# Afrolatin Drum Machine - Free Beats

> Music

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id881669486](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id881669486)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id881669486`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Removed
- **Publisher:** Lumbeat
- **Category:** Music
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (274 ratings)
- **Version:** 4
- **Last updated:** 2017-01-16
- **First published:** 2014-06-05
- **Size:** 80 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-08-26
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/afrolatin-drum-machine-free-beats/id881669486)

## Description

Afrolatin Drum Machine delivers authentic Afro-Latin rhythms with high sound quality, spanning styles from Cuba to the Dominican Republic, including son, guaguancó, bembé and merengue.

The extension features Live Pads with 8 assignable pads for on-the-go live sessions, plus a versatile library of acoustic percussion sounds like congas, bongos, shekeres, shakers, claves, maracas and cowbells for creative rhythm production.

## Review summary

Users praise authentic Latin sounds, a broad, tunable beat library, and a practical workflow ideal for practice, learning clave, and live backing. The free version offers useful beats but is limited by bar counts, pushing users toward upgrading, which raises price concerns. Rhythm variety can be limited, with requests for more variation. Overall, the app is valued for its live-ready sound and educational value, though cost and free-version caps are common discussion points.

### Pros

- Authentic Latin sounds and grooves that feel realistic
- Wide variety of beats and tunability for experimentation and learning clave
- Great for practice and study; helps with rhythm arrangement and learning
- Useful for live performance/backing and onstage reliability
- Step-grid/sequencer-style workflow makes it easy to arrange and explore beats

### Cons

- Free version limits bars; upgrade required and price barrier
- Rhythms/variation limited; more variety desired
- Price/affordability concerns; users want a lower price to unlock more features

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