Comparison

Real Drums! vs Finger Drumkit

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

Finger Drumkit

Experience realistic drumming with responsive touch controls. Play along to your favorite music or create original beats with various drum kits. Enjoy a user-friendly interface designed for intuitive finger drumming.

Highlights
  • Realistic sound and touch response
  • Multiple drum kit types
  • High-quality audio
  • Multi-touch support
  • Adjustable metronome
  • Play along to music
Features
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Enjoy playing drums using your fingers! The main feature of this app is the realistic sound and the 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.  User friendly simple screen is the ideal for finger play. Enjoy playing along to your favorite songs, or creating your original beat. FEATURES: -> 4 types of drum kit (classic, electronic, rock, vintage) -> Drum components: hi-hat (open, closed), snare, bass, tom 3 (floor 1 & Tom Tom 2), crash cymbal, ride cymbal -> High quality sound -> Multi-touch enabled: Play multiple drum heads simultaneously -> Metronome that can be freely set the speed

Screenshots

Real Drums!3 screens
Finger Drumkit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Real Drums! at 4.5 against Finger Drumkit's 3.5. Real Drums! also leads on review sentiment (54% vs 33%). Finger Drumkit's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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 Finger Drumkit 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 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Real Drums!'s written reviews are positive against 33% of Finger Drumkit's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Real Drums! ships an update every 4 months, Finger Drumkit every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Real Drums! versus Finger Drumkit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReal Drums!Finger Drumkit
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (8 ratings) — better3.5 (13 ratings)
Positive reviews53.6% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings813 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMooseok BahngQuantis,Inc.

Customer experience

Real Drums!

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

Finger Drumkit

All ratings14 ratings
Positive64.3%
Neutral7.1%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Real Drums!

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
1 purchases

Finger Drumkit

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99

Questions

Is Real Drums! free?
Real Drums! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Finger Drumkit free?
Finger Drumkit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Real Drums! or Finger Drumkit?
Real Drums! is rated higher. Real Drums! averages 4.5 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Finger Drumkit averages 3.5 from 13 ratings.
Do Real Drums! or Finger Drumkit have ads?
Neither Real Drums! nor Finger Drumkit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Real Drums! or Finger Drumkit?
Real Drums! ships an update every 4 months, and Finger Drumkit every 7 months. Most recently, Real Drums! was updated on October 20, 2026 and Finger Drumkit on October 24, 2026.

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