AirDrums vs GLYPHTONE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
AirDrums
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Turn your phone into a motion-controlled drum instrument. Air Drums lets you play drums using nothing but your arm movements and your phoneβs sensors. Each horizontal zone represents a different drum sound, and a fast downward motion triggers a hit β just like striking a real drum. No buttons. No tapping. Just movement, rhythm, and sound. How it works Rotate your phone to select a drum zone Swing your arm downward to hit Hit harder β louder sound Smooth motion trail shows your rhythm visually Drum zones Note 1: Floor Tom Note 2: Bass Drum Note 3: Snare Drum Note 4: Cymbal Features Motion-based drum playing using device sensors Real-time audio with velocity-sensitive volume Clean, minimal black-and-white visual design Smooth motion trail that fades naturally No ads, no clutter, no learning curve Perfect for: Musicians Rhythm practice Creative play Exploring motion-based music interaction Put on your headphones, move your arm, and feel the rhythm in the air.
GLYPHTONE
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GLYPHTONE is a pocket-sized step sequencer built around one simple idea: tap a grid, hear a pattern. β 16Γ16 GRID β Sixteen steps across, sixteen pitches down. Tap a cell to place a note, tap again to remove it. Watch the playhead sweep across as your pattern plays back. β 9 TIMBRES β Bell, Piano, Organ, Strings, Brass, Lead, Pad, Bass, and a dedicated Drum voice with nine distinct percussion sounds built in β all synthesized live, no samples to download. β SOLO OR ENSEMBLE β Solo mode keeps one timbre per cell, so switching instruments recolors your whole pattern instead of stacking new sounds on top. Ensemble mode lets you layer multiple timbres in the same cell. β GENERATE β Stuck for ideas? Generate builds a fresh phrase in one of ten shapes β Up, Down, Wave, Zigzag, Random, Drum, and more. Keep pressing Generate to reroll variations, or Undo up to five steps back. β SCALES & OCTAVES β Ten scales (Major, Minor, Dorian, Blues, In Sen, Ryukyu, and more) and a Β±2 octave range, so the same grid pattern can sound completely different. β FOUR BARS β Work across four separate bars, each auto-saving as you go. Chain any combination of them together for longer arrangements that loop in order. β EXPORT β Render your pattern to a WAV audio file, or save it as a Standard MIDI File to bring into your DAW. No account. No ads. No internet connection required. Everything happens on your device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: AirDrums at Free against GLYPHTONE's $9.99. GLYPHTONE's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.5). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
AirDrums is free to download; GLYPHTONE costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | AirDrums | GLYPHTONE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free β better | $9.99 |
| Update frequency | β | Every 2 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod β better |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 15.6 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | EMIRHAN SIMSEK | Takayoshi Ogihara |
In-app purchases
AirDrums
No in-app purchases
GLYPHTONE
No in-app purchases









