Comparison

Play Drums! vs Rollway Live Drums

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Rollway Live Drums

Experience a powerful and intuitive drumming app with a visually impressive design and high-quality sound kits. Explore a variety of genres including rock, pop, jazz, and electronic music.

Highlights
  • High-quality drum kits
  • Multiple genre sets (Rock, Pop, Jazz, Hip Hop, Electronic, Dance)
  • Impressive design
  • Easy to use interface
  • iPad exclusive
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---Cool sounds and drum sets!--- Enjoy this easy and powerful drumming app with an impressive design and high quality drum kits. -Rock set -Pop set -Jazz set -Hip Hop set -Electornic set -Dance set -and others Only for your iPad.

Screenshots

Play Drums!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Rollway Live Drums at none against Play Drums!'s 5. Rollway Live Drums also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (75% vs 50%). Play Drums!'s advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Play Drums! sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Rollway Live Drums asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.7 for Play Drums! against 3.8 for Rollway Live Drums. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 10 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Play Drums!'s written reviews are positive against 75% of Rollway Live Drums's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Play Drums! versus Rollway Live Drums: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlay Drums!Rollway Live Drums
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (13 ratings)3.8 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 4 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS15.09.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB111 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperDrum StarzBatsu

Customer experience

Play Drums!

All ratings13 ratings
Positive61.5%
Neutral15.4%
Negative23.1%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral33.3%
Negative16.7%

Rollway Live Drums

All ratings8 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Play Drums!

One-time5
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • London House$0.99
  • Rocket$0.99
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  • Cephalopod$0.99
  • Blue Scorpion$0.99
None

Rollway Live Drums

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Play Drums! free?
Play Drums! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Rollway Live Drums free?
Rollway Live Drums is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Play Drums! or Rollway Live Drums?
Rollway Live Drums is rated higher. Play Drums! averages 3.7 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Rollway Live Drums averages 3.8 from 10 ratings.
Do Play Drums! or Rollway Live Drums have ads?
Play Drums! shows ads; Rollway Live Drums does not.
Which is updated more often, Play Drums! or Rollway Live Drums?
Play Drums! ships an update every 4 months, and Rollway Live Drums every 4 months. Most recently, Play Drums! was updated on November 5, 2026 and Rollway Live Drums on November 2, 2026.

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