Comparison

PolyNome Pro vs Drummit

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

PolyNome Pro

This app is a powerful metronome and practice tool for musicians. It allows users to map songs, automate practice routines, build setlists, and track progress with detailed logs and reports. Features include advanced rhythm sequencing, a built-in tuner, and hands-free control options.

Highlights
  • Accurate metronome with multiple time signatures
  • 2 rhythm sequencers for complex rhythms
  • Song mapping with section markers
  • Automated practice routines and playlists
  • Progress tracking and practice logs
  • Hands-free control via Siri or MIDI
  • Built-in tuner
Features
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LEARN — Loop and slow down songs, program rudiments and difficult rhythms, and add counting. PRACTICE — Test your speed, automate tempo changes, chart live tempo, and track progress. PERFORM — Create Setlists with count-offs, performance notes, and PDF charts. PolyNome Pro is a one-time purchase. Every feature available when you buy is unlocked immediately—nothing is locked and no subscription is needed. Premium features released in your first year are also included; later features may require Premium. Premium supports ongoing development, bringing new features and regular improvements. Designed by a musician, for musicians. Used by Vinnie Colaiuta, Peter Erskine, Virgil Donati, Dennis Chambers & more. ◆ THE BASICS ▶ Sample-accurate metronome for any time signature, with automatic or randomised tempo changes, subdivision faders, tap tempo, Big Numbers, and a pendulum. ▶ Choose from hundreds of sounds, including voice counting, or import and record your own samples. ▶ Use the repeat counter and timer to track your work or stop automatically at your target. ▶ Build clicks and rhythms fast in Simple Mode, with accents, subdivisions, and swing. ▶ Layer two independent rhythms or time signatures. ▶ Built-in tuner, plus hands-free Siri or Bluetooth/MIDI control. ◆ LEARN › Learn songs faster with Media Tracks ▶ Works with Apple Music, YouTube, or your own audio and video files. ▶ Add bar and section markers, then jump anywhere with a tap—no scrubbing. ▶ Loop and slow down passages, add chords, and print a Lead Sheet with just the information you need to get through the track. ▶ Transpose local recordings without changing speed. › Learn with interactive resources ▶ Explore interactive rhythms, videos, scores, and notes, or create your own resources. › Hear, see, and understand complex rhythms ▶ Program virtually any rhythm—even irrational meters such as 4/5—with precise accents, flams, drags, rolls, and ties. ▶ Add spoken and written counting and rudiment Stroke Guides. Print notation or export editable MusicXML scores. ▶ Explore two- and three-way polyrhythms with animated visualisations. ◆ PRACTICE › Plan ahead. Then just play ▶ Use Goals to choose what to work on, when, and for how long—with targets that tell you when to move on. ▶ Build routines with Playlists, automations, repeats, and voice cues. Keep timers, charts, scores, videos, and notes one tap away. ▶ Chart live BPM on a tempo graph, record rehearsals, or analyse an audio file. Review tempo changes and turn recordings into Media Tracks. ▶ Speed Test counts strokes on your practice pad. Save personal bests and share results. Explore pace, spacing and dynamics charts, custom exercises, and Challenges. › See the work add up ▶ Automatically log every exercise, tempo, duration, and date. Follow streaks, spot neglected tempos, and compare practice periods. ▶ Add event notes and see how much practice led to each milestone. ▶ Print PDF reports or export CSV. Teachers can review what students practised and read notes made while difficulties were fresh. ◆ PERFORM — Everything you need to organise and play a gig. ▶ Build a Setlist with clicks, Cue Tracks, and Media Tracks. Attach text notes, PDF charts, or forScore links so the right information appears with each track. ▶ Build Cue Tracks with sections, changing tempos and meters, count-ins, and spoken cues. Follow each bar on stage or export the click as audio. ▶ Print a professional Setlist in a couple of taps. ▶ Use Tap To Start to join at another player’s tempo, or haptics for a silent click. ◆ ORGANIZE, DISCOVER & SHARE ▶ Organise Rhythms, Clicks, Media, Playlists, Setlists, and Shortcuts with search, labels, sorting, and filtering. ▶ Discover examples from Home, explore the free Public Library, or join the Practice Room for live Q&As, support, and courses. ▶ Share with PolyNome users or export MIDI and audio files. ▶ Supports VoiceOver. ▶ Send audio to other apps with Audiobus or Inter-App Audio.

About

Drummit

Learn to play drums with a vast library of beats and customizable tools. Create your own rhythms, practice at your own pace, and improve coordination. Ideal for beginners and advanced players alike.

Highlights
  • Millions of unique beats
  • Manual beat building
  • Random beat generation (SPIN IT)
  • Customizable metronome
  • Groove Library for saved beats
  • Adjustable tempo
  • Practice settings (line, click, note flash, sounds, sticking)
Features
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Drummit is a revolutionary way of learning the drums. With literally millions of different beats available, drummers of any ability can tackle even the most complicated of patterns. Improve your co-ordination skills and your overall drumming at your own pace with Drummit. HOW IT WORKS Manually build your own bars by adjusting each beat individually. Create something to challenge yourself, or if you're teaching, introduce various patterns of increasing difficulty at a pace suitable for your individual pupil’s needs. For the more advanced and adventurous amongst you, go straight to SPIN IT. SPIN IT: Tap here to spin the notes and create your own beat from millions of possibilities! Make the bar your own by adjusting any individual beats with your fingers. Use the padlock icon to lock any individual spinner. HEAR IT: Listen to the beat you have created. Not sure? Then spin again. Like it? Then it’s time to DRUMMIT! SAVE IT: Save your favourite beats and create your own personal ‘Groove Library’! SELECT IT: Build your own beats! DRUMMIT: Ready to go? DRUMMIT takes your chosen beat onto a play screen. Adjust the tempo using the metronome dial on the left hand side, and fine tune your practice session by going to SETTINGS. SETTINGS: Check out this page to make the most of your DRUMMIT experience. Line – ON/OFF Click – ON/OFF Note Flash – ON /OFF Drum Sounds – ON/OFF Show Sticking - ON/OFF Use this button to show recommended stickings for selected packs. Choose between right or left handed option. Specialised metronome with click/line at 1/4, 1/8 or 1/16th note value, allowing detailed and accurate practice at any speed. Check out the website at www.drummit.co.uk

Screenshots

PolyNome Pro4 screens
Drummit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Drummit at Free against PolyNome Pro's $59.99. Drummit also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.5). PolyNome Pro's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 3.7) and review sentiment (89% vs 56%). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Drummit is free to download; PolyNome Pro costs $59.99 up front. PolyNome Pro sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and Drummit sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PolyNome Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PolyNome Pro has 329 ratings behind it against 34, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of PolyNome Pro's written reviews are positive against 56% of Drummit's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PolyNome Pro ships an update weekly, Drummit every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
PolyNome Pro versus Drummit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPolyNome ProDrummit
Price$59.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (329 ratings) — better3.7 (34 ratings)
Positive reviews89.4% of reviews — better55.9% of reviews
Number of ratings329 — better34
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.515.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size214 MB109 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPolyNome LtdDrummit Ltd

Customer experience

PolyNome Pro

All ratings329 ratings
Positive94.8%
Neutral1.8%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews170 reviews
Positive89.4%
Neutral2.4%
Negative8.2%

Drummit

All ratings34 ratings
Positive64.7%
Neutral2.9%
Negative32.4%
Written reviews59 reviews
Positive55.9%
Neutral8.5%
Negative35.6%

User reviews

PolyNome Pro

From 329 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Excellent practice tool
  • 👍 Highly customizable
  • 🚀 Powerful metronome features
  • 👍 Great for drummers and musicians
  • 👍 Comprehensive practice logging

Room to improve

  • 🤔 Steep learning curve
  • 🤔 Complicated interface
  • 🤔 Subscription model changes

Drummit

From 34 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💡 Interesting idea for drummers
  • 👍 Simple and easy to use
  • 🎵 Great for learning rhythms
  • 🎶 Good for practice and inspiration
  • 🥁 Useful tool for drummers

Room to improve

  • ❌ Account required to try
  • ❌ No sound for many users
  • ❌ Subscription/paywall for basic features
  • 📉 Poor UI design
  • 💸 Cash grab with paywalls

Bugs and requests

PolyNome Pro

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Bluetooth audio latency issues
  • Trouble accessing public library

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add mid-measure rhythm changes
  • Improve visual cues and pause button
  • Add translations to other languages
  • Integrate with Apple Watch

Drummit

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • No sound when tapping 'hear it' button
  • Sound does not work
  • App makes no sound
  • No audio
  • No sound in the app
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  • The app does not emit sound
  • The sound doesn't work
  • Playback is strangely not in time
  • 1/8 the '+' beats are dragging
  • Crashed
  • Lost its drum sound suddenly
  • Updated and sound is gone

Requested features

13 requests
  • Add more acoustic/digital kits (rock, funk, jazz; TR808, TR909)
  • Include triplet eighth and triplet sixteenth notes
  • Allow changing time signatures (2-3-5-6-7/4, 3-6-7-9-12/8)
  • Enable grooves from 2 to 4 measures with different metrics per measure
  • Volume and mute for each instrument (BD, SND, HH)
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  • Add 6/8 beats
  • Allow saving patterns as presets
  • Add a sequencer option for customization
  • Paid version with more than 4/4 and more drums
  • Allow entering custom beats, especially triplet or sextuplet rhythms
  • Add a second time signature for polyrhythms
  • Ability to change individual notes in a beat
  • Ability to drag and drop or move sections to reorder them

In-app purchases

4 purchases

PolyNome Pro

Subscriptions3
  • Premium - 1 Month1 Month trial$7.991 Month
  • Premium - 1 Year7 Days trial$32.001 Year
  • Premium - 1 Year1 Month trial$32.001 Year
One-time1
  • Premium$99.99
7 purchases

Drummit

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Subscription1 Month trial$2.991 Month
  • Pro Subscription1 Month trial$19.991 Year
One-time5
  • Rock/Funk Pack 2$0.99
  • Rock/Funk Pack 3$0.99
  • Rock/Funk Pack 2$2.99
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  • Rock/Funk Pack 3$2.99
  • Lifetime Subscription$29.99

Questions

Is PolyNome Pro free?
PolyNome Pro costs $59.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Drummit free?
Drummit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PolyNome Pro or Drummit?
PolyNome Pro is rated higher. PolyNome Pro averages 4.8 out of 5 from 329 ratings, while Drummit averages 3.7 from 34 ratings.
Do PolyNome Pro or Drummit have ads?
Neither PolyNome Pro nor Drummit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PolyNome Pro or Drummit?
PolyNome Pro ships an update weekly, and Drummit every 3 months. Most recently, PolyNome Pro was updated on November 6, 2026 and Drummit on November 3, 2026.

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