Comparison

Drum Kit vs Drum Beat

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

Head to head
About

Drum Kit

Experience realistic drum sounds and touch response with this powerful drum simulator. Play along to your favorite songs or create original beats with multiple drum kit options and high-quality audio. Ideal for finger drumming with a user-friendly interface.

Highlights
  • Realistic drum sounds
  • Responsive touch response
  • Multiple drum kit types
  • High-quality recorded audio
  • Multi-touch enabled
  • Adjustable metronome
  • Customizable background color
Features
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Turn your iPhone or iPad into a simple drum kit you can play anytime. Drum Kit: Rhythm Pad is a casual drum app for tapping beats, practicing rhythm, and enjoying different drum sounds on a clean horizontal layout. Choose a kit, tap the pads, and start playing kick, snare, toms, hi-hat, crash, and ride sounds right away. Choose Your Drum Sound Switch between Classic, Electronic, and Rock drum kits to match the style you want to play. Each kit gives the same familiar drum pad layout a different feel, so you can quickly move from natural drum sounds to electronic beats or a stronger rock-style setup. Practice With Metronome and BPM Controls Use the built-in metronome when you want to keep time or practice a steady rhythm. BPM controls let you adjust the tempo, making the app useful for quick rhythm practice, warmups, or simply playing along with your own beat ideas. Tap, Play, and Explore Rhythm The app is designed for simple, direct play. Tap the drum pads to trigger sounds, try different combinations, and build your own groove. It is easy to use for beginners, music fans, and anyone who wants a quick way to play drums on a mobile device. Customize the Look Change the background color to match your mood or playing style. The horizontal layout gives you more room to enjoy the drum pad experience on both iPhone and iPad. Main Features: - Tap drum pads for kick, snare, toms, hi-hat, crash, and ride - Choose from Classic, Electronic, and Rock drum kits - Built-in metronome for rhythm practice - BPM controls for tempo adjustment - Background color options - Horizontal layout for iPhone and iPad Pick a kit, set the tempo, and start playing your rhythm.

About

Drum Beat

Experience realistic drum sounds and responsive touch controls for creating original beats or playing along to music. Offers multiple drum kits and a metronome for practice.

Highlights
  • Realistic drum sounds
  • Responsive touch controls
  • Multiple drum kit types
  • High-quality recorded audio
  • Multi-touch support
  • Adjustable metronome
Features
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***Let's tap and play rhythm!*** Enjoy amazing drum sounds! The most powerful feature of this app is the realistic sound and the response of touch. The time delay 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.  The sound is high quality. Enjoy playing along to your favorite songs, or creating your original beat. FEATURES: -> 4 types of drum kit (classic, electronic, rock, vintage) -> Components: hi-hat (open, closed), snare, bass, tom 3 (floor 1 & Tom Tom 2), crash cymbal, ride cymbal -> High quality sound professionally recorded -> Multi-touch enabled: Play multiple drum heads simultaneously -> Metronome that can be freely set the speed -> Change the background color

Screenshots

Drum Kit4 screens
Drum Beat3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Drum Beat at none against Drum Kit's 1. Drum Beat also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 10 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). Drum Kit's advantage is review sentiment (23% vs 0%). On price, 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. Drum Kit sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Drum Beat asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drum Kit ships an update every 10 months, Drum Beat every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Drum Kit versus Drum Beat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrum KitDrum Beat
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (51 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews22.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings51 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAppExtreme,Inc.Quantis,Inc.

Customer experience

Drum Kit

All ratings49 ratings
Positive61.2%
Neutral2.0%
Negative36.7%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive22.7%
Neutral4.5%
Negative72.7%

Drum Beat

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Drum Kit

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$4.99
None

Drum Beat

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Drum Kit free?
Drum Kit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Drum Beat free?
Drum Beat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Drum Kit or Drum Beat have ads?
Both Drum Kit and Drum Beat show ads.
Which is updated more often, Drum Kit or Drum Beat?
Drum Kit ships an update every 10 months, and Drum Beat every 2 months. Most recently, Drum Kit was updated on October 22, 2026 and Drum Beat on October 11, 2026.

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