Drum Loops & Metronome vs ScaleClock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Drum Loops & Metronome
Explore a vast library of over 500 drum grooves across various genres, featuring rhythms from renowned drummers and bands. This app offers offline access to high-quality drum kits, pitch accuracy at any tempo, and tools for practice and performance.
- Over 500 grooves from all genres
- Offline access to rhythms
- Search and filter backing tracks
- High-quality drum kits
- Pitch accuracy at different tempos
- Create and manage playlists
- Loops with fills and rolls
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• Over 500 grooves from all genres (Rock, Blues Jazz Shuffle, Latin, etc) and great bands. The app contains the greatest rhythms from the most famous drummers and the best bands such as GnR, Bonham, Berrett. It has the most extensive list of drum tracks in the market and reliable access to all rhythms is offline. • Find quickly your favourite backing track loops in the list with the search and filter. • Real quality drum kits makes app sound great for both private practice or when amplified for group performances. • No distortion of pitch at different tempos. • Ideal for session practice and gigs as you can create and manage playlists easily. • Each drum loop contains fills and rolls to add exciting variety and dynamics for regular practice. • Accurate BPM with animation to help anticipate on beat / on bar.
ScaleClock
Learn and practice musical scales with a comprehensive library and customizable options. Control playback speed, direction, and octaves. Create and save your own unique scales for personalized study.
- Extensive scale library
- Custom scale creation
- Adjustable playback speed
- Scale direction control
- Two-octave playback
- Transposition tool
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No ScaleClock, o usuário seleciona a escala que deseja estudar em uma biblioteca super completa e através da interface criada por João Bouhid, pode facilmente alterar a fundamental dessa escala e praticar junto com o playback oferecido pelo APP. Pode-se controlar a velocidade do playback para praticar de acordo com sua conveniência. A biblioteca contempla, as escalas mais estudadas (Standards), Pentatônicas, Modos Gregos, Arpejos e escalas Especiais. Além disso, foi criado um sistema no qual o usuário pode criar com facilidade suas próprias escalas. Basta que ele acesse o menú "Criar Escala", selecionar os intervalos que deseja, nomear, salvar e pronto! A escala aparece na interface do APP e ele pode voltar a ela a qualquer momento pois ela fica salva na categoria "Minhas Escalas". ScaleClock PRO - Controle da direção da escala (Ascendente, Descendente, Ascendente/Descendente, Descendente/Ascendente) - Possibildiade de tocar escalas em 2 oitavas - Biblioteca completa liberada - Criação ilimitada de escalas - Ads FREE - Ferramenta de transposição (Bb e Eb) Terms and conditions - https://cursos.baile55.com/scaleclock-termos/ Privacy Policy - https://cursos.baile55.com/scaleclock-privacidade/ Terms of use (EULA) - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ScaleClock at 5.0 against Drum Loops & Metronome's 4.5. ScaleClock also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 weeks). Drum Loops & Metronome's advantage is ratings volume (898 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Drum Loops & Metronome sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and ScaleClock sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $10.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ScaleClock holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Drum Loops & Metronome has 898 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Drum Loops & Metronome ships an update every 5 weeks, ScaleClock every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and August 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Drum Loops & Metronome | ScaleClock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (898 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 44.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 898 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Learn To Master Ltd | Baile 55 Music LTDA |
Customer experience
Drum Loops & Metronome
ScaleClock
Bugs and requests
Drum Loops & Metronome
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashing and freezing issues
- Sound cutting out or not working
- Inconsistent rhythm and timing
Requested features
5 requests- Volume control slider
- On-screen playlist page
- Time signature selection
- Ability to save favorite patterns
- Easier tempo changes
ScaleClock
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Drum Loops & Metronome
- Premium Version$3.991 Month
- Annual Premium Version3 Days trial$29.991 Year
ScaleClock
- ScaleClock PRO Monthly Plan7 Days trial$10.991 Month
- ScaleClock PRO Annual Plan7 Days trial$89.991 Year
- Plano Mensal$1.99
- Plano Anual$11.99
Questions
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