Comparison

Drum Pad Sampler vs PO

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

PO

Design and edit drum sounds, kits, and patterns for Teenage Engineering's PO-32 Tonic. Transfer your creations to the device via audio. Back up and edit existing sounds, and import/export patches from Microtonic.

Highlights
  • Shape 16 sounds with 21 synth parameters
  • Program 16-step patterns with accents
  • Send kits, sounds, or patterns via audio
  • Back up and decode PO-32 data dumps
  • Import/export Microtonic patches
  • Local library with tags and favorites
Features
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PO-PatchStudio designs drum sounds, kits and patterns for Teenage Engineering's PO-32 Tonic, then sends them to your Pocket Operator over sound. Free, with no ads and no account. The PO-32 has no USB data connection. It loads new sounds the way an old modem does, by listening through its microphone. So this app does the fiddly part on a proper screen: build a kit, hold your phone next to the PO-32 and press play. WHAT YOU CAN DO - Shape all 16 sounds with the full set of 21 synth parameters, plus both ends of the morph - Program 16-step patterns on the pads, with accents, and hear them before you send - Send a whole kit, a single sound or a pattern to the PO-32 over audio - Back up your PO-32: record its data dump through the microphone and the app decodes it into a kit you can edit - Import Microtonic .mtdrum and .mtpreset patches, including files from older versions of Microtonic, and export your sounds back out - Keep kits, sounds and patterns in a local library with tags and favourites WORKS WITH - PO-32 Tonic - Also sends drum sounds to the PO-35 Speak's built-in Tonic channel HOW TRANSFER WORKS Put the PO-32 in receive mode (press acc + sound), turn your phone's volume up and play the transfer into the PO-32's mic. To back up, start recording in the app, then hold write and press sound on the PO-32. Previews come from an open-source recreation of the PO-32's synth, so they sound close to the hardware but not identical. Once a sound is on the PO-32, it plays through the device's own engine. A NOTE FROM ME I'm a solo developer and a PO-32 owner. PO-PatchStudio stands on the open-source libpo32 library by Eric Lewis and years of reverse-engineering by the Pocket Operator community, which is why it's free. If something is missing or broken, tell me. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Teenage Engineering AB or NuEdge Development AB. Pocket Operator, PO-32 and Tonic are trademarks of Teenage Engineering AB. Microtonic is a trademark of NuEdge Development AB.

Screenshots

Drum Pad Sampler4 screens
PO4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: PO at 100% against Drum Pad Sampler's 0%. PO 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Drum Pad Sampler sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per year and PO sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PO holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Drum Pad Sampler's written reviews are positive against 100% of PO's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drum Pad Sampler ships an update every 9 months, PO every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Drum Pad Sampler versus PO: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrum Pad SamplerPO
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size244 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDenys KotelnykovPhoton Consulting Limited

Customer experience

Drum Pad Sampler

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

PO

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Drum Pad Sampler

Subscriptions1
  • Pro Year$4.991 Year
3 purchases

PO

One-time3
  • Tip: Thanks$5.00
  • Tip: Big Thanks$10.00
  • Tip: Huge Thanks$20.00

Questions

Is Drum Pad Sampler free?
Drum Pad Sampler is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PO free?
PO is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Drum Pad Sampler or PO?
PO is rated higher. Drum Pad Sampler averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while PO averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Drum Pad Sampler or PO have ads?
Neither Drum Pad Sampler nor PO shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Drum Pad Sampler or PO?
Drum Pad Sampler ships an update every 9 months, and PO every 2 days. Most recently, Drum Pad Sampler was updated on October 23, 2026 and PO on October 31, 2026.

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