PlayDrum vs Drums Play!
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!
Drums Play!
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Transform your iOS devices to the most realistic drum kit. Drums Play ! is the perfect solution for drummers who look for drum app producing the lowest latency audio. Features: - Multitouch - Realistic Drum Sounds - Right-handed & Left-handed Hi-hat (like playing real drum kit) - 10 instruments - And many more features in the next version Instruments: 2× Hi-hat 3× Toms 1× Bass Drum 1× Snare 1× Ride 2× Crash, Cymbal
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Drums Play! at none against PlayDrum's 1. PlayDrum's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 53 months). On price 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. PlayDrum sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Drums Play! asks for nothing beyond the download.
PlayDrum ships an update every 5 weeks, Drums Play! every 53 months. The most recent releases landed on August 20, 2026 and August 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PlayDrum | Drums Play! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (30 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 53 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Maimaitiming Abudukadier | Panus Tantikornphan |
In-app purchases
PlayDrum
- "Unlock All Drum Kits"$1.99
Drums Play!
No in-app purchases
