Comparison

PlayDrum vs Double+

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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!

About

Double+

This app is an intelligent guitar pickup system control software designed for both beginners and professionals. It offers extensive features for practice, performance, and teaching, including tone adjustment, effects, a drum machine, metronome, tuner, and loop recording.

Highlights
  • Dual-channel independent mixing ratio volume adjustment
  • Customizable tone curves and EQ settings
  • Digital effects (compression, reverb, delay, distortion)
  • Integrated drum machine with 144 styles
  • Metronome with practice settings
  • Tuning table for various instruments
  • Loop recording and music score functions
Features
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Double+ is a guitar digital intelligent pickup system control software created by Debo Acoustics based on the user's thinking to make it more interesting for beginner users and more systematic for professional users. Features: 1. Piezoelectric patch dual-channel independent mixing ratio volume adjustment 2. 4 official preset tone curves and 20 self-customized curve functions. 3. The 8-segment EQ curve of the piezoelectric microphone can be adjusted independently by dragging it. 4. Howling suppression 4-6 suppression frequency points 5. Detailed adjustment of digital effects of compression, reverb, chorus, delay, and distortion. 6. Drum machine, 12x12/144 style drum sets, 12 sound source options 7. Metronome, 10 timbres, and various rhythm and beat combination practice settings 8. Tuning table function, suitable for 21 special tuning schemes such as guitar, ukulele, bass, and standard flat half-tuning. 9. Loop recording function, you can edit the drum set to record and play in a loop at the same time, and record in an infinite loop. 10. Music score function, massive music scores, synchronous playback of audio scores, chord query, and customizable download of my music score collection. Summary: It is a one-stop intelligent auxiliary tool that integrates guitar playing practice and teacher teaching. It has application scenarios, practice assistance for beginners, stage performances for performers, and teaching assistance for piano store teachers. It is created with the efforts of Debo Acoustics, and technology empowers music. Your musical dreams are within reach.

Screenshots

PlayDrum4 screens
Double+4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: PlayDrum at 75% against Double+'s 20%. PlayDrum also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.4) and ratings volume (30 vs 7). Double+'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, ads 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. PlayDrum sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Double+ asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PlayDrum holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of PlayDrum's written reviews are positive against 20% of Double+'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PlayDrum ships an update every 5 weeks, Double+ every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on August 20, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
PlayDrum versus Double+: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlayDrumDouble+
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (30 ratings) — better3.4 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better20.0% of reviews
Number of ratings30 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB99 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMaimaitiming AbudukadierHuizhou Debo Acoustics Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

PlayDrum

All ratings30 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

Double+

All ratings6 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral16.7%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative60.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

PlayDrum

One-time1
  • "Unlock All Drum Kits"$1.99
None

Double+

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PlayDrum free?
PlayDrum is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Double+ free?
Double+ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PlayDrum or Double+?
PlayDrum is rated higher. PlayDrum averages 4.7 out of 5 from 30 ratings, while Double+ averages 3.4 from 7 ratings.
Do PlayDrum or Double+ have ads?
Neither PlayDrum nor Double+ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PlayDrum or Double+?
PlayDrum ships an update every 5 weeks, and Double+ every 6 days. Most recently, PlayDrum was updated on August 20, 2026 and Double+ on June 5, 2026.

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