Play Drums! vs Flexy 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
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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
Flexy Drums
Create music with a customizable drum set designed for intuitive finger drumming. Adjust drum positions and scales, record your sessions, and export your creations. Unlock advanced features like saving, loading, and exporting to various audio formats with a Pro subscription.
- Customizable drum positions
- Adjustable drum scales
- Record and playback
- Mixer functionality
- Metronome
- Export to MIDI, WAV, MP3 (Pro)
- Play over music
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No Ads! Tired of drums which are too small or in wrong place for your fingers? Flexy Drums is the best mobile drums you have been looking for. Customize the position and scale of each drum part for your finger drumming needs. Play, record and enjoy improving your skills without any disturbing Ads. Flexy Drums is a free app but some in-app features such as Save, Load and Export to MIDI, WAV and MP3 will require payment. Features ◉ Innovative design ◉ Customize positions ◉ Customize scales ◉ Mixer ◉ Metronome ◉ Recording ◉ Quantize ◉ Save & Load (Pro version) ◉ Export to MIDI (Pro version) ◉ Export to WAV (Pro version) ◉ Export to MP3 (Pro version) ◉ Play over musics or backing tracks For Flexy Drums Yearly Subscription (Pro version), please read our Terms of Service below. Terms of service: https://www.polygonium.com/terms Privacy policy: https://www.polygonium.com/privacy Flexy Drummers! Please Follow us on: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/polygonium Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/polygonium Web: https://www.polygonium.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Flexy Drums at 4.8 against Play Drums!'s 3.7. Flexy Drums also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (80% vs 50%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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 and Flexy Drums sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Flexy Drums holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 20 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Play Drums!'s written reviews are positive against 80% of Flexy Drums's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Play Drums! | Flexy Drums |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (13 ratings) | 4.8 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 20 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 89 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Drum Starz | CMT Bilisim Muzik Ltd Sti |
Customer experience
Play Drums!
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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
Flexy Drums
- Monthly Subscription$0.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$4.991 Year
- Pro Version$19.99
