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Drum Notation by Beat Note
Drum Notation by Beat Note
Kick Snare Hat Apps, LLC
📚 Education
🎵 Music

Customer Experience

Positive experience83.2% of reviews
Neutral7.6% of reviews
Negative experience9.2% of reviews

~ Based on 119 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Summarized from real user reviews of Drum Notation by Beat Note. Based on 83 reviews and a 4.7/5 average, it highlights the 15 positives and 12 negatives reviewers mention most about this Music app.

Positive things

  • 👍Intuitive and easy to use
  • 🚀Quick and efficient notation
  • 🎶Great sound playback
  • 💡Excellent for teaching and learning
  • ✍️Simple to write exercises and ideas
  • 📲Easy to share and export
  • 🥁Made by drummers for drummers
  • ✨Well-designed UI
  • 💬Responsive developer support
  • 📚Great for building a library of grooves
  • ⏱️Saves time compared to desktop apps
  • 🎧Useful as an in-ear click track
  • 🎯Helps improve reading and playing skills
  • ✅Versatile and customizable
  • 🌟Constantly improving with updates

Negative things

  • 💰Expensive subscription model
  • 💸High annual cost
  • 🆓Limited free version
  • 🚫No one-time purchase option
  • 🤔Subscription model makes little sense to some
  • 📉Limited number of subscribers impacting development
  • ⚠️Free trial issues (charged immediately)
  • 🪲Occasional bugs and instability
  • ↔️No sync between devices or web version
  • 📏Some notation features are not standard
  • ⏳Duplicating/creating lengthy sections is arduous
  • 📈PDF export measure lines too thick/close

Is Drum Notation by Beat Note Safe?

Drum Notation by Beat Note appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Drum Notation by Beat Note is 89/100.

This assessment is based on 83 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.7/5.

Safety Analysis

89.2% of ratings point to a safe experience
4.8% of ratings suggest some concerns
6.0% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 83 App Store ratings for Drum Notation by Beat Note.

Is Drum Notation by Beat Note Legit?

Drum Notation by Beat Note appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Drum Notation by Beat Note is 83/100.

Based on 83 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Most RecentHighest RatedLowest Rated

Beyond Useful

I’ve been using this app for about a year and a half and it has far exceeded expectations. My band and I have written a full length album and being able to brainstorm different notes within patterns and actively listen on the sample kit has been crucial. Not to mention being able to then export the track and send to my band mates to write while listening along. The only downside now is that I write better than I can play hahah. Luckily, it doubles as a practice tool and being able to slow them down and loop makes the process even easier
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MksnicksMksnicks

It’s great!

You can make your own beats and download other beats created by your friends or teacher idk. It’s good for practicing to learn drums and practicing for your band or smthn idk
BobbymanmymanBobbymanmyman

Not just for teachers

I program different exercises I’ve gathered from buying various artist’s lesson packs and use it as something to play along to. Makes it more fun than just playing with a metronome alone!
JMast94JMast94

BEAT NOTE IS PERFECT!

This app is absolutely quick and intuitive. My history of using old school drum machines make this a breeze. Input is so quick and easy to export. Adding stickings is also super simple. I use this gif video content, book writing, ideas and quick student lessons. Really well done!
Johnny RabbJohnny Rabb

Mr O

Fantastic drum notation app! Does it all with style. Props to the developers
D.funkD.funk

Perfect apart from….

Perfect way to quickly knock out an idea or lesson. Perfect apart from no 7/8 time signature 😔….although, it’s in the pipeline.
NinefivemalNinefivemal

A Must Have Tool for Teachers and All Drummers!

As a teacher, I just started using beat note as my main metronome tool during lessons with students. I’ve been building out a library of exercises, which are so easy to create and organize, and send the links to my students for home practice. This tool helps myself and students become better drummers. And the customer support is next level awesome!!!
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OCDrummer74OCDrummer74

Great program

This program is great for drum notation, but $60 a year indefinitely for a subscription is kind of crazy. I know you need to make money on this app but the subscription model makes zero sense. Not sure if I can justify the cost
thx04043thx04043

Great app!

I almost passed by this booth at the PAS show but they happened to be giving a demo. I stopped and was sold long before the demo was over. I signed up and immediately started using it to write exercises for students and ideas for myself. I have just about every notation app out there but none has the ease and speed for writing drum parts that this has. Bravo to Derek and the team.
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I Miss DizzyI Miss Dizzy

Finally

Been waiting a long time for an app like this. Makes it super easy to build a library of grooves and fills, transcribe songs, etc.

Clearly built by a drummer.
Boise drummerBoise drummer

Great concept, needs more users and support for feature refinement

I use this app to help teach drums. It’s excellent, for quickly notating concepts, exercises, and song parts.

On its own, I’d probably score this app lower than 5 stars. However, this is a work in progress, so while it’s not perfect, and the developer has limited resources for improving the app and adding features and functionality (due to its limited number of subscribers); I believe in this app, as a foundation for something truly great.

That being said, it’s still a very good tool, the developer is responsive, engaged/communicative, and eager to improve its functionality.

I’ll continue to support it, and am looking forward to the improvements and additional features the developer is working towards.
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SloejelleySloejelley

20$ !!

App sends me to other website , very limited.. I expected more for the money
reyes.stringtheory6reyes.stringtheory6

Super application

Parfait pour apprendre le solfège rythmique et noter rapidement des idées de breaks et de grooves et les partager sous forme de partition
MungoMungo

Response from developer

Bonjour Mungo, Merci pour ce retour, et pour avoir décrit aussi précisément comment Beat Note s'intègre dans ta pratique : apprendre le solfège rythmique, noter rapidement des idées de breaks et de grooves, puis les partager sous forme de partition. C'est exactement le genre d'usage quotidien que j'avais en tête en concevant l'app. Merci encore de faire confiance à Beat Note pour ta pratique. – Derek Hi Mungo, Thank you for this, and for describing so specifically how Beat Note fits into your practice: learning rhythmic solfege, quickly notating breaks and grooves, then sharing them as sheet music. That's the kind of day-to-day use I designed it around. Thanks again for trusting Beat Note with your practice. – Derek

Great app!

No adds, easy to use, helped me learn a song I’ve wanted to know for ages! Though, only five free beats you can make, but incredibly useful!
~Cari~~Cari~

Huge help to a new drummer!

As a new drummer (and an old one at that), I found this app fantastic. I use it for practice every day. Very intuitive to use, I can put down what is in my head, listen and adjust, then take it to the kit and try it out. I have also found I can notate a fill or beat quickly when just messing around, before I lose it. (Mind like a steel sieve.) For me keeping time has been a challenge. Practicing with a basic beat with the click allows me to develop fills that work. I understand syncing between devices is coming, I look forward to that feature. For now, It’s easy to send (I just text myself) a beat from my iPad to my computer plugged into the mixer. Looking forward to new features, nice app!
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msturgmsturg

Simple et efficace

L’app est vraiment très bien faite et correspond à mon besoin : noter des patterns lorsque j’ai un idée. Il est dommage que l’app soit aussi chère en abonnement et qu’il n’y ait pas la possibilité de l’acheter une fois pour toute.
JDeuxJDeuxJDeuxJDeux

Response from developer

Bonjour JDeuxJDeux, Merci pour ce retour et pour les 4 étoiles. La fatigue face aux abonnements est réelle, et je comprends que l'idée d'un achat unique soit plus simple. Beat Note est pensé avant tout pour les personnes qui l'utilisent chaque semaine, que ce soit pour l'enseignement, la pratique régulière ou la création de contenu : l'app est censée faire gagner du temps et devenir un vrai réflexe. Une partie de l'abonnement finance aussi le développement continu, en tant qu'équipe d'une seule personne, guidé par la roadmap et les échanges avec les batteurs qui utilisent l'app. Si votre usage reste occasionnel, il est tout à fait normal qu'un abonnement annuel ne soit pas le bon choix pour vous, et c'est une réponse honnête de ma part. Merci encore d'avoir pris le temps de partager votre expérience. – Derek Hi JDeuxJDeux, Thank you for this, and for the 4 stars. Subscription fatigue is real, and I understand that a one-time purchase feels simpler. Beat Note is built mainly for people who use it every week, whether for teaching, regular practice, or content creation: it's meant to save real time and become part of a routine. Part of that subscription also supports ongoing development as a one-person team, driven by the roadmap and conversations with drummers using the app. If your use stays occasional, it's completely fair that an annual subscription isn't the right fit for you, and that's an honest answer. Thanks again for giving it a real try and for being honest about your experience. – Derek

Not subscription worthy

Great app but the best features are locked behind a monthly subscription. It would be worth a one time purchase, but not monthly payments.
Sawdust22Sawdust22

Not a Complete Disaster

First: If someone wants to input and learn a 1 or 2 measure pattern, it’s OK. From there, however, it’s downhill for those who’ve taken drum lessons for years or have learned to read ‘standard’ drum notation / charts from music publishers like Hal Leonard or Alfred Music: 1. Hands should be (by default) stems up and feet should be (by default) stems down. 2. In 4/4 time, four eighth notes should be - especially hi-hats - barred together. 3. The measure lines on the PDFs are too thick and far too close - leading to difficulty reading! 4. Duplicating or creating lengthy sections is an arduous task - at best! Having to input again and again with each new piece is outrageous! This probably explains why the ‘Discover’ lessons are so short. 5. A 4.8 rating and this is version 5.0? Yeah, no. These oversights shouldn’t have existed in version 1.0!
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yinYangMountainyinYangMountain

Fun App with lots of Customization Options

This app allows you to quickly create beats and save notation. The app is easy to use with several options to choose from no matter your style.
Z DrummerZ Drummer

Achtung: 7-Tage Probeabo gibt es nicht

Habe ein bisschen die App ausprobiert. Finde sie eigentlich prima.
Aber:
Um mehrere Takte zu erstellen, wollte ich zunächst die 7-Tage Probeversion testen.
Nach Klicken wurde sofort der Jahresbeitrag fällig - nix mit Probeversion.
Ganz schön dreist.
BastiWoeBastiWoe

Response from developer

Hallo, vielen Dank, dass du dir die Zeit genommen hast, Beat Note auszuprobieren und dein Feedback zu teilen. Meine Entschuldigung, das ist tatsächlich mein Fehler: in diesem Zeitraum war versehentlich das falsche Abo ohne Probezeit hinterlegt, und du bist genau darauf gestoßen. Das war ein Fehler auf meiner Seite. Bitte melde dich über „Email Derek" im Einstellungen-Tab der App, damit ich das für dich persönlich in Ordnung bringen kann. Danke, dass du dich gemeldet hast, und noch einmal meine Entschuldigung für den holprigen Start. – Derek Hi there, Thank you for taking the time to try Beat Note and share this. My apologies, this one is actually on me: for a period, the wrong subscription was mistakenly configured without the free trial attached, and you ran right into it. This was a mistake on my end. Please reach out through "Email Derek" in the app's Settings tab so I can make this right for you directly. Thanks for letting me know, and my apologies again for the rough start. – Derek

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