PlayDrum vs Drum Sets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PlayDrum
This app provides a realistic drumming experience for musicians of all levels. It features multiple drum kits, an intuitive interface, and interactive tutorials to help you learn. You can also play along to your favorite music and use it as a MIDI controller.
- Intuitive and customizable interface
- Multi-touch support for responsive play
- Multiple professional drum kits
- Interactive tutorial for beginners
- Play along to your music library
- MIDI controller functionality
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Drum sets made by drummers and made for all! No matter you’re 1st time drummers or professional musicians, Play Drum is designed just for you! Features: * Intuitive interface. Minimal, clean and professional look, customizable color theme. * Multi-touch supported. Super fast and responsive multi-touch so that you can hear each instrument clearly without any delay! * Multiple drum kits to choose from: Studio Heavy Kit, Rock Kit, Tight Kit and R&B Remix Kit. * Easy to learn. Interactive tutorial helps you learn the basics of drumming and all the instruments of a drum set in no time! * Play to your favorite music. You can add music from iTunes shared folder with ease. * Works as a MIDI Controller with GarageBand and Logic X. Contact us: playdrum.app@gmail.com. We’d love to hear what songs you play drums to!
Drum Sets
Experience realistic drumming with multiple genre-specific kits. Use your fingers to play, with options for intense finger movements for dynamic drumming. Optimized for external speakers or headphones for the best audio quality.
- Realistic drum sounds
- Rock, Jazz, and Metal kits
- Finger drumming controls
- Dynamic drumming movement
- High-quality 44100 kHz audio
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Want a Drum Set on your Ipad/Iphone Check out these great sounding Drum Sets, we have 3 sets to choose from Rock, Jazz and Metal, all featuring 44100 khz quality audio. Connect a set of speakers crank up the volume and drum away ! - Use your fingers as drum sticks. - For intense drumming move your finger around drums. - Select from Rock, Jazz and Metal drums. - To hear the drums at their best connect a pair of earphones or speakers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: PlayDrum at none against Drum Sets's shown. PlayDrum also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 50%) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 6 months). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. PlayDrum sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Drum Sets sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PlayDrum holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 18 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of PlayDrum's written reviews are positive against 50% of Drum Sets's.
PlayDrum ships an update every 5 weeks, Drum Sets every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PlayDrum | Drum Sets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (30 ratings) — better | 4.4 (18 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 18 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 92 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Maimaitiming Abudukadier | Edgeway Software |
Customer experience
PlayDrum
Drum Sets
In-app purchases
PlayDrum
- "Unlock All Drum Kits"$1.99
Drum Sets
- Unlimited Drums$1.99
