Play Drums! vs DrumSet Live
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
DrumSet Live
Learn to play the drums with realistic sound kits. Create custom drum kits and sample sounds for music production. Offers real-time feedback and high-quality audio.
- Learn to play drums
- Real drum sound kits
- Custom drum kits
- Sample sounds
- Text feedback on tap
- High-quality audio
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Learn to play the Drums using real Drum sound kits. Custom Drum kits are rare and producers love to sample from using Drum Set Live App. we have more to come. - Text feedback when drums is tapped - Mastered recorded, high quality drum Kit Sounds - Play multiple drum Kits simultaneously FOLLOW US: Twitter: http://twitter.com/CreateLex
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DrumSet Live at 4.4 against Play Drums!'s 3.7. DrumSet Live also leads on review sentiment (81% vs 40%) and in-app purchases (none vs 5). On price 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. DrumSet Live asks for nothing beyond the download.
DrumSet Live holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DrumSet Live has 262 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 81% of DrumSet Live's.
Play Drums! ships an update every 4 months, DrumSet Live every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Play Drums! | DrumSet Live |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (13 ratings) | 4.4 (262 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 81.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 262 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 9.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Drum Starz | CREATELEX LLC |
Customer experience
Play Drums!
DrumSet Live
Bugs and requests
Play Drums!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
DrumSet Live
Reported bugs
9 issues- App crashes on startup
- Black screen and forced exit
- No sound playback
- Full-screen ads interrupt gameplay
- Audio delay between tap and sound output
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- App screen shrinks with ads taking over
- Misses rapid taps when drumming fast
- Screen display issues on iPhone 6s Plus and larger devices
- Text messages visible under fingers during play
Requested features
10 requests- Recording functionality
- Multitouch support for complex rhythms
- Ad removal or reduced ad frequency
- Different drum sound variations
- Landscape orientation support
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- Smaller ad banner instead of full-screen ads
- Better visual drum set graphics
- Larger drum pads for bigger fingers
- More drum samples and variety
- Ability to share recorded beats
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
DrumSet Live
No in-app purchases
