Comparison

Play Drums! vs Finger Drumkit

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

Finger Drumkit

Experience realistic drumming with responsive touch controls. Play along to your favorite music or create original beats with various drum kits. Enjoy a user-friendly interface designed for intuitive finger drumming.

Highlights
  • Realistic sound and touch response
  • Multiple drum kit types
  • High-quality audio
  • Multi-touch support
  • Adjustable metronome
  • Play along to music
Features
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Enjoy playing drums using your fingers! The main feature of this app is the realistic sound and the touch response. The time lag until the sound after you touch the finger was reduced to limit. Thus, it is now possible to be like playing the rhythm just like a real drum.  User friendly simple screen is the ideal for finger play. Enjoy playing along to your favorite songs, or creating your original beat. FEATURES: -> 4 types of drum kit (classic, electronic, rock, vintage) -> Drum components: hi-hat (open, closed), snare, bass, tom 3 (floor 1 & Tom Tom 2), crash cymbal, ride cymbal -> High quality sound -> Multi-touch enabled: Play multiple drum heads simultaneously -> Metronome that can be freely set the speed

Screenshots

Play Drums!4 screens
Finger Drumkit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Finger Drumkit at none against Play Drums!'s shown. Finger Drumkit also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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 and Finger Drumkit sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Play Drums! holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Play Drums!'s written reviews are positive against 33% of Finger Drumkit's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Play Drums! ships an update every 4 months, Finger Drumkit every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Play Drums! versus Finger Drumkit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlay Drums!Finger Drumkit
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (13 ratings) — better3.5 (13 ratings)
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings1313
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB19 MB
Age rating+94+
DeveloperDrum StarzQuantis,Inc.

Customer experience

Play Drums!

All ratings13 ratings
Positive61.5%
Neutral15.4%
Negative23.1%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral40.0%
Negative20.0%

Finger Drumkit

All ratings14 ratings
Positive64.3%
Neutral7.1%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Play Drums!

One-time5
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  • London House$0.99
  • Rocket$0.99
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  • Cephalopod$0.99
  • Blue Scorpion$0.99
1 purchases

Finger Drumkit

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99

Questions

Is Play Drums! free?
Play Drums! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Finger Drumkit free?
Finger Drumkit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Play Drums! or Finger Drumkit?
Play Drums! is rated higher. Play Drums! averages 3.7 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Finger Drumkit averages 3.5 from 13 ratings.
Do Play Drums! or Finger Drumkit have ads?
Play Drums! shows ads; Finger Drumkit does not.
Which is updated more often, Play Drums! or Finger Drumkit?
Play Drums! ships an update every 4 months, and Finger Drumkit every 7 months. Most recently, Play Drums! was updated on October 23, 2026 and Finger Drumkit on October 24, 2026.

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