Comparison

Loop Pads vs Drum Pads Machine

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

Head to head
About

Loop Pads

Create music and remix tracks with a variety of sound packs, drum kits, and effects. This app allows you to mix vocals, build melodies, and apply DJ-style audio effects to craft unique beats. Share your creations and impress others with your DJing skills.

Highlights
  • Crispy sound packs
  • Drum kits and synth presets
  • Acapella section for vocals
  • DJ audio effects
  • Time synchronization
  • Ready-to-perform loops
Features
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Become a DJ with Loop Pads! Express yourself with crispy sound packs, drum kits, synth presets, acapella and effects section! Bring your ideas to life by mixing everything! Loop Pads is an easy-to-use music maker app that let you mix music with vocals, adding drum kits, making melodies with synth, apply audio effects to your songs like a DJ and many more!  Make and remix music. Mix samples and loops, discover new genres. Built-in time synchronization always keeps you locked into the beat. You will always create perfect beats! Loop pad features: - Ready-to-perform loops - Pads with Drum kits to create grooves - Acapella section, let you add vocals to every performance - Mix like a DJ with set of effects: filter, flanger, bit crusher, chorus and more - Share your beats and let your friends impressed by your DJing talents. Sound packs contain different genres of music: - Trap  - Hip Hop - House - Dubstep - Glitch Hop - UK Garage - Techno - Moombahton - Future Garage - Drum and Base - more genres coming soon! Start to make music today with Loop Pads! Post your videos with #looppads hashtag Enjoy! Be the party hero! Terms of Service: https://www.drumpads24.com/legal/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://www.drumpads24.com/legal/privacy-policy

About

Drum Pads Machine

Create music and popular grooves with a virtual drum machine, step sequencer, and groovebox. Offers presets in various genres, original samples, and a powerful sequencer for all skill levels.

Highlights
  • Virtual drum machine
  • Step sequencer
  • Groovebox functionality
  • Genre presets
  • High-quality samples
  • Swing mode
  • Autoplay mode
Features
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Drum Pads Machine - virtual drum machine, step sequencer and groovebox for createing music and popular grooves. Music Studio for professional musicians, DJs, beat producers and beginners help on the fly to create rhythms of any complexity anywhere .You can easily make powerful beats in popular and underground genres such like: Dubstep, Trap, Techno, Garage, House, Glitch, Electronica. What you will find in the application? - Powerful sequencer for creating music; - Share music functions - Presets in popular and underground musical genres; Dubstep, Trap, Techno, Garage, House, Glitch, Electronica - Original samples in high quality (Kick,Snare,Hat,Tom,Clap,Bass); - Swing mode for broken and realistic rhythms; - Autoplay Mode for generating random grooves; - High quality recording; - Intuitive design with innovative animation; - BPM changer; - Ability to mix sounds from various musical genres in one. All features are available absolutely free Using autoplay mode can create interesting and unusual rhythmic patterns,enabling applications to generate their own rhythm.Minimalist graphics and innovative animation will help you focus only on creating music without being distracted by unnecessary. With Drum Machine Pads you can export recorded songs into your music library or share it with your friends.Just push drum pads for starting. You do not need to be a professional to create music. Made by musicians for other artists.

Screenshots

Loop Pads4 screens
Drum Pads Machine3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Loop Pads at 83% against Drum Pads Machine's 33%. Loop Pads also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.6) and ratings volume (660 vs 5). Drum Pads Machine's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Loop Pads sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Drum Pads Machine sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Loop Pads holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Loop Pads has 660 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Loop Pads's written reviews are positive against 33% of Drum Pads Machine's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Loop Pads ships an update every 2 months, Drum Pads Machine every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 6, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Loop Pads versus Drum Pads Machine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLoop PadsDrum Pads Machine
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (660 ratings) — better2.6 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings660 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.28.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size227 MB77 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBeat Squad LLCAlexey Natarov

Customer experience

Loop Pads

All ratings660 ratings
Positive90.6%
Neutral4.8%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews192 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral5.2%
Negative11.5%

Drum Pads Machine

All ratings5 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Bugs and requests

Loop Pads

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Coins/presets not unlocking properly
  • Recording time not displayed
  • Loops not syncing properly

Requested features

4 requests
  • More sound packs/presets
  • Ability to record own voice/samples
  • Tempo/time signature controls
  • Sharing/exporting options

Drum Pads Machine

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Loop Pads

Subscriptions1
  • Loop Pads Premium3 Days trial$1.997 Days
1 purchases

Drum Pads Machine

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$9.99

Questions

Is Loop Pads free?
Loop Pads is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Drum Pads Machine free?
Drum Pads Machine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Loop Pads or Drum Pads Machine?
Loop Pads is rated higher. Loop Pads averages 4.6 out of 5 from 660 ratings, while Drum Pads Machine averages 2.6 from 5 ratings.
Do Loop Pads or Drum Pads Machine have ads?
Loop Pads shows ads; Drum Pads Machine does not.
Which is updated more often, Loop Pads or Drum Pads Machine?
Loop Pads ships an update every 2 months, and Drum Pads Machine every 4 months. Most recently, Loop Pads was updated on September 6, 2026 and Drum Pads Machine on June 4, 2026.

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