Brazilian Drum Machine vs Splat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Brazilian Drum Machine
Create authentic Brazilian rhythms with a comprehensive percussion library and intuitive song creation tools. Explore pre-programmed grooves or design your own, and perform live with assignable pads and MIDI control. Synchronize with other music apps for seamless integration.
- Extensive Brazilian rhythm library
- Over 60 realistic percussion sounds
- Intuitive Song Mode for structure creation
- Live Pads for live performance
- MIDI In/Out and Ableton Link synchronization
- Custom rhythm creation tools
- Jamming Mode for improvisation
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Brazilian Drum Machine is a complete brazilian rhythm section in your device. Easy, fast and flexible because you can use the preprogrammed rhythms or create your own grooves. Combine rhythms with the fast and intuitive Song Mode or make your live sessions with the Live Pads. Unlimited. The new Live Pads lets to play live sessions on the way with 8 assignable pads and buttons for fills, intro, end with midi controls. And now, you can synchronize with any app easily with Ableton Link. • Complete rhythm library with all the amazing brazilian grooves. Samba, Partido Alto, Baião, Bossa Nova, Marcha, Choro, Carimbó, Maracatú, Coco, Xote, Maxixe, Makulele, Calango, AfroSamba, Coco, Frevo, Ijexá, Calango, Capoeira … and many more! • More than 60 brazilian percussion sounds with Round Robin alternating samples with 4 layers. Extremely realistic sounds, including Pandeiros, Caixixis, Surdos, Cabasas, Tamborims, Ganzá, Shaker, Chocalho, Caixas (Snares), Agogos, Atabaques (Congas), Drum sets, … and many more! • Jamming Mode to set the improvisation level. The acclaimed jamming ability has been adapted to Brazilian percussion. • Set drum fills every x bars, with brazilian triplet feel that makes the groove to sound incredibly human. • Midi Out • Midi In (Sound Module) • Song Mode allows to make full structures in seconds. Just adding parts choosing rhythms, number of bars, jamming level and fills. Easy, fast and fun. - Double press to edit a part or song - Long press to move parts or songs • Create your own rhythms in two modes: Step Sequencer and Patterns wheels. • Ranzomizers tools for sounds and patterns to boost the creativity. • Grooves divided into banks to facilitate searching: Samba - Bossa Nova - Forró - Afro - Marcha - Folclore - Bateria (Drumset) - User - Favourites • Bateria (Drumset) bank with the traditional brazilian rhythms adapted to a drum set. • AudioBus and inter-app support to stream live audio directly to other apps. And now syncs perfectly with Ableton Link • Universal app: works on iPhone, iPod and iPad. -MIDI- -- Notes Mode Play / Stop - Midi Note G2 / Program Change 13 Midi CC 0: Rhythm Midi CC 1: Jam Intensity Midi CC 7: Master Volume Midi CC 11: Swing Midi CC 32: Bank Midi CC 91: Reverb Gain Select Soundset: Program Change (Notes Live Pad Mode) --- Live Pad Midi Controls: * Program Change Mode (default setting) PC 0 to PC7 : Select Pad PC8: Fill PC12: Fill for the next Pad change PC10: Fill for every Pad change PC11: Fill & Start / End PC13: Play * Notes Mode (default setting) C3 to G3 : Select Pad C2: Fill D2: Fill for the next Pad change E2: Fill for every Pad change A2: Fill & Start / End. - Song Mode Controls: (Notes Live Pad Mode) Midi Note C2: Preview Song Midi Note D2: Next Song * Double press to edit a part or song * Long press to move parts or songs
Splat
Create hard-hitting urban beats with a vast library of drum sounds and advanced synthesis. Import your own samples, utilize built-in effects, and route audio for professional mixing. Perfect for aspiring and experienced producers alike.
- 10,000 Drum Sounds
- 750 Beat Chops & Kits with MIDI
- Import Your Own Samples
- Host Plugin Effects
- Full Synthesis for Pads
- Route Pads to Individual Outs
- Swing Groove Templates
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The Ultimate Urban Drum Rompler If you've always wanted to make the phattest urban beats with incredible hard-hitting drum sounds, but never spent the years being a beat chopper or crate digger, then this library is for you. It takes years to properly learn how to chop samples, rip breakbeats, create the right "swing", and run it all through the expensive hardware to get those perfect drums. This library does all of this for you. And for the experienced producer, you have access to advanced features like importing your own drums with MIDI and running them through our synthesis and incredible effects. Route pads to separate audio outs, use your own plugin FX inside the app, and get full access to synthesizer type programming to make for the ultimate urban drum rompler! Highlights: - 10,000 Combined Drum Sounds - 750 Beat Chops & Kits with MIDI - Load/Save your Own Samples - Host your own Plugin Effects - Insert FX, Global & Master Buss - Full Synthesis for Pads 1-12 - Route Pads to Individual Outs - Dedicated "Slug" Knob - Swing Groove Templates Factory Preset Style The factory presets come with Kits, Full Loops, and Chops from the Loops all in the style of Boom-Bap, Lo-Fi, Hip-Hop Soul, Vinyl and Chill-Hop. Similar to these artists: The Roots, J Dilla, Pete Rock, Q-Tip, and the Wu-Tang, etc.. Use Chops for Drums Any beat maker knows that loop chops represent the phatest sound. So along with the chops on each pad, you can tweak the chopped drums in order to create your own kits from the chops. Sampled from Hardware No drum sounds will ever sound good if they are not sampled from the correct hardware. We use all of the industry standard and our own secret gems in order to produce the hardest hitting drums. Secret Weapon Features: - Alias Name and Tagging for Drum Sounds - Route Drum Sounds to Separate Outputs - Load Your Own Plugins into FX Slots - Ability to Export MIDI Patterns - Save Presets with MIDI Data Embeded - Dedicated Knob to Lay Behind the Beat - Use Chops as Drum Sounds - 5-Insert FX Per Pad 1-12 Route Audio Outputs to any Channel Our app gives you the ability to route any drum pad sound to any output on your multi-channel audio device. This is paramount for mixing drums and separating them out for more flexibility when editing and mastering. Stacking and Layering With 36-pads, you can even stack and layer different drum sounds, which is a very popular producer trick. Simply assign the same MIDI Note to multiple sounds and stack as many drums as you want with one hit. This is how producers get those "out of this world" phat drum sounds. Amazing Effects In partnership with Overloud™, we have the full version of the famous Vintage Keyboard FX Suite of effects readily available. We also have licensed a ton of other high quality effects, all with very lush, warm, and vintage sounds. Each pad 1-12 can have up to 5 insert effects per pad, along with global and master busses. Every knob/fader can be MIDI learned, so you can adjust effects in real-time with a controller. Run the entire beat through a crazy reverb or phaser to instantly change the entire "feel" of the beat or drum sound. Our FX arsenal is so vast that you will spend months just exploring all of the possibilities.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Brazilian Drum Machine at none against Splat's 1. Brazilian Drum Machine also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 11.0). Splat's advantage is price ($14.99 vs $17.99). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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
Brazilian Drum Machine costs $17.99 and Splat $14.99 up front. Splat sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Brazilian Drum Machine asks for nothing beyond the download.
Splat holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 31 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Brazilian Drum Machine's written reviews are positive against 64% of Splat's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brazilian Drum Machine | Splat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $17.99 | $14.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (30 ratings) | 4.2 (31 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 64.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 30 | 31 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 130 MB | 341 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lumbeat | MIDIculous LLC |
Customer experience
Brazilian Drum Machine
Splat
In-app purchases
Brazilian Drum Machine
No in-app purchases
Splat
- Splat-to-Click Vol 1$12.99
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