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Best Drum Machine Apps for iPhone (2026)

15 apps ranked S through F · · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Beat Maker Pro: Music Game is the top-ranked of 15 drum machine apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.7/5 from 590,663 ratings.

  1. 1
    Beat Maker Pro: Music GameS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 590,663 ratings · score 98
  2. 2
    Drum Pad Machine - Beat MakerS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 674,716 ratings · score 98
  3. 3
    Groovepad - Music & Beat MakerS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 518,468 ratings · score 98
  4. 4
    Drum Pads 24 Beat Maker MusicS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 12,437 ratings · score 93
  5. 5
    Beat Maker Go:DJ Drum Pads ProA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 94,140 ratings · score 91

What belongs in this list

Make beats by tapping drum pads and sequencing drum patterns on the phone.

Not here: a realistic playable drum kit alone; a pack of drum samples alone; a metronome alone; a DJ mixing deck alone; a music game with drum visuals alone

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

S
Beat Maker ProDrum PadGroovepadDrum Pads 24
A
Beat Maker Go
B
DJ Mix Pads 2SUPER PADS
C
Beat SnapGo Beat •Drum MachineTize
D
GrooveboxSUPER PADS LIGHTS
F
Beat snap 2Reason Compact

Compare every app

  1. 1
    Beat Maker Pro: Music GameS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 590,663 ratings · score 98 · best in class
  2. 2
    Drum Pad Machine - Beat MakerS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 674,716 ratings · score 98 · best in class
  3. 3
    Groovepad - Music & Beat MakerS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 518,468 ratings · score 98 · best in class
  4. 4
    Drum Pads 24 Beat Maker MusicS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 12,437 ratings · score 93 · best in class
  5. 5
    Beat Maker Go:DJ Drum Pads ProA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 94,140 ratings · score 91 · excellent
  6. 6
    DJ Mix Pads 2 - AI Music MixerB
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 3,921 ratings · score 79 · good
  7. 7
    SUPER PADS - Become a DJ MixerB
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 13,673 ratings · score 72 · good
  8. 8
    Beat Snap - Music & Beat MakerC
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 2,674 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional
  9. 9
    Go Beat • Music & Sound MakerC
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 2,976 ratings · score 66 · situational
  10. 10
    Drum Machine - Music MakerC
    Free download · ★ 4.3 · 6,118 ratings · score 63 · situational
  11. 11
    Tize: Music & Beat MakerC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 16,083 ratings · score 62 · situational
  12. 12
    Groovebox - Beat Synth StudioD
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 4,760 ratings · score 59 · weak
  13. 13
    SUPER PADS LIGHTS - LaunchpadD
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 2,788 ratings · score 55 · weak · provisional
  14. 14
    Beat snap 2 -music maker remixF
    Free download · ★ 4.3 · 4,350 ratings · score 51 · avoid
  15. 15
    Reason Compact - Make MusicF
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 5,290 ratings · score 42 · avoid · provisional

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Questions people ask

What is the best drum machine app for iPhone?
Beat Maker Pro: Music Game, S tier, ranked #1 of 15, rated 4.7 by 590,663 people.
Which drum machine apps are free?
15 of 15 are free to download: Beat Maker Pro: Music Game (S), Drum Pad Machine - Beat Maker (S), Groovepad - Music & Beat Maker (S), Drum Pads 24 Beat Maker Music (S) and more. 7 of them sell in-app purchases.
Which drum machine app has the best App Store rating?
Groovepad - Music & Beat Maker at 4.8 from 518,468 ratings.
How many drum machine apps reach S or A tier?
5 of 15. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.

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