Comparison

Real Drums! vs Drum Set

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

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.

Highlights
  • Real drum simulator experience
  • Finger drumming on phone
  • Clean drum interface
  • Multitouch support
  • High quality drum sounds
Features
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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!

Screenshots

Real Drums!3 screens
Drum Set4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Real Drums! versus Drum Set: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReal Drums!Drum Set
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (8 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews53.6% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings8 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsDaily — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB76 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMooseok BahngKofi Austin

Customer experience

Real Drums!

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

Drum Set

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Real Drums!

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
1 purchases

Drum Set

One-time1
  • No Ads$0.99

Questions

Is Real Drums! free?
Real Drums! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Drum Set free?
Drum Set is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Real Drums! or Drum Set?
Real Drums! is rated higher. Real Drums! averages 4.5 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Drum Set averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Real Drums! or Drum Set have ads?
Drum Set shows ads; Real Drums! does not.
Which is updated more often, Real Drums! or Drum Set?
Real Drums! ships an update every 4 months, and Drum Set daily. Most recently, Real Drums! was updated on November 1, 2026 and Drum Set on November 3, 2026.

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