Comparison

DrumShell vs Tabla Drum Grid

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

Head to head
About

DrumShell

Features
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DrumShell turns any song into a private drum practice rig. Drop in a track. In about three minutes, the drums come out clean — ready to slow down, loop, and drill against. Built for drummers who practice with sticks in hand and a kit in the room, not for casual listeners. — THE INSTRUMENT — • Isolate the drums from any song. Practice along with the kit alone, or mute it and play the part yourself. • A-B Loop. Drag two markers on the waveform and lock onto the bar that's been beating you. Loop tight, drill loud. • Variable speed, 0.7Ɨ to 1.5Ɨ. Pitch stays musical. Slow down a fill and walk it back up. • Multi-stem mix. Solo the drums, mute them, or balance every stem independently — bass, vocals, other. • Metronome locked to the song's BPM. Auto-detected during separation. • Offline-first. Once a song is loaded, no network needed. Practice in the basement, the green room, or the back of a van. — BUILT LIKE GEAR, NOT A TOY — Hardware-studio aesthetic. Dark chassis, indigo readouts, JetBrains Mono on every readout. Oversized touch targets so you can hit them with a stick in your hand. No tutorials, no upsell modals between you and the next loop. — FREE — • 3 separations per week • Up to 5 saved projects • 2-stem mode (drums + everything else) — PRO ($7.99/month or $49.99/year) — • 25 separations per week • Unlimited saved projects • A-B Loop • Waveform zoom • 4-stem and 6-stem modes (drums, bass, vocals, other — plus extended HD stems) — WHO IT'S FOR — Intermediate to advanced drummers drilling specific passages. If you've ever wished a song had no drums so you could play the part yourself — or wished it had only drums so you could shadow the part — this is the tool. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in iOS Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Payment is charged to your Apple ID. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited upon purchase of a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://drumshell.app/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://drumshell.app/terms

About

Tabla Drum Grid

Features
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Tabla is a tactile, no-fuss 16-step drum machine for sketching beats, jamming, and prototyping grooves on the go. A clean grid, eight drum voices, and the controls you actually use — all on one stage. No accounts, no banners, no upsells. KEY FEATURES • 16-step grid with 8 drum tracks: Kick, Snare, Hat, Clap, Open Hat, Cowbell, Perc, Tom • Tap to toggle steps, long-press to add an accent • Six built-in presets: Boom Bap, Trap, House, Disco, Breakbeat, Bossa • BPM control from 60 to 200 with smooth tempo nudges • Swing slider from 50% to 75% for that human pocket • Per-track Mixer with volume, mute and solo on every voice • Save your own patterns and recall them in one tap • Mono synth-style sample engine — punchy, low-latency, no streaming DESIGNED FOR FLOW Whether you are roughing out a beat in a coffee shop, locking in a tempo before band practice, or laying down ideas on the train, Tabla stays out of the way and just keeps the grid alive. PRIVACY No tracking. No accounts. Your patterns live on your device.

Screenshots

DrumShell4 screens
Tabla Drum Grid3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tabla Drum Grid at none against DrumShell's 2. DrumShell's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. DrumShell sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Tabla Drum Grid asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
DrumShell versus Tabla Drum Grid: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrumShellTabla Drum Grid
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB0 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGhassan Al KaraanLinh Phan Nhat Khanh

In-app purchases

2 purchases

DrumShell

Subscriptions2
  • DrumShell Pro Monthly$7.991 Month
  • DrumShell Pro Annual$49.991 Year
None

Tabla Drum Grid

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DrumShell free?
DrumShell is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tabla Drum Grid free?
Tabla Drum Grid is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do DrumShell or Tabla Drum Grid have ads?
Neither DrumShell nor Tabla Drum Grid shows ads.

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