FingerDrum vs Beat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FingerDrum
Transform your device into a versatile music creation tool. Learn drumming with structured lessons, play along with backing tracks, and separate songs into stems. Create beats and remixes with a powerful studio interface.
- Structured drumming lessons
- AI stem separation
- Drumless backing tracks
- Beat creation and remixing
- Responsive 16-pad interface
- Customizable drum kits
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Turn your iPhone or iPad into a drum-pad instrument, structured course, backing-track player, AI stem separator, and beat studio. FingerDrum includes 6 chapters and 24 lessons, moving from the first beat through syncopation and fills to styles, arrangements, and built-in drumless play-alongs. LEARN TO PLAY • Use Listen, Practice, and Challenge modes in every lesson • Work on 8th- and 16th-note rhythms, syncopation, fills, styles, and full arrangements • Challenges score the Pad you hit and your timing; scores and star progress are stored locally • Follow each lesson’s target BPM; chapters 1–2 are free and chapters 3–6 require FingerDrum Pro PLAY ANYWHERE • Perform on a responsive 16-pad drum surface • Switch among arranged acoustic, electronic, hip-hop, and rock kits, plus custom layouts • Use the landscape interface for comfortable two-hand playing AI STEMS & DRUMLESS PRACTICE • After you sign in, a song is uploaded only when you tap Start Analysis • Separate songs into vocals, drums, and accompaniment, then create drumless backing tracks • Detect BPM automatically and generate a draft drum chart to verify by listening • Mute, solo, and adjust the three music layers inside the App MAKE BEATS & REMIXES • Layer percussion, melodies, loops, and music clips • Edit hits, resolution, note length, and per-track loop bars in the step sequencer • Create alone or take turns playing pads and controlling tracks on one device Learn from your first beat, take course challenges with drumless play-alongs, split songs into stems, jam with friends, and shape ideas into remixes and beats—all in FingerDrum. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Beat
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Make a beat with Loops or with your mouth. Watch it paint. Beat-Splash turns your voice into art. Beatbox, hum, clap, or drop in loops from the built-in library — then watch every kick, snare and melody explode across the canvas as paint. No instruments. No music theory. If you can go "doof doof," you can make something amazing. THREE WAYS TO PAINT • Eruption — every beat detonates a fountain of paint that splashes, splatters and piles into a glorious mess • Pendulum — swinging paint funnels trace hypnotic spin-art loops, steered by your beat • Photo Reveal — pick a photo and your track splatters it into view, color by color. Sky-blue paint only sticks to sky. BUILD YOUR BEAT • 7 layers: drums, bass, beat, synth, melody, FX and vocals • Record with the mic or drop in loops — everything auto-syncs to your tempo • Big hits paint big. Quiet parts paint soft. The music is the brush. MAKE IT YOURS • Curated color palettes, or build and save your own • Record a video of your session — art and music together • Save still artworks and editable tracks to your gallery Free forever: create without limits and share your videos. One single purchase unlocks everything — every loop, saving to your gallery, and watermark-free exports. No subscriptions, ever. Your track is the artist. Press record and let it paint.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: FingerDrum at 15.0 against Beat's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. FingerDrum sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.00 per month and Beat sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | FingerDrum | Beat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 111 MB | 160 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chengdu Tuyang Tusen Technology Co., Ltd | adam rogan |
In-app purchases
FingerDrum
- FingerDrum Pro 月度会员$2.001 Month
- FingerDrum Pro 年度会员3 Days trial$15.001 Year
- FingerDrum Pro 永久版$39.99
Beat
- Full Unlock$1.99









