Comparison

Drum Kit 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

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

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

Drum Kit4 screens
Finger Drumkit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Finger Drumkit at none against Drum Kit's shown. Finger Drumkit also leads on review sentiment (33% vs 23%) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). Drum Kit's advantage is ratings volume (51 vs 13). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases 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 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.5 for Drum Kit against 3.5 for Finger Drumkit. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 51 and 13 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 23% of Drum Kit's written reviews are positive against 33% of Finger Drumkit's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drum Kit ships an update every 10 months, Finger Drumkit every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Drum Kit versus Finger Drumkit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrum KitFinger Drumkit
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (51 ratings)3.5 (13 ratings) — better
Positive reviews22.7% of reviews33.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings51 — better13
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 7 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB19 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%

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

Drum Kit

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$4.99
1 purchases

Finger Drumkit

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99

Questions

Is Drum Kit free?
Drum Kit 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, Drum Kit or Finger Drumkit?
Finger Drumkit is rated higher. Drum Kit averages 3.5 out of 5 from 51 ratings, while Finger Drumkit averages 3.5 from 13 ratings.
Do Drum Kit or Finger Drumkit have ads?
Drum Kit shows ads; Finger Drumkit does not.
Which is updated more often, Drum Kit or Finger Drumkit?
Drum Kit ships an update every 10 months, and Finger Drumkit every 7 months. Most recently, Drum Kit was updated on October 22, 2026 and Finger Drumkit on October 24, 2026.

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