Jingle+ vs Pellet Drum
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Jingle+
This app simulates various shaker instruments using your phone's motion. Experience realistic sound and feel, perfect for live performances or studio work.
- Real motion shaker simulation
- Realistic sound and feel
- High-precision accelerometer data
- Expressive real-time control
- Tambourine, maraca, egg shaker, sleigh bells
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Jingle+ is the only shaker-instrument app that feels and sounds like a real instrument. Move and shake your phone and it feels just like holding a tambourine, maraca, egg shaker, or jingle/sleigh bells— expressively and in real time. Jingle uses high-precision motion data from the accelerometer to produce the same behaviour and range of sounds found in a real instrument – making it ideal for use live on stage or in the studio.
Pellet Drum
Create realistic drum beats by rotating your phone. Experience a classic way to make music.
- Realistic beat creation
- Phone rotation controls
- Classic music experience
- Intuitive interface
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Rotate your phone to make realistic beats.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Pellet Drum at Free against Jingle+'s $0.99. Pellet Drum also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). Jingle+'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (328 vs 2). On review sentiment, update cadence, 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
Pellet Drum is free to download; Jingle+ costs $0.99 up front. Jingle+ sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Pellet Drum sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pellet Drum holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Jingle+ has 328 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 72% of Jingle+'s written reviews are positive against 70% of Pellet Drum's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Jingle+ ships an update every 6 months, Pellet Drum every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Jingle+ | Pellet Drum |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (328 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.7% of reviews — better | 70.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 328 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #61 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Charlie Williams | 乃君 黄 |
Customer experience
Jingle+
Pellet Drum
Bugs and requests
Jingle+
Reported bugs
9 issues- Background playback feature not working reliably
- App continues playing when not on the app
- App doesn't work on some devices (iPhone 12 Pro)
- App doesn't open/work after installation
- Stuck on jingle bells sound
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- Some instruments not working
- Background play feature not working
- Cannot stop phone from jingling without reboot
- In-app purchase for interapp audio not found
Requested features
6 requests- More instrumental options (snare drum, cymbals)
- Lego sound effect
- Slapstick sound effect
- Add iWatch support
- Tutorial section
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- More sounds to make it interesting
Pellet Drum
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Jingle+
- All Instruments$1.99
- Inter-App Audio$1.99
Pellet Drum
- Remove Ads$0.99
- Support Developer$1.99
