Real Drums! vs Drum Set
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 !!!
Drum Set
Experience drumming on your phone with this user-friendly electronic drum simulator. Turn your device into a finger drum kit, perfect for learning and practicing anywhere without needing a physical instrument.
- Real drum simulator experience
- Finger drumming on phone
- Clean drum interface
- Multitouch support
- High quality drum sounds
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Drum Set gives you a drumming experience on your phone as a real drum simulator. An electronic drum kit that is fun and very user-friendly. A Real Drum in the palm of your hands. You can learn drums anywhere & everywhere. Turn your phone, with the power of this drum app into a finger drum. Where your fingers become the drumsticks to your newly found drum set. No need for a physical drum kit to occupy space. You can do all your drumming & drum practice within Drum Set. Drum Set Features - A Clean drum interface to play on - Multitouch support for drum kit - High quality drum sounds - A drum simulator that feels like a real drum. A perfect drum app for beginners or pros alike, drummers & percussionists as well as composers & musicians. Thanks for playing!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Real Drums! at 54% against Drum Set's 0%. Real Drums! also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.0) and ads (none vs shown). Drum Set's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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 and Drum Set sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Real Drums! holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Real Drums!'s written reviews are positive against 0% of Drum Set's.
Real Drums! ships an update every 4 months, Drum Set daily. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Real Drums! | Drum Set |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (8 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 53.6% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mooseok Bahng | Kofi Austin |
Customer experience
Real Drums!
Drum Set
In-app purchases
Real Drums!
- Remove Ads$1.99
Drum Set
- No Ads$0.99








