Play Drums! vs BEET
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
BEET
Test your finger drumming skills with this rhythm game. Explore over 200 beats created by producers and unlock new ones by earning stars. Challenge friends to see who has the best groove.
- Finger drumming gameplay
- Over 200 producer-created beats
- Unlockable new beats
- Star-based progression
- Friend challenges
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Think you can finger drum? Think again. BEET is the finger drumming game that puts your grooviness to the test. Explore over 200 spicy beats designed by real producers. Earn shiny stars to unlock new beats. Challenge your friends to see who is the grooviest boi of the bunch. What are you waiting for? Download BEET today. Terms of Use: https://app.termly.io/document/terms-of-use-for-website/7befc033-df4c-40b8-90b1-c3ef9e4f3eac Privacy Policy: http://codalabs.io/privacypolicy.htm
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BEET at 4.6 against Play Drums!'s 3.7. BEET also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 4 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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 and BEET sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
BEET holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BEET has 167 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Play Drums!'s written reviews are positive against 63% of BEET's.
Play Drums! ships an update every 4 months, BEET every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Play Drums! | BEET |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (13 ratings) | 4.6 (167 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 62.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 167 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 5 days — better |
| 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 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 119 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Drum Starz | Coda Labs Incorporated |
Customer experience
Play Drums!
BEET
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
BEET
- BEET PRO3 Days trial$3.997 Days
- 10 LIVES$0.99
- 25 LIVES$1.99
- 10 STARS$2.99
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- 50 LIVES$2.99
- 30 STARS$3.99
- 100 STARS$6.99
- INFINITE LIVES$9.99
- 500 STARS$14.99
- 2000 STARS$29.99
