drum kits of the 1980s. Combined with electronic dance music (EDM), this fast-paced and futuristic game is not only fun and challenging, but actually improves your rhythmic abilities! When you start a song, choosing from either beginner or advanced levels, colorful concentric hexagons converge onto the drum pad that should be tapped. If you hit it right on time, you score 50 points; almost in rhythm, 25 points. And if you miss, 10 points are deducted from your score. With 10 songs and 6 different drum kits to choose from, you'll be rockin' like a real drummer in no time! Play Drums! is the most fun way ever to learn to Play Drums! FEATURES: * 5 free EDM beginner songs and 5 free EDM advanced songs to choose from * 6 free amazing drum kits to choose from......play to songs, or play drums without music * Professionally recorded stereo sounds * Beautiful hi-resolution retina graphics * Game Center integration * Lefty mode: reverse the drum layout PRIVACY POLICY: http://codyrotwein.com/privacy.html
Drum Set
This app simulates a drum kit, allowing users to play various percussion instruments like drums and cymbals. It details the components of a standard drum set and how they are played, offering a virtual experience for aspiring or practicing drummers.
- Simulates a drum kit
- Includes drums and cymbals
- Details standard drum set components
- Explains playing methods
- Virtual percussion instrument experience
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A drum kit (primarily American), drum set (primarily British/Australian), trap set, or just drums is a collection of drums and other percussion instruments, typically cymbals, which are set up on stands to be played by a single player with drumsticks held in both hands and the feet operating pedals that control the hi-hat cymbal and the beater for the bass drum. A drum kit consists of a mix of drums (categorized classically as membranophones, Hornbostel-Sachs high-level classification 2) and idiophones most significantly cymbals but also including the woodblock and cowbell (classified as Hornbostel-Sachs high-level classification 1). In the 2000s, some kits also include electronic instruments (Hornbostel-Sachs classification 53) and both hybrid and entirely electronic kits are used. A standard modern kit (for a right-handed player), as used in popular music and taught in music schools, contains: * A snare drum, mounted on a stand, placed between the player's knees and played with drum sticks (which may include rutes or brushes) * A bass drum, played by a pedal operated by the right foot Two or more toms, played with sticks or brushes * A hi-hat, played with the sticks, opened and closed with left foot pedal * One or more cymbals, played with the sticks All of these are classed as non-pitched percussion, allowing for the music to be scored using percussion notation, for which a loose semi-standardized form exists for the drum kit. If some or all of them are replaced by electronic drums, the scoring and most often positioning remains the same, allowing a standard teaching approach. The drum kit is usually played while seated on a drum stool or throne. The drum kit differs from instruments that can be used to produce pitched melodies or chords, even though drums are often placed musically alongside others that do, such as the piano or guitar. The drum kit is part of the standard rhythm section used in many types of popular and traditional music styles ranging from rock and pop to blues and jazz. Other standard instruments used in the rhythm section include the electric bass, electric guitar and keyboards. Many drummers extend their kits from this basic pattern, adding more drums, more cymbals, and many other instruments including pitched percussion. In some styles of music particular extensions are normal, for example double bass drums in heavy metal music and the enlarged kits used by some progressive rock drummers, which may include unusual instruments such as gongs. Some performers use small kits that omit elements from the basic setup, such as some rockabilly drummers. Some drum kit players may have other roles in the band, such as providing backup vocals, or less commonly, lead vocals.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Play Drums! at 3.7 against Drum Set's 2.9. Drum Set's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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. Play Drums! sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Drum Set asks for nothing beyond the download.
Play Drums! holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Play Drums!'s written reviews are positive against 33% of Drum Set's.
| Parameter | Play Drums! | Drum Set |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (13 ratings) — better | 2.9 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | +9 | 4+ |
| Developer | Drum Starz | 祥祎 刘 |
Customer experience
Play Drums!
Drum Set
In-app purchases
Play Drums!
- Remove Ads$0.99
- London House$0.99
- Rocket$0.99
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- Cephalopod$0.99
- Blue Scorpion$0.99
Drum Set
No in-app purchases









