Drum Pad Sampler vs DroneSynth
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Drum Pad Sampler
Create jungle, breakbeat, and DnB music with this intuitive drum pad app. It offers a vast library of samples and allows for unlimited customization of pads and layouts. Enjoy low-latency performance for a seamless music-making experience.
- Jungle, breakbeat, and DnB focus
- Minimal tap-to-play latency
- 799 built-in samples
- Unlimited pad customization
- Save and load custom layouts
- Category-sorted library with fast navigation
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Jungle / Intelligent / Liquid DnB Drum Pad / Launchpad. Specifically designed for minimal tap-to-play latency. In practice the delay is barely perceptible when using wired headphones. 799 samples—including kicks, snares, hi-hats, bass, loops, effects, and more—are available with no limits in the built-in library, so nothing needs to be downloaded. Build your own collection by adding samples to Favorites for quick access. The library is category-sorted with fast navigation. You can add and remove pads and assign sounds to them without any limits, then save your custom layouts and load them later. Privacy Policy: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/udevwork/docs/refs/heads/main/DrumpadPrivacyPolicy Terms of Use: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/udevwork/docs/refs/heads/main/DrumpadTermsofUse udevwork@gmail.com
DroneSynth
This app transforms your device into an analog-style drone synthesizer for creating ambient textures and evolving soundscapes. It offers hands-on control over oscillators, filters, and built-in effects without complex menus.
- Three independent oscillators with adjustable parameters
- Stereo-capable Moog Ladder filter
- Tempo-syncable delay and lush reverb effects
- Drone/sustain mode for hands-free operation
- On-screen keyboard with adjustable range
- Save and recall unlimited presets
- AU support for DAWs
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As both a musician and a software engineer, I've always found drones incredibly useful for my musical creativity, supporting my practice with singing, flute, didgeridoo, and other instruments like synthesiser and guitar. That passion for music and technology led me to bring DroneSynth to iOS, built from the ground up for the Apple ecosystem. Including AU support for supported DAWs DroneSynth turns your iPhone and iPad or Mac into a hands-on, analog-style drone synthesiser built for ambient textures, evolving pads, and hypnotic soundscapes — no menus to dig through, knobs you can hear. It now includes AU Support on all platforms. Layer three independent oscillators — sine, triangle, square, saw, and pink noise — each with its own volume, octave, semitone, and fine-tune. Shape the blend with a full ADSR envelope and two independent LFOs modulating filter cutoff and pitch, each with sine, triangle, or random shapes and drift. STEREO-CAPABLE MOOG LADDER FILTER Sculpt your tone with a classic Moog Ladder filter, featuring live cutoff and resonance. Upgrade to true stereo filtering — two independently detuned filters panned hard left and right — for a wider, richer, more three-dimensional drone. BUILT-IN EFFECTS • Tempo-syncable delay with tap-tempo and ping-pong stereo bouncing • Lush reverb across four distinct spaces — Room, Hall, Plate, and Cathedral — each with its own size, pre-delay, and decay character PERFORMANCE-READY • Drone/sustain mode for endless, hands-free evolving tones • On-screen keyboard with adjustable octave and range • Save and recall unlimited presets, so your favourite patches are always one tap away • Adaptive layout — a focused portrait view and a full landscape control surface with a persistent sidebar, so every parameter stays reachable Whether you're scoring a film, building a meditation soundscape, or want a synth that rewards knob-twisting over menu-diving, DroneSynth gives you real-time control over every stage of the signal path. Stereo Filters is available as an optional one-time in-app purchase.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: DroneSynth at 100% against Drum Pad Sampler's 0%. DroneSynth also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 9 months). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. Drum Pad Sampler sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per year and DroneSynth sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
DroneSynth holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Drum Pad Sampler's written reviews are positive against 100% of DroneSynth's.
Drum Pad Sampler ships an update every 9 months, DroneSynth every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Drum Pad Sampler | DroneSynth |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 244 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Denys Kotelnykov | frederick bertram |
Customer experience
Drum Pad Sampler
DroneSynth
In-app purchases
Drum Pad Sampler
- Pro Year$4.991 Year
DroneSynth
- Motion Controller$0.99
- Stereo Filters$0.99
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