# DrumToolz — user reviews > 43 indexed App Store user reviews of DrumToolz by Jared Simon, rated 4.20/5 from 270 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/drumtoolz/id1461677465/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/drumtoolz/id1461677465.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 170 · 4★ 41 · 3★ 23 · 2★ 15 · 1★ 21 ## What do users think of DrumToolz? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Great for writing music - 👍 Helpful for drumline - 👍 Easy to use - 👍 Good sounds - 👍 Good for practice - 👍 Free score saving **Cons** - 🐛 Tutorial not helpful - 🐛 Hard to find features - 🐛 UI issues - 🐛 App crashes frequently - 🐛 Saves progress poorly - 🐛 Limited measures - 🐛 No dynamics - 🐛 No open hi-hat sound - 🐛 Requires sign-in - 🐛 Dark mode issues **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes and deletes progress - App won't open - Repeat function doesn't stop - Repeat save fails - Accents, diddles, flams added automatically - Buzz roll cannot be removed - Font camouflages in dark mode - App crashes when opening after saving - App crashes when opening - App crashes when adding notes - App crashes after saving - App crashes when trying to reopen - App crashes a lot **Most requested features** - Turn off metronome - Add rum shot for snare - Add rim shots for other drums - Add triplets, fivelets, sixlets - Add dynamics (forte, piano) - Cymbals sizzle option - Add buzz roll for snares - Add diddle feature - More measures - Add bass drum notes - Add open hi-hat sound - Improve UI for tuplet measurement - Improve UI for measure change - Ability to hear multiple instruments simultaneously - Fix replace button for bass drums ## Newest reviews (16 of 43) ### 4/5 — Auto save??? *2026-08-11, version 1.39* Great app with almost all the tools you need, but autosave should be a must! ### 4/5 — Hard to get use too *2026-07-17, version 1.39* I find it hard to find some things to put into music, but others great, kinda wished it had dynamics ### 4/5 — I love this app so much! *2025-12-27, version 1.38* There are little to no issues that can easily be fixed, while sometimes it deletes save progress, that’s why the save button is there. ### 4/5 — Great App *2025-12-10, version 1.37* This app is great, I can’t find many like it and fits the exact definition of the app I wanted to write music. The reason it’s not five stars is because everything seems crammed into the screen, and I can’t figure out how to make triplets. Also add rim shots for other drums ### 4/5 — great but could be better *2025-12-05, version 1.36* this is good but it could better like having different subdivisions such as triplets fivelets and sixlets being able to incorporate them in a measure and just overall for complex rhythms ### 3/5 — Alright *2025-09-09, version 1.35* I would only download this for cadences because I was trying to wright a song and it only goes up to 50 measures ### 3/5 — Ui problems *2025-06-17, version 1.33* It’s a good app to write on I really like the app but as of right now I can’t even open the app it literally won’t let me open it and I tried to put a repeat but it never stops repeating and when I try to save the repeat it never does. please fix this app please I would like to get my cadences back ### 4/5 — So far so good. *2024-10-02, version 1.30* I’ve been playing around with the app for the last 10 minutes or so and am really enjoying it. The only thing I can’t seem to figure out right now is how to insert a sextuplet. ### 4/5 — Really good for writing *2024-08-15, version 1.30* The app is good for bringing ideas in mind to life, but I think the app would be better if you considered these things. 1. Dynamics I think the drumline features and cadences would be much more interesting if we had dynamics. So I think maybe you could add forte or piano, etc. 2. Cymbals should sizzle The drums can already buzz roll, so I think the cymbals should have an option to sizzle. The buzz roll and the sizzle would sound good together. 3. All the drums should have rim shots The marching snare’s ping sound is the rim shot for the marching snare, but the marching tenor and bass drums can’t do a rim shot. I think all the drums should be able to do rim shot, then it sounds weird when only the snare is doing a rim shot. 4. Weird glitch when adding notes. Sometimes when I add a notes into a measure, sometimes it automatically gives that note an accent, diddle, buzz roll, or a flam. And sometimes when it gives the note a buzz roll I cannot get it off. 5. Dark mode problems Sometimes when I have the phone on dark mode, the font of the options camouflages in. I have to take my phone out of dark mode to get it work. The app still works, you just can’t exactly get the same quality in dark mode. I think the app would be better if did these things. ### 4/5 — Doesn’t crash as much anymore *2024-08-10* The app doesn’t crash anymore which I am very satisfied with. But the reason I’m giving it 4 stars is because the app doesn’t have any dynamics like forte or piano. But overall I feel more comfortable writing drumline music without it crashing. ### 4/5 — no other instruments *2024-07-13, version 1.30* Hi! i’m loving the app but i can’t seem to get any other instrument than snare? i already tried to press the add button and i’ve added all the instruments i needed but when i try to add the notes it just keeps making the snare sound. Please help ### 4/5 — Good but *2024-06-17, version 1.29* Hello I just want to ask HOW IN THE WORLS DO YOU FIND THE TENORS AND BASSES the only thing I have is a snare and that’s it I was PLEASE HELP ### 4/5 — Kicks me out *2024-04-06, version 1.25* I was done with my cadence that I worked like really really hard on but it doesn’t let me go back into the app ### 3/5 — Great app but one question *2024-01-24, version 1.22* I’m aware that you can add parts by pressing the + in the corner, but all it does is add parts and not add instruments. Is there something I’m missing? I’m trying to add bass, tenors, etc. ### 4/5 — app needs a diddle feature *2023-01-30, version 1.21* im currently trying to make a cadence where it is very diddle heavy within the first 4 measures, so it would be nice if there were a diddle feature ### 3/5 — DrumToolz experience *2022-11-24, version 1.21* This app is okay. It doesn’t provide an audio that plays what snare music you played. It is pretty useful to practice. You could put accents and markings on the notes. It’s also a little confusing to use. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Crashes *2025-07-31, version 1.34* Was working on a masterpiece until it randomly crash deleting all of my progress. The music was so cool. ### 1/5 — 👎 *2024-07-10, version 1.30* It glitched me out of the app and erased weeks of my work ### 1/5 — Why this app is under par *2023-07-12, version 1.21* I’ve had this app for a couple of months now. It has all the basic features you would need, excepts lacks greatly in more dynamic writing (gocks, an actual well-sounding ping, crescendos, etc). The worst part of this app would be its saving option. If you so happen to even accidentally press the “back to menu” button (which is quite easy to press), all of your work is immediately erased and you cannot get it back. There is no prompt asking if you would like to save first. It also has some useless features like “ornament density”. It serves its purpose, but the design in creating the app is just horrid. Additionally, options are in white font on a white background, so have fun trying to change your 4/4 measure without trying to understand the invisible dials. ### 1/5 — App keeps closing *2022-02-03, version 1.16* everytime into to do something on the app it closes. ### 1/5 — What? *2020-02-04, version 1.6* The app demands you sign in with Google or Facebook “before” you can access anything! Nope ### 2/5 — Crashed! Only 2 measures in! *2024-05-09* The app crashed and I was only 2 measures in! ### 2/5 — Potential *2024-04-19, version 1.25* This app is great and has so much potential to be amazing. Sadly, it just doesn’t work like it should. It’s very buggy and glitchy. I wish the save mechanism was different. I can’t even open the app anymore, it just crashes.I hope the developers work on these issues because this app can be amazing. ### 3/5 — Good *2026-05-02, version 1.39* I think the tutorial isnt super helpful so you do have to figure stuff out on your own, but once you do, the app is GREAT. Also please make a setting so you can turn off the metronome while you are playing the beat so that you can only hear what you have notated. I will 100% change it and quickly to 5 star if you fix this problem. Basically what I’m asking: can you add a button the mutes the metronome? Thanks. ### 3/5 — Good *2026-01-31* I think the tutorial isnt super helpful so you do have to figure stuff out on your own, but once you do, the app is GREAT. Also please make a setting so you can turn off the metronome while you are playing the beat so that you can only hear what you have notated. I will 100% change it and quickly to 5 star if you fix this problem. ### 3/5 — Good *2026-01-21* I think the tutorial isnt super helpful so you do have to figure stuff out on your own, but once you do, the app is GREAT. Also please make a setting so you can turn off the metronome while you are playing the beat so that you can only hear what you have notated. I will 100% change it and quickly to 5 star if you fix this problem. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great way to write music *2026-05-28, version 1.39* Easy great welcoming shows you the essential rudiments and all. ### 5/5 — Few problems *2025-12-28, version 1.38* The app is great and I’ve made a song already but the only few things I don’t like is how hard it is to find out how to do things and the tutorial is. I still don’t know how to do accents lol. But amazing app and the sounds are almost spot on. Also please add a rum shot for snare ### 5/5 — Cool app *2025-06-11, version 1.33* I’m really enjoying this app ### 5/5 — DrumtoolZ *2024-10-01, version 1.30* I use it a lot, it really helps me with my playing and I’m makeing cadences for my band ### 5/5 — Best Drum Composing app on Mobile! *2023-09-21, version 1.22* Very easy to use! 5/5 ### 5/5 — 👍 *2023-07-30, version 1.21* I’ve only been using this app for about 20 minutes but this is miles ahead of other composing apps I have used for drums. I’m so glad that I can write something and then save the score to a file for free. This app is really going to help my drumline opposed to handwritten sheets of music. ### 5/5 — How to input triplets? *2022-02-13, version 1.17* i cannot seem to find the option to add triplets or any other tuplets to my music. ### 5/5 — Greatest Percussion app *2020-10-05, version 1.10* I have thoroughly enjoyed this app. One of the greatest drumming apps available. ### 5/5 — Love it *2019-08-10, version 1.0* Does not like 9/8 though Crashes a lot ### 5/5 — Great App! *2019-08-03, version 1.0* Jared is a great guy, and you’ll love this app! So helpful in learning the drums. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-05.*