Real Drums! vs Virtual Drums PRO
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Real Drums!
Experience a realistic drumming environment with customizable drum kits and extensive sound options. Arrange components, edit layouts, and utilize features like auto-rolling and motion sensor integration for an immersive playing experience. Record your own beats or explore pre-recorded tracks.
- Customizable drum kit arrangement
- Multiple drum kit sounds
- Auto drum rolling
- Motion sensor integration
- Record and save beats
- Pre-recorded beats library
- 3-D sound positioning
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Looking for a realistic drum playing application? Want to arrange drum components as you like? Want sliding and playing functions with great responsiveness? Meeting above needs all at the same time? Here is a perfect solution for your ideal drum. Real Drums will provide you with realistic drum playing environment at your fingertips. FEATURES: * 4 different drum kit sounds (rock, jazz, dance, electronic) * 10 basic drum components with 12 different sounds played simultaneously * 8 extra components (4 brushed, side-stick, 2 extra cymbals, and a cowbell) * Arrange drum components to make your fingers comfortable * Edit (Add / Remove / Resize) components * Auto drum rolling (4, 8, 12, 16, 32 beat) * Mixes high quality poly-phony sounds with no clipping at the end * 3-D Positioning sounds * A metronome with adjustable on/off, BPMs and beats * Open hihat features quick stop * Record and save your own beats * 40 pre-recorded beats (Rock, Hiphop, Jazz, Latin, Ballad, Dance, etc) * Slide and play * Activates motion sensor for playing bass drum and cymbals * Great responsiveness for double bass and fast beats * Animated visual effect * Velocity Control Turn on your favorate song and enjoy !!!
Virtual Drums PRO
Experience an immersive drumming simulation with ultra-fast touch response. Choose from four distinct drum kits and create your own beats or play along to music. Features include a metronome and customizable backgrounds.
- Ultra-fast touch response
- Four drum set types
- High-quality recorded sounds
- Multi-touch drumming
- Adjustable metronome
- Customizable background color
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*** Finger drum playing on the screen! *** You can enjoy immersive drum experience with Virtual drum PRO. The maximum feature of this app is the speed of touch response. The time lag until the sound after you touch the finger was reduced to limit. Thus, it is now possible to be like playing the rhythm just like a real drum. 4 types of drum set has been recorded in this app. Please enjoy classic drums, electronic drums, rock drums and vintage drums. Easy to use simple screen. It's an ideal for finger play! Enjoy playing along to your favorite songs, or creating your original beat. FEATURES: -> 4 types of drum set (classic, electronic, rock, vintage) -> Components: hi-hat (open, closed), snare, bass, tom 3 (floor 1 & Tom Tom 2), crash cymbal, ride cymbal -> High quality drum sound that is recorded by professional -> Multi-touch drumming: Play multiple drums simultaneously -> Metronome that can be freely set the speed -> Change the background color
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Real Drums! at 4.5 against Virtual Drums PRO's 2.0. Virtual Drums PRO's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Real Drums! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Virtual Drums PRO asks for nothing beyond the download.
Real Drums! holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 4 respectively.
Real Drums! ships an update every 4 months, Virtual Drums PRO every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Real Drums! | Virtual Drums PRO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (8 ratings) — better | 2.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 53.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mooseok Bahng | Quantis,Inc. |
Customer experience
Real Drums!
Virtual Drums PRO
In-app purchases
Real Drums!
- Remove Ads$1.99
Virtual Drums PRO
No in-app purchases
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