Play Drums! vs Rollway Live Drums
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
Read full descriptionHide full description
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
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.
- High-quality drum kits
- Multiple genre sets (Rock, Pop, Jazz, Hip Hop, Electronic, Dance)
- Impressive design
- Easy to use interface
- iPad exclusive
Read full descriptionHide full description
---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
Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Play Drums! sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Rollway Live Drums asks for nothing beyond the download.
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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Play Drums! | Rollway Live Drums |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (13 ratings) | 3.8 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | 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 — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 9.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 111 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Drum Starz | Batsu |
Customer experience
Play Drums!
Rollway Live Drums
In-app purchases
Play Drums!
- Remove Ads$0.99
- London House$0.99
- Rocket$0.99
Show 2 moreShow fewer
- Cephalopod$0.99
- Blue Scorpion$0.99
Rollway Live Drums
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Play Drums! free?
Is Rollway Live Drums free?
Which has better reviews, Play Drums! or Rollway Live Drums?
Do Play Drums! or Rollway Live Drums have ads?
Which is updated more often, Play Drums! or Rollway Live Drums?
Other comparisons















