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Funk Drummer
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DeveloperLumbeat
CategoryMusic
Price17.99 GBP
Released
Rating★ 4.7 (101)
Version5.01
Age rating4+
First seen by us
24 Sep 2026
24 Sep 2026Installs (est.)50k+ worldwide
Funk Drummer: Drum Machine update history & changes
Last change · 12 events since 1 Dec 2015Full timeline ↓📦Updated to version 5.01📦Updated to version 5.00.01📈Dropped out of every chart we track📈Entered the top 100⭐Passed 100 ratings🆕First spotted by AppInsider🆕Released on the App Store
Full timeline · 11 events in the last 12 months
- 📦Funk Drummer: Drum Machine updated to version 5.01• Studio Mix: Console (with REEL, a studio tape machine), Room, Punch, 11 more chains and DAW automation. Listen before you buy; one purchase unlocks it in every Lumbeat app
• Effects redesigned: new compressor, visual EQ, tempo-synced delay, limiter and 4 one-tap mix chains, with ‹ › to step through them, Bypass and Revert
• Mixer: one SEND knob per track, level meters on the faders, and a button to maximize the mixer or the effects
• MIDI controls: MODE # switches between Live Pads, Song and Sound Module; FILL ON CHANGE ON / OFF, ignored when already in that state; new END and END NO CRASH, one last hit on the next downbeat, then stop (no fill)
• iPhone: the mixer's corner button turns it sideways, and the sideways mixer and drum kit have their own Play button
• Live Pads remember Cross / Snare and Ride / Hats, also when you change them while the pad plays
• SAVE lights up after toggling Cross or Ride on a saved rhythm, and saves that version as a new rhythm
• Song Parts: new CROSS button next to RIDE, to play a part with cross-stick
• Plug-in: Play and FILL ► after a stop come back in on the rhythm's own bar when its time signature differs from the host's (a 3/4 waltz in AUM)
• Plug-in: steadier playback when you move the playhead, bounce from mid-song or rewind in the DAW
• Live Pads: long press a pad to CLEAR it, or drag it to move or swap it. New sets go to the end of the list, so set numbers never shift
• Songs can now be sent to Rock Drum Machine
• Received grooves: with Jam up, Funk Drummer re-plays them in its own style
• Performance and bug fixes… more - ✏️Funk Drummer: Drum Machine: app got bigger292 MB → 669 MB (+129%)
- ✏️Funk Drummer: Drum Machine: needs a newer iOSiOS 14.0 → iOS 16
- 📦Funk Drummer: Drum Machine updated to version 5.00.01• Fixed: the plug-in could play no sound in Logic Pro on Mac
• Settings: MIDI FILL can be limited to while playing - 📦Funk Drummer: Drum Machine: first update in 936 days
- 📈Funk Drummer: Drum Machine dropped out of every chart we trackLast seen 30 Sep
- 📈Funk Drummer: Drum Machine entered the top 100Top Paid · Music · CA
- 📈Funk Drummer: Drum Machine charting in a new countryCanada
- 🆕Funk Drummer: Drum Machine first spotted by AppInsider#94 in Top Paid · Music · China
- 🆕Funk Drummer: Drum Machine released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
4.7 ★
101 ratings
Measured
Funk Drummer: Drum Machine on the App Store
App details
App ID
1051262865
Publisher
Lumbeat Ltd.
On the store since
Dec 2015
10 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 16+
iPhone 8 and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
4+
Languages
1
EN
Size
671 MB
Also listed in
Education
Funk Drummer: Drum Machine downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. App Store downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Not charting right now. | ||
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.7 ★
101 ratings
Measured
Ratings
101
Measured
About Funk Drummer: Drum Machine
Funk Drummer is your virtual funk drummer, playing tight pocket grooves with the swing and feel of a real session player. Free to download and keep, with every feature unlocked for the first 7 days. Designed for musicians, producers, and anyone who loves funk, soul and groove-based music, now with AUv3 support.
Play authentic funk grooves, fusion, disco funk, breakbeat and odd-time rhythms, with the natural feel of a human drummer. Set the improvisation level with a simple slider and let Funk Drummer surprise you, from rock-steady pocket to full creative chaos.
Key Features:
- Standalone & AUv3 Compatible: use Funk Drummer inside your favorite DAW or as a standalone app.
- MIDI-only Plugin: load Funk Drummer (MIDI) as a lightweight MIDI generator for driving your own sound sources.
- 150+ Funk Grooves: organized into banks — Fusion, Odd Times, Disco Funk, Ternary rhythms and more.
- Jamming Tool & Randomizers: add human feel and spontaneity to every groove, from totally stable rhythms to a creative drummer who's had too much coffee.
- Live Pads: trigger fills, switch grooves and jam in real time with 8 assignable pads, intro and end buttons, and full MIDI control.
- Sound Module: use the full kit as a MIDI sampler, standalone or as an AUv3 plugin, triggered from your own MIDI tracks or pads.
- Song Mode: turn your grooves into complete song structures in seconds.
- Redesigned Views: a reworked Drum Kit View and Song Mode View make navigating your kit and arrangement faster and clearer.
- Share by AirDrop, Mail or Messages: send any groove or song to another device or a friend, no account or cloud service needed.
- Groove Sharing Across Lumbeat Apps: share grooves, songs and Live Pad Sets with the other Lumbeat Drummer apps and iBassist.
- Natural Sound: 35(+6) multilayer sounds with 3 hit types (ghost note, accented note and special) x 3 Round Robin alternating samples, for an extremely natural feel.
- 4 Effects: Compressor/Gate, Equalizer, Delay and Reverb, to combine as you like.
- Ableton Link: sync tempo and transport with other apps and devices over Wi-Fi, and stay in time with the rest of your setup.
- Export: get Multi-Track or Full Mix audio in seconds.
Try for Free
Every feature is unlocked for the first 7 days, no restrictions. After the trial, unlock full access forever with a single one-time purchase (Full Version) no subscription, ever.
Already own Funk Drummer? Your purchase carries over automatically the next time you open the updated app, no restore step needed, at no extra cost.
Play authentic funk grooves, fusion, disco funk, breakbeat and odd-time rhythms, with the natural feel of a human drummer. Set the improvisation level with a simple slider and let Funk Drummer surprise you, from rock-steady pocket to full creative chaos.
Key Features:
- Standalone & AUv3 Compatible: use Funk Drummer inside your favorite DAW or as a standalone app.
- MIDI-only Plugin: load Funk Drummer (MIDI) as a lightweight MIDI generator for driving your own sound sources.
- 150+ Funk Grooves: organized into banks — Fusion, Odd Times, Disco Funk, Ternary rhythms and more.
- Jamming Tool & Randomizers: add human feel and spontaneity to every groove, from totally stable rhythms to a creative drummer who's had too much coffee.
- Live Pads: trigger fills, switch grooves and jam in real time with 8 assignable pads, intro and end buttons, and full MIDI control.
- Sound Module: use the full kit as a MIDI sampler, standalone or as an AUv3 plugin, triggered from your own MIDI tracks or pads.
- Song Mode: turn your grooves into complete song structures in seconds.
- Redesigned Views: a reworked Drum Kit View and Song Mode View make navigating your kit and arrangement faster and clearer.
- Share by AirDrop, Mail or Messages: send any groove or song to another device or a friend, no account or cloud service needed.
- Groove Sharing Across Lumbeat Apps: share grooves, songs and Live Pad Sets with the other Lumbeat Drummer apps and iBassist.
- Natural Sound: 35(+6) multilayer sounds with 3 hit types (ghost note, accented note and special) x 3 Round Robin alternating samples, for an extremely natural feel.
- 4 Effects: Compressor/Gate, Equalizer, Delay and Reverb, to combine as you like.
- Ableton Link: sync tempo and transport with other apps and devices over Wi-Fi, and stay in time with the rest of your setup.
- Export: get Multi-Track or Full Mix audio in seconds.
Try for Free
Every feature is unlocked for the first 7 days, no restrictions. After the trial, unlock full access forever with a single one-time purchase (Full Version) no subscription, ever.
Already own Funk Drummer? Your purchase carries over automatically the next time you open the updated app, no restore step needed, at no extra cost.
Latest updates
5.01
• Studio Mix: Console (with REEL, a studio tape machine), Room, Punch, 11 more chains and DAW automation. Listen before you buy; one purchase unlocks it in every Lumbeat app
• Effects redesigned: new compressor, visual EQ, tempo-synced delay, limiter and 4 one-tap mix chains, with ‹ › to step through them, Bypass and Revert
• Mixer: one SEND knob per track, level meters on the faders, and a button to maximize the mixer or the effects
• MIDI controls: MODE # switches between Live Pads, Song and Sound Module; FILL ON CHANGE ON / OFF, ignored when already in that state; new END and END NO CRASH, one last hit on the next downbeat, then stop (no fill)
• iPhone: the mixer's corner button turns it sideways, and the sideways mixer and drum kit have their own Play button
• Live Pads remember Cross / Snare and Ride / Hats, also when you change them while the pad plays
• SAVE lights up after toggling Cross or Ride on a saved rhythm, and saves that version as a new rhythm
• Song Parts: new CROSS button next to RIDE, to play a part with cross-stick
• Plug-in: Play and FILL ► after a stop come back in on the rhythm's own bar when its time signature differs from the host's (a 3/4 waltz in AUM)
• Plug-in: steadier playback when you move the playhead, bounce from mid-song or rewind in the DAW
• Live Pads: long press a pad to CLEAR it, or drag it to move or swap it. New sets go to the end of the list, so set numbers never shift
• Songs can now be sent to Rock Drum Machine
• Received grooves: with Jam up, Funk Drummer re-plays them in its own style
• Performance and bug fixes
5.00.01
• Fixed: the plug-in could play no sound in Logic Pro on Mac
• Settings: MIDI FILL can be limited to while playing
4.22
- Send Groove to Other Drummers and iBassist
- Available for Apple silicon Macs ( from M1 )
- Sound Buttons from Groove Editor
- Random Buttons & Preview to Sound Buttons
- Show / Hide Swing in Groove Editor
Store changes
What Funk Drummer: Drum Machine changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
App got bigger
292 MB → 669 MB (+129%)
Needs a newer iOS
iOS 14.0 → iOS 16
