Comparison

Rock Drum Machine vs DrumDummy

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

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About

Rock Drum Machine

Transform your device into a powerful rock drumming tool with realistic sounds and a vast library of rhythms. Easily create custom beats, jam with AI-generated grooves, and integrate with other music apps. Export your creations as audio or MIDI files.

Highlights
  • AI-powered rock drumming
  • Adjustable jam level and intensity
  • Live Pads with assignable controls
  • MIDI out and Ableton Link synchronization
  • Song Mode for creating drum tracks
  • Custom rhythm editing
  • Four built-in effects
Features
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Turn your iPhone or iPad into a solid Rock Drummer with powerful drum sounds and tons of rhythms to get rock drum drums grooves easily in a flash. The AI drum machine for Rock! RDM jams! Just move a slider to set the jamming level like a proper drummer! 2d Slider to control jam level ( x - horizontal ) and intensity ( y - vertical ) The Live Pads allows to play live sessions on the way with 8 assignable pads and buttons for fills, intro, end with midi controls. Now with assignable Midi Map, for controls and MIDI out notes. Synchronize any app easily with Ableton Link. Export Full or Multitrack Audio and Midi File, available from iOS 12. Song Mode. An easy and fast way to make quality drums for your songs. - Double press to edit a part or song - Long press to move parts or songs Save all your data to iCloud to have several song lists, rhythms or repertorios and share them among your devices Edit or create your own rhythms very easily in two modes: * Edit Mode allows you to edit the whole rhythm quickly. * Patterns Mode allows you to set the patterns for each component (hihat/ride cymbal, snare or kick )easily with a wheel. Combine the best acoustic drum sounds with any rhythm to get top inspiring rock grooves. * Midi Sync + Inter App Audio + Audiobus. Stream live audio directly to other Audiobus or Inter App Audio apps! * 4 Effects : Compressor / Gate, Equalizer , Delay, Reverb * Set random fills every 4, 8, 12 , 16, 32 bars * In Groove Edit Mode you can set any subdivision to any beats. Just long press on the time until it shows a red border and drag up or down to rest or add notes * Midi Outt --- MIDI CONTROLS --- Assignable Midi Controls. Default Controls : Play : G2 LivePads : C1 - G2 Fill + Play/Stop : A2 Fill : C2 Fill + Toggle Hats/Ride D2 Toggle Hats/Ride Db2 Fill with LivePad Change E2 Load Live Pad C3 Preview LivePad Db3 Next Live Pad D3 Select Live Pad Set Eb3 Tap Tempo Bb2 Crash Cymbal B2 Next Song Ab2 Previous Song Gb2 Jam CC 1 Intensity CC 2 Master Volume CC 7 Swing CC 11 Reverb Level CC 91 Bank CC 32 Rhythm CC 0 Soundset PC

About

DrumDummy

Features
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DrumDummy is the drummer who shows you how. A 3D drummer sits at a translucent kit and plays patterns for you to shadow. Watch from the front, from the side, from above — or through the drummer's own eyes. Slow it down, loop it, mirror it, and play along until it sits. WATCH Every limb is animated: sticking, crossovers, hi-hat work, pedals. Left and right hands are color-coded, and a Mirror mode flips the view so you can shadow movement for movement. LEARN 90 built-in patterns across rock, funk, blues, jazz, latin, reggae and electronic styles — plus all 40 PAS rudiments, shown as real drum notation with sticking and accents, ordered exactly like the official chart. PRACTISE Metronome with count-in and subdivisions, tap tempo from 20 to 200 bpm, tempo remembered per pattern. Loop any bars. Gap trainer drops the sound for a bar to test your inner clock; tempo trainer nudges the speed up as you loop. FOR TEACHERS DrumDummy doubles as a demonstration tool for lessons: show a pattern from the front, from the side, from above or through the player's own eyes — and mirror the view so your student can shadow the movement hand for hand. Slow it to talking speed, loop the tricky bar, let the count-in do the counting. Write an exercise in the editor and hand it to your student as a simple share link: it opens on their phone, no account, nothing to install. CREATE Build your own patterns in the step editor: any time signature, up to 32 bars, swing, flams, drags, ghost notes, rimclicks and more. Share any pattern as a link — no account needed, the pattern travels inside the link itself. SOUND A real sampled drum kit and a clean synthesized kit, with a per-drum mixer, pan and room reverb. Or build a kit from your own samples. FREE AND PRO DrumDummy is free to practise with: a starter set of patterns in every style, eight essential rudiments, the full 3D drummer, the sampled kit and the metronome. One single purchase unlocks everything for good — the full pattern library, all 40 rudiments, saving your own patterns, custom kits, MIDI/MusicXML import and export, and the practice trainers. No subscription. No account. No ads. No tracking. Works completely offline. The Salamander drum samples by Alexander Holm are used under CC BY-SA 3.0.

Screenshots

Rock Drum Machine4 screens
DrumDummy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: DrumDummy at Free against Rock Drum Machine's $17.99. Rock Drum Machine's advantage is chart position (#181 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

DrumDummy is free to download; Rock Drum Machine costs $17.99 up front. Rock Drum Machine sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and DrumDummy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Rock Drum Machine versus DrumDummy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRock Drum MachineDrumDummy
Price$17.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (523 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews92.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings523 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#181 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size233 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLumbeatAndrej Marffy

Bugs and requests

Rock Drum Machine

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes when exporting audio
  • MIDI out not working as expected
  • Saving new patterns can be inconsistent
  • Occasional UI glitches or freezes

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more drum kits and styles
  • Improve MIDI support and control
  • Implement AUv3 support
  • Add more customization options
  • Provide better documentation and tutorials

DrumDummy

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Rock Drum Machine

One-time2
  • Mike$4.99
  • John$4.99
1 purchases

DrumDummy

One-time1
  • DrumDummy Pro$14.99

Questions

Is Rock Drum Machine free?
Rock Drum Machine costs $17.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is DrumDummy free?
DrumDummy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Rock Drum Machine or DrumDummy have ads?
Neither Rock Drum Machine nor DrumDummy shows ads.

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