Comparison

Real Drums! vs Penguin Drums

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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 !!!

About

Penguin Drums

This app simulates a drum kit on your device, allowing kids to play along with rhythms or use it as a MIDI controller. It offers a variety of drum sounds and supports multitouch for an interactive drumming experience.

Highlights
  • Multitouch drum pads
  • Variety of drum instruments
  • 12 example rhythms
  • MIDI over Bluetooth support
  • Simulates drum kit sounds
Features
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Penguin Drums is an application for Kids that simulates a drum on your device. To play it, just drumming your fingers on the pads of the drums and the sound is played simultaneously. A fun, light and easy to use application. Ideal for those who want to study or play drumming without making much noise or taking up much space. Features of Penguin Drums: * Multitouch * Instruments like kick, snare, tom, floor tom, hi-hat, ride, ride-bell, crash, tambourine. * 12 examples of rhythms. * Support MIDI over Bluetooth When you connect your iOS device to Mac using "MIDI over Bluetooth", Penguin Drums Become to the drum pad for MIDI Sequencer software, such as GarageBand. Made for Kids drummers, beginners!

Screenshots

Real Drums!3 screens
Penguin Drums2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Real Drums! at 54% against Penguin Drums's 0%. Real Drums! also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (8 vs 1). Penguin Drums's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Real Drums! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Penguin Drums asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Real Drums! holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Real Drums! has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Real Drums!'s written reviews are positive against 0% of Penguin Drums's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Real Drums! ships an update every 4 months, Penguin Drums every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Real Drums! versus Penguin Drums: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReal Drums!Penguin Drums
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (8 ratings) — better3.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews53.6% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings8 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMooseok Bahngtaisuke fujita

Customer experience

Real Drums!

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive53.6%
Neutral3.6%
Negative42.9%

Penguin Drums

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Real Drums!

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
None

Penguin Drums

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Real Drums! free?
Real Drums! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Penguin Drums free?
Penguin Drums is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Real Drums! or Penguin Drums?
Real Drums! is rated higher. Real Drums! averages 4.5 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Penguin Drums averages 3.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Real Drums! or Penguin Drums have ads?
Neither Real Drums! nor Penguin Drums shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Real Drums! or Penguin Drums?
Real Drums! ships an update every 4 months, and Penguin Drums every 3 months. Most recently, Real Drums! was updated on October 20, 2026 and Penguin Drums on October 27, 2026.

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