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Taiko Drums: Play Along

Record, Export & MIDI Pads

Grey Buffalo Studios
Download on theApp Store
App Store rating2.7★3 ratings
Price$1.99Listed price
Age4+Store age rating
Size39 MBiPhone download
CategoryLifestyle
DeveloperGrey Buffalo Studios

What we found

Full report

Too little checked to say Store information only. We haven’t analysed this app or read its reviews yet.

Money

  • $1.99 to download.

Not yet tested.

The store currently lists version 1.3, updated 2026-03-24.

Preview

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About this app

Taiko Drums: Play Along turns your device into a taiko practice studio, recorder, and expressive MIDI pad instrument. Play three taiko layouts, practice with built in tracks, import your own audio tracks, record your performances, adjust your mix, and export your sessions.

Built for practice, rehearsal, recording, and performance, Taiko Drums gives you a direct way to rehearse rhythms, capture ideas, and perform with responsive taiko style pads on your device.

PLAY AND PRACTICE

• Practice with built in tracks created for taiko playing.

• Import audio files from your device and play along inside the app.

• Follow the waveform while you perform.

• Use Previous, Play, Pause, Stop, and Next directly from the track bar.…

From the developer’s store description.

For developers and the curious

The full report

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Findings and evidence

Not yet tested
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What reviewers report

No review coverage

No review analysis published for this app.

Measurements

3 measured · 5 not assessed

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From store data and reviews

Developer replies to reviews
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Cancelling, in the store description
The store description doesn’t say how to cancel (most don’t)
Themes reported by reviewers
Not assessed
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Five-star share of ratings
Under 65% five-star
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In the app package we scanned

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Sensitive permissions
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Analytics or tracking SDKs in the scanned package
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Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
Not assessed
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How we know

Supporting measurements: not a complete list of possible harms or positives. Measurement vocabulary 1.4 · how these are measured

Versions and dates analysed

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Store update history

Each store’s release notes, as the developer wrote them. They are the developer’s words, not ours.

App Store

Version 1.3 · 2026-03-24
Taiko Drums has been rebuilt into a fuller practice, recording, export, and MIDI pad experience. • New Play Along mode with built in practice tracks. • Import audio files from your device and play along inside the app. • Record multiple sessions for each song with quick access to your takes. • New Mixer window to balance drum and track levels before export. • Export your performance as a full mix or as drums only. • Use all three taiko layouts as configurable MIDI pads with MIDI output, channel, and note mapping. • Updated interface with quick access to Play Along, Mixer, MIDI settings, and About. • Rebuilt in modern Swift with improved stability and correct audio behavior when the device…

Shortened here; the full notes are on the store listing.

Assessment record

Status
Not yet tested
App identifier
taiko-drums
Sources used
None recorded
Reviews read
None recorded
Package examined
No package scan
Human inspection
Not completed
How we know
Measurement vocabulary
1.4

Store facts

App Store

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App Store

Store rating
2.67 ★ · 3 ratings
Version
1.3
Updated
24 Mar 2026
Price
$1.99
Age rating
4+
Size
39 MB
Open in App Store
Developer
Grey Buffalo Studios
Category
Lifestyle
Listing price
$1.99

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Method and limits

What this report can and cannot show

What a missing label means

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Limits of this report

  • A package scan is static. It identifies code and text in one Android build. It does not measure a live ad session, test a deletion request, or count the steps needed to cancel.
  • Reviews keep their sample. A review-only charge shows distinct reviewers, the share and the sample size, and is published only once it clears that label’s published threshold. Calibration labels are machine-drafted and not yet confirmed by a person.
  • Not assessed is a state. It is never a zero and never a pass.
  • A missing label is not a clean bill of health. It means the evidence did not support one, not that the app is problem-free.
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