Comparison

Drummy vs Groovebox

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

Head to head
About

Drummy

Create inspirational beats with an intuitive and simple beat production tool. This app makes music creation accessible to everyone, allowing you to produce high-quality tracks in minutes with a variety of drum kits and a multi-track mixer.

Highlights
  • High-quality drum kits
  • Eight-track mixer
  • 16 or 32 step sequencer
  • Customizable drum pads
  • Inter-app audio support
  • Audiobus compatibility
  • MIDI learn functionality
Features
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Drummy is a creative beat production tool. With its intuitive workflow and designed simplicity, it's so easy to make inspirational beats. Many people under the impression that the art of producing music using beat maker software is something complicated, and takes too long to learn. But the reality is you can start creating music in a matter of minutes. Drummy has made it possible for anyone to make beats. There is almost no learning curve at all. You'll be making the same types of high-quality beats as the best Musician or DJ performance…...You are not going to believe how quickly you'll be able to become a professional beat maker. - FEATURES - • HIGH-QUALITY DRUM KITS 19 Drum Kits and Sound Effects covering the most popular modern music styles: Vintage Kit, Analog Kit, Acoustic Kit, Classic Kit, Electro Kit, Techno Kit, HipHop Kit, Urban Kit, Funk Kit, Break Beat Kit and Percussion Kit. • 8 TRACKS MIXER An integrated eight-track mixer to balance your tracks to perfection. Mix the volume on individual channels and act as a visual reference of your beat. • 16 or 32 STEPS SEQUENCER Our steps sequencer makes it easy to edit your masterpiece fast; an ultra-simple yet highly intuitive interface allows you to tap out a quick beat without a headache that comes when learning other complicated Apps. • DRUM PADS You can play your drum performances on eight fully custom pads. • INTER-APP AUDIO Chain the sound from Drummy into apps such as Garageband. • AUDIOBUS COMPATIBLE Now you can stream live audio directly to other Audiobus-compatible apps! See http://audiob.us for more information. • MIDI LEARN Drummy supports Midi over WiFi, Bluetooth LE or USB Midi Controller. You can also use Apple's iPad Camera Connection Kit or Lightning to USB Camera Adapter to connect Midi controller. Download Drummy and start making your own beats. The best way to learn is to start doing it. Have fun and be passionate! - Video Tutorial: https://youtu.be/-o4iPI-o5bs * Drummy is a Universal App – buy one app and get versions optimized for both iPhone and iPad.

About

Groovebox

Create electronic music with this mobile studio app. Features inspiring synths, drum machines, and world-class instruments. Easily build beats, melodies, and arrange tracks for production.

Highlights
  • Beat and synth music studio
  • Touchable instruments for melodies and beats
  • Five powerful instruments: Drumbox, Horizon, MiniMon, RetroBass, Poly-8
  • Arrange tracks with sections
  • Record synth parameters as automation
  • Ableton Link and Ableton Export for collaboration
  • Expandable instruments and sound packs
Features
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If you love making electronic music, you’ll love Groovebox. Enter an inspiring world of music production on your iPhone & iPad. Groovebox is a free, beautifully designed music studio app packed with inspiring synths and drum machines. In minutes you’ll be making beats, melodies, and playing with world-class instruments. Expand your own collection with more sounds and instruments available in the store. From the creators of Launchpad, Groovebox helps you produce music on iPhone & iPad. • A BEATS & SYNTH MUSIC STUDIO Play with touchable instruments to quickly create your own beats and melodies, or draw in notes. Need inspiration? Groovebox has hundreds of patterns and sounds to get you started. Four powerful synthesisers, designed in partnership with Novation, deliver deep retro basslines and analogue harmonic melodies. The modern drum machine, with expanding drumkit library, will turn Groovebox into your go-to beat production studio. • SYNTHS DESIGNED WITH NOVATION Designed in partnership with Novation, legendary synth pioneers, Groovebox packs a world-class sound. Each instrument uses a new powerful synth engine capable of recreating classic warm analogue sounds and rich modern harmonics. • EASY TO START, DEEP ENOUGH TO MASTER Groovebox is designed to kick-start ideas, but it has serious features for artists and producers too. The advanced synth parameters* let you sculpt your own sounds. Automate the parameters over time to create a vibrant dynamics. Control your sound with the multi-channel mixer (iPad only), note sequencer, key and scale modes. Build your arrangements into songs with sections. Export your sounds easily to a laptop for further production. Sync to other apps or a laptop with Ableton Link. Connect using Audiobus, Inter-App Audio and even Export to Ableton Live seamlessly.   FEATURES • Discover and build ideas - Quickly explore sounds with hundreds of melody and rhythm patterns • Play touchable instruments - Create your own melodies and beats • Five powerful instruments - Drumbox, Horizon, MiniMon, RetroBass and Poly-8 • Build beats - Play drum pads or keys, sequence notes or use patterns • Arrange your tracks - Simple song-building using sections • Create dynamic changes - Record synth parameters as automation • Sound innovation - Instruments developed in partnership with synth pioneers Novation • Expand your sounds - Regular, fresh-content drumpacks, presets and patterns* • Production-ready sounds - Crafted by world-class sound designers and artists • Extendable Instruments - Expose more tweakable synth controls • Sequence your music - Draw notes and build patterns instead of playing them • Stay in time and key - Choose from any tempo, key or musical scale • Share your music - Easily create a mix of your music to share with others *Requires In-App Purchase ADVANCED FEATURES • Jam with others - Audiobus, Inter-App Audio, Ableton Link and Ableton Export • Swing - Instantly add swing to your session. • Ableton Export - Easily send your project to Ableton Live • Full scale support - All keys and major, minor and modes supported • Project management - Rename, duplicate and delete • iPad Pro support - Optimised to use the entire iPad Pro screen • Send your ideas to a laptop - Batch export your pads as a .zip file, or use Ableton Export • Bluetooth speaker supported

Screenshots

Drummy3 screens
Groovebox4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Groovebox at Free against Drummy's $4.99. Groovebox also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 10 months) and ratings volume (4.8K vs 6). Drummy's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On rating, 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

Groovebox is free to download; Drummy costs $4.99 up front. Groovebox sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Drummy asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Drummy against 4.7 for Groovebox. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Groovebox has 4.8K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 58% of Drummy's written reviews are positive against 79% of Groovebox's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drummy ships an update every 10 months, Groovebox every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Drummy versus Groovebox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrummyGroovebox
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (6 ratings) — better4.7 (4.8K ratings)
Positive reviews57.9% of reviews79.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings64.8K — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSonar MultimediaFocusrite Audio Engineering

Customer experience

Drummy

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive57.9%
Neutral26.3%
Negative15.8%

Groovebox

All ratings4,735 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral3.3%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews654 reviews
Positive79.2%
Neutral10.4%
Negative10.4%

Bugs and requests

Drummy

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Groovebox

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes when exporting projects
  • Playback issues with certain patterns
  • Disappearing UI elements when scrolling
  • Inconsistent behavior when changing sections

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add song mode and ability to chain sections
  • Improve piano roll and note editing
  • Implement MIDI support and mapping
  • Add more export options like MIDI and multi-track
  • Implement iCloud sync and cloud backup
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  • Add panning and more advanced mixing features

In-app purchases

None

Drummy

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Groovebox

One-time10
  • Trap BassFree
  • Sequential ArpsFree
  • Ambient Hip HopFree
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  • Dirty 909Free
  • Hip Hop OrbitFree
  • Hypnotic BassFree
  • Golden Era Bass$0.99
  • Neuro Leads$0.99
  • Composed Melodics$0.99
  • Drum Booster$1.99

Questions

Is Drummy free?
Drummy costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Groovebox free?
Groovebox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Drummy or Groovebox?
Drummy is rated higher. Drummy averages 4.8 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Groovebox averages 4.7 from 4.8K ratings.
Do Drummy or Groovebox have ads?
Neither Drummy nor Groovebox shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Drummy or Groovebox?
Drummy ships an update every 10 months, and Groovebox every 6 weeks. Most recently, Drummy was updated on November 6, 2026 and Groovebox on November 8, 2026.

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