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Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Elastic Drums

Powerful, fun easy-to-use music production app for iOS

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. Elastic Drums launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

  1. 1

    The app to learn how to play drums

    2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

  2. 2IB
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    Hi HN, I built Eigendrum, a web tool that solves the 2D wave equation for arbitrary shapes so you can hear what they sound like as drums. How it works: * Solves -∇²u = λu using finite element analysis (Kφ = λMφ) on a triangle mesh. * Validated to <0.1% error against closed-form solutions for circles (Bessel zeros) and rectangles. * Sound model factors in strike location, Rayleigh damping, and mallet width. * Includes Kac drums I & II to demonstrate identical sound spectra from different geometries. * No frameworks, build steps, or dependencies. Repo and tests:…

    Aug 2026 · baselashraf81.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Drum practice tracker app

    2024 · its alternatives →

  5. 5AW
  6. 6IM

    After two years of development, I'm super excited to release Beat Maker! This is my take on what I hope is the best free, web-based drum machine. My goal was to build something that was not only fun and easy to use for beginners but also powerful enough for serious producers. I did extensive research on existing drum machines, analyzed their UX, and tried to build something that adds something new. It's a nearly 100% client-side app, written in ClojureScript, and is a PWA so you can install it to your home screen for an app-like experience. Besides the standard grid editor, Beat Maker has…

    Sep 2025 · dopeloop.ai · its alternatives →

  7. 7BA

    Hello all! I've been an avid fan of Pocket Operators by Teenage Engineering since I found out about them. I even own an EP-133 K.O. II today, which I love. A couple of months ago, Reddit user andiam03 shared a Google Sheet with some drum patterns [1]. I thought it was a very cool way to share and understand beats. During the weekend I coded a basic version of this app I am sharing today. I iterated over it in my free time, and yesterday I felt like I had a pretty good version to share with y'all. It's not meant to be a sequencer but rather a way to experiment with beats and basic sounds,…

    Jan 2026 · beats.lasagna.pizza · its alternatives →

  8. 8IB

    Originally started as a project to restore patterns from now defunct website 808.pixll.de just for myself, but eventually i decided to share it with others. I've seen this website mentioned a couple of times on HN:) Currently it only supports Roland TR-808, but there will be more.

    2025 · drumpatterns.onether.com · its alternatives →

  9. 9A6
  10. 10IM

    I made this iPhone app called "Affine Tuning" which is a collection of body-interactive musical pieces: https:&#x2F;&#x2F;affinetuning.com&#x2F; It uses body tracking (Motion Capture from RealityKit) to shape dynamic compositions. The app is completely free and will be updated in the future with more songs and other interactive features.

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    Create music with beautiful touchable waveforms

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Drum by typing

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Earn rewards for discovering new music

    2018 · its alternatives →

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    Play Piano on Widget, LockScreen, Dynamic Island

    2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Make a beat in seconds

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Play The Beat

    2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

  17. 17MI

    Hello HN, this has been my personal project for quite some time now. It has been a slowly evolving project over the years and its core function is for users to expose themselves to progressively more difficult lessons of music notes. NOTE: It is free and there are no ads. There is an in app purchase but most of the app doesn't require it.

    2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Music motion app. Make music by shaking your phone. 🎶

    2018 · its alternatives →

  19. 19TS

    Hi there, my name is Jay. Making music and writing software have probably been the two biggest pleasures of my life -only after my family. My team and I recently started a long journey of trying to completely change the way people create music, and as it usually happens with any long journey, it all starts with small steps. One of those small steps was to build https:&#x2F;&#x2F;drummy.io, or "Dummy Drums," a very simple yet useful drum machine that stores the entire drum pattern in the hashtag of the URL. There is no backend. Fully served by a CDN. If you wanna learn how to build your own…

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    Practice drums with Apple Music

    2019 · its alternatives →

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    Harness AI to generate infinite unique drum samples

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    Randomly generated, royalty free Hip hop beats.

    2020 · its alternatives →

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    Peel▲112

    Little drum machine in your browser

    2023 · its alternatives →

  24. 24CA

    Hello HN, I just released this music theory and ear training mobile app for guitar which I've been working on for a bit more than a year on the side. The idea was to make something for the eternally "intermediate" guitarist (myself included). There are a lot of beginner apps which rely on learning songs, toolkits which give you a bunch of stuff with no explanation but not many in-between apps to actually learn and practice more generic and somewhat advanced stuff. The app contains short lessons, recaps and most importantly challenges (visual, audio and pure theory) along with a very complete…

    Oct 2025 · cadenceguitar.com · its alternatives →

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