Drums: Learn & Play Beat Games Reviews

by Maybegood Maybebad

So if you click on Drums when you first install it you have to click through some pictures kind of telling you what’s to come. Then you get to a subscription page. Now here’s the fun part. Let’s just say that it’s a free download but not free to play. So when I saw this I went straight to the reviews to see if anyone else has had this problem. I assure you that a lot have. But get this the developer has responded and said there is a continue with limited version button in Drums . I’ve looked there is not. If I could put a screenshot I would. Now the reviews I’ve seen where from a year ago which means they haven’t dealt with the problem for a year. But I have also look at recent ones and they have said the same thing. ‼️‼️DEVELOPERS ‼️‼️this is getting old. Just make us have to pay for Drums in the first place. It’s annoying and many apps do this. Now if I’m going to screenshot the page and delete Drums that way if I get a response I can send them what I see.

by Covu3609

I’m a drummer who plays with multiple groups who tour around the country. When I saw there was a cool looking rock band-like drum app I was excited to try it out. Boy was I disappointed. First off, half the time you’re on Drums you’re watching 30 second ads that you can’t skip. Second off, all the songs are boring top 100 songs that aren’t even the real versions! They’re covers! Third off, the control in the game is laughable. The tempo is inconsistent and it makes it near impossible to get a good score on hard mode. I was genuinely laughing after 2 minutes. Do not get this game, it’s a waste of time and if you’re trying to become a better drummer with it it WONT help you.

by Sbusjs

I 100% do not recommend. first of all, you download Drums and get bombarded with a premium slideshow. Also to play the full song will cost money, like, no I will not do that. Second of all, ADS. I saw an ad of this on an other app and it looked super fun, but then when started playing I kept getting ads after the freaking song I just played. Which was btw longer that’s the songs on Drums . Idk if you like ads ig this is the game for you. And I get it MONEY. But like no. Im so sorry if this. And out stand offish, I mean no hate but please FIX THESE PROBLEMS THAT THESE PLAYERS HAVE.

With all due respect, a tired of ads person

by Spike5002

Previous reviewer states that it’s a forced subscription. The reply from the developer says this is optional. This is FALSE. 7.99/week. I opted for a free trial (only 3 days), as was my ONLY OPTION. Then was able to withdraw the automatic renewal to get charged. Was still supposed to have 3 days of playing.

However, when I pull Drums open again, it gives me the option to get back into a free trial, but doesn’t let me play. There is absolutely no way to play without doing the free trial and paying after 3 days. This does not equal optional. Premium content is ONLY CONTENT.

This in-app purchase crap is getting old.

by Lemon Saint

This new-ish “Games as a service/subscription” is getting out of hand. The only reason this practice continues to grow is because we as consumers are allowing it to. Those who are paying the subscription, stop. Speak with your wallets and this problem will go away. I’m an app developer myself, and my team and I would never stoop to this targeted and predatory behavior. The developers and publisher should be ashamed of themselves.

EDIT - Thank you for your canned and scripted response …. Two years later. It’s not even helpful. No one can play the “restricted” version …. Look at your reviews and responses. Since comprehension isn’t your thing, I’ll spell it out for you.

YOUR APP DOES NOT WORK WITHOUT SUBSCRIBING

by Remster971

So, this is the second drum app that I’ve tried and while it’s better than the first in terms of playability and control structure, the songs are much lamer. The first app used tunes created by what sounded like a bunch of high school kids in their parents garage, but at least they didn’t have to pay for the use of real tunes and some of the songs were alright. This one gets around that by using real tunes that are not subject to copyright infringement, which means basically it’s a bunch of lame Christmas songs and classical pieces. Don’t let “House of the Rising Sun” fool you. It’s the only descent tune they have and you can only play it on easy mode. How sad. I would have rated it two stars Instead of one (for usability) but the developers somehow have the gall to charge you 7.99 a week for this crap and you won’t know it’s crap till you sign up for the trial.

by Glebyz

As it was mentioned by many others before me - this game is not free. You cannot launch even a main menu before it asks you to go for 3 day free trial and then pay weekly. Obviously in order to proceed you have to provide your credit card info and all that.
Even though developer many times replied that the game is actually free and you can watch video or whatever, and all those reviews saying opposite is not true - THIS IS TRUE! I personally can’t find any single button that would allow me go pass that purchase to an actual game! This does not mean that the game is free. Even though there is a free trial, I don’t want to mess to remember when should I unsubscribe in order to avoid being charged. No option not to fill out cc information? This means that the game has to be paid for! Don’t fool people around. NOT A FREE GAME

by OGHaNDii

Don’t waste your time guys! Sure it seems fun at first, but when you spend more than half of the time watching ads, it just becomes so draining. EVERY SINGLE SONG YOU PLAY WILL FORCE YOU INTO AN AD AFTER! THE ADS ARE LONGER THAN THE SONGS THEMSELVES!!! It’s beyond annoying and unnecessary. If you love to watch ads about other pointless games, then this is the game for you! But I hate when developers do this, and they don’t care at all they just want to make money. These are the worst kind of developers. And if you want to get rid of the ads? Oh sure you can do that! For A MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION! These guys are scammers at best. The game itself (when you’re actually able to play) is okay. But it constantly pauses my game while in the middle of the song. I never write reviews but this one needed one. Wish I could give it 0 stars. Uninstalling after only having it for an hour. Waste of time.

by Mickimitcch

I’ve played this game for a month now and it use to be in order to play a song you have to watch a arbor pay for premium which unlocks all the songs but not the ads are longer than the actual drum song you play and when your done playing another ad immediately pops up after!! Then it show how many stars you got on the song then asks if you want to return to the home page or go to the next track but you have to watch another ad! When playing the this app for some reason lag out in the middle of playing even when your playing on beat it.

by ChristianKustomz

So it’s nothing to write home about. I gave it a 2-star because the obnoxiousness of the advertisements is ridiculous. The second is the music is lame and the touch sensitivity is so bad that just the slightest miscalculation in articulation and it goes to a pause screen where you can resume.

I think the developers had a good idea but completely screwed it all up.

If you don’t mind playing 10-15 second songs (literally) and then two 30+ second advertisements in between each 10-15 second play song then have at it.

by Chuck Buckernowski

I saw an ad for it on instagram and it looked good. When I opened it up I was immediately hit with an ad for their premium service thing, and it looked like you had to pay to use Drums . It was probably put there into tricking people into buying it. I then realized it was just a pop up and closed out of it. I went into the first song an quickly realized that the touch sensitivity definitely needs an update. If you tapped a nanosecond off it would mark it wrong. The ads are also out of control. If you wanted to move on to the next song you would need to watch a 30 second ad. I get that it is a free app and it needs to have ads but there is just too much. I had high hopes when I saw the ad on Instagram, but I was not impressed.

by Ashley From Colorado

I got Drums because a video ad for it looked good but was left disappointed. There is a very very slim song selection, there are ads after every single play through (even though a lot of the songs are less than a minute), and the rhythm is off. Some of the songs don’t match up well rhythm wise and the this app are touchy. You’re probably not going to learn anything worthwhile with Drums if you are a drummer (I’d recommend finding other apps that have exercises, sheet music, etc.) If you’re looking for a drum kit to just have fun with, go download GarageBand instead.

by HexoJr

Okay I actually play this app and thought this game would be fun to play at night when I can’t actually play my drum set. But boy was I wrong. All the songs don’t even follow the time signature or anything so me in my head trying to count and play it in time is all wrong. It’s almost like whoever made the levels has no clue how to play this app or anything. Even on hard the levels don’t follow basic drum patterns that are in these songs everything just seems random like they wrote the levels by ear and the person who wrote them doesn’t know anything about music

by Ink_girl_anon

I would not recommend Drums because it is too expensive to unlock more features, and ads pop up after every song. I think the concept is a great idea and can help people gain some sort of sense of rhythm. However, all of the songs are less than a minute long and an ad pops up after EVERY SINGLE SONG. In addition, the price to get more songs is $7.50 per WEEK. That would add up to $360 per YEAR. At that point, it would be less expensive to buy an average sounding drum kit to learn on and play on for a few years.

by Gvdsxcjufc Hijnfrxsxbj

When you first launch Drums it wants you use a trial for 3 days and then pay 8 bucks a WEEK!!! ok, let’s say you don’t want to pay, but play. Well good luck finding the small print to bypass all of that, took me a good few minutes to see where it was.

Great! I got in the game, there are some songs to play. Ohh, Dance Monkey, that is a fun song. Hey! Watch this ad to play! Ok that’s fine, played the song (30 seconds of it) and hit next. Ohh joy! A 30 second ad! Ok, next song, played that for about 20-30 seconds. Hit next, what!? Another 30 second ad? I didn’t know I needed to play other games so much!

Yea, this game is going in my trash bin. I’m sure it’s useful and quality, it appears that way. But you will attract a lot more with honey than vinegar.

I gave you 2 stars because the concept and app seem solid, but you lose all merit with the ad bombardment.

by Ayooo ;-;✌️

So overall, I think this is pretty good with the gameplay, it’s a standard rhythm game. I do wish that there was an option to up the speed of the notes (not the bpm of the song, but how fast the notes slide down the screen). Sometimes I can’t distinguish which note comes before which and it’s pretty frustrating. Secondly, as soon as you open it up, an ad for their subscription service comes up, but you can close out of that one. You’re bombarded with a lot of ads after that, usually after songs which are about 45+ seconds long. Yes I know developers have to make money somehow, but it kinda gives off a “money-hungry” vibe.

by Nustikun

Drums is so fun and good for learning this app. Its annoying when your playing cause somtimes the iphone x bar home button thing gets in the way and then it pauses. Also please add speedy ortiz songs. And bts songs. Also for everyone complaining about ads just go on airplane mode cause Drums deosnt need wifi unless you want to get the free songs but if you wanna get absong just turn on wifi get it then you can play it without wifi its that simple

by Low Hanging Nutsack

Great App & Game but they boast that new tracks are added every week which isn’t true. I’ve been playing for several months and have never seen them updated.

by Zombie_Slayer-_-

This drumming app is great for beginners just before they get a drum set. I’m getting a drum set on October 15 this year and Drums is helping me a lot with playing. The only problem I have with this is that there is a elite input lag sometimes put other than that this is a perfect drumming app to get for you phone if you want to get some practice in before you get a real drum set.

by Lmao123456#

I love Drums I’ve been trying to learn to play the this app and have gone through so many drum apps but they where not for me. Until I found this app a easy way to learn the this app and it has its levels from easy to hard. But the game it needs music that includes rock like Green Day, The Offspring, Skillet, Seether, etc. Some people want to download Drums to find real rock. So if you please put some real rock songs on Drums.

by Seann7656

Look, App developers have to make money somehow, no one is denying that. But there is a right way and a wrong way to go about monetizing Drums . I would prefer to have a limited version of Drums with ad’s and limited song choices, where I have the option to pay to disable ad’s and receive songs. Forcing people to subscribe and remember to cancel in time just feels dishonest. Sure it’s a fun app without the anxiety of a subscription looking over your head.

by RioRoseRiver

I started up the game, and it wanted me to start a “free trial” immediately. I couldn’t actually start playing until I started the trial. I did just that, and turned off auto-renewal, but then when I load up the game, it gets stuck on that annoying drum loading screen. Then I immediately started charging money, even though I had turned that feature off! Screw you, you
blood-thirsty, money-sucking corporate vampires. 🖕😡🖕

by Aeonmike

The game looks cool, like a rock smith drum theme. The music is kinda lame and costing $32 per month kinda kills it for me. Based on the content I would say the game might be worth $5 a month. You would probably get 100x the users if you dropped the price or if you could select any song from Apple Music within Drums and play along it might be worth that price. My guess is they bought the game from a small startup and went a little crazy on the monetization.

by Wow No Good App

I won’t even give a star tried for one day. First off had to pay to even try Drums tried for one day maybe wasn’t worth $7.99 a week. Second couldn’t find anywhere to cancel. So I got rid of Drums thinking that would do it but nope keep taking any money I put in App Store for music and try taking from my credit card. Would like a full refund on all money you took from me. Now I’m forced to give a star to write this what a crock

by JMasonM

This is as close to a scam as you can get and still be considered legal. However, it’s not ethical.

The market goal to Drums is to get individuals to sign up for a free 3 day subscription. Knowing that Drums isn’t that great at all. The consumers will just move on to a different app, unfortunately forgetting about their subscription. Leaving them to be charged approximately $32 a month, until weeks down the road they remember, when a bank statement comes in the mail.

by Jberlin113

Got excited when I saw this on instagram with a real song playing with Drums . Download app, start free trial, and I get 30 second songs with no actually decent music to play along with. Disappointing, but not surprising. Also how do you justify charging 8 dollars a WEEK for this? That’s at least 3 times the cost of Netflix which has way more use than Drums. Needless to say I’m cancelling my trial and deleting Drums off my phone.

by Ghjkasdffgh

They give a 7 day free trial then $7.50 A WEEK after that LOL. They have some fine price but they have intentionally made the font color so it’s not possible to read (shady and should be illegal to do) so you don’t really know what you’re signing up for. I deleted it after seeing that and not being able to tell clearly if I would be charged for something I didn’t want.

by Tolan Shook

So I installed Drums played the game it was fun but when I closed and then later that day I went in Drums then I got stuck on the screen with the snare drum I kept trying it wouldn't work I even restarted my phone and it didn't work so I deleted Drums then reinstalled it I opened Drums it worked but the next time I opened it it got stuck on the same screen

by Zero To Hero Lover

I love the game that’s why I gave it five stars but there is a problem there are way to many adds. I just want to play the darn thing. I will keep the game but if u don’t fix the problem I will delete it.

by Drumma Lucas

Drums has such a great distinction from other drum apps. It’s simple, and easy to use. Please add more songs!!! I thought the response to the this app were perfect!!