Comparison

Ticking vs Learn Drums

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

Head to head
About

Ticking

Enhance your drumming precision with this app that listens to your practice pad strokes and offers visual feedback on your accuracy. Track your progress, identify mistakes, and improve your timing with various exercises or by creating your own.

Highlights
  • Listens to drum strokes
  • Visual accuracy feedback
  • Progress tracking
  • Pre-set and custom exercises
  • Tempo adjustment
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The app is designed to improve your timing on the drums. It listens to your strokes on the practice pad and provides visual feedback on your accuracy. Measure your accuracy and visually troubleshoot your mistakes, so you can track your progress and improve over time HOW TO USE TICKING? • Place your phone on your practice pad so it hears your drumsticks (or just clap). • Choose an exercise. • Tap to start the exercise. • Change tempo by tapping BPM. Exercises: • Basics (8th notes, triplets, 16th notes) • Rate changes • Permutations • ... or create your own in the editor!

About

Learn Drums

Master drumming with video-guided lessons designed for absolute beginners. Learn fundamental techniques, rhythm patterns, and various drumming styles at your own pace. This app provides a structured path to becoming a confident drummer, regardless of your equipment.

Highlights
  • Video-guided lessons
  • Fundamental techniques
  • Rhythm patterns and beats
  • Multiple drumming styles
  • Coordination exercises
  • Structured learning path
  • Practice routines
Features
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Learn drums from your first beat to playing full songs -- step-by-step, at your own pace, no drum kit required. Tap on your phone or tablet to practice along with real drum beats across rock, pop, blues, and funk. WHAT YOU GET Step-by-step drum lessons that start with the basics: how to hold the sticks, posture at the kit, and stick control. From there you build into full drum beats -- rock grooves, pop backbeats, blues shuffles, funk patterns -- one skill at a time. Video lessons from drum instructors who teach beginners for a living. Each tutorial focuses on one idea so you can see the technique, hear how it should sound, and copy it without guesswork. Slow-motion replays for the parts that trip everyone up. Drop the tempo, watch where the sticks land, then bring it back up to speed when your hands are ready. A song library arranged for beginners. Pick a track, play along, and use the visual feedback to see whether your timing is on the beat or drifting. This is where drum practice stops feeling like homework and starts sounding like music. NO DRUM KIT? START ANYWAY You don't need a kit to begin. Practice the grip, the rhythms, and the song parts on a tabletop, a practice pad, or right on the screen. When you do sit at a real kit later, the patterns are already in your hands. HOW IT'S BUILT FOR BEGINNERS Plain-language teaching. No music theory jargon thrown at you before you've played a single beat. If a lesson uses a word, it explains the word. Short sessions that fit a real day. Five minutes between meetings, fifteen before dinner -- progress comes from showing up, not from hour-long blocks you can never find. Honest pacing. You repeat a beat until it locks in, then move on. Skip ahead any time, or go back and re-watch a lesson without losing your place. Every drummer started where you are now -- counting one beat at a time. Download Learn Drums and play your first rhythm today. Terms of use - http://thecookbk.com/terms.php?appname=learn.drums.beginners Privacy Policy - http://thecookbk.com/privacy.php?appname=learn.drums.beginners

Screenshots

Ticking4 screens
Learn Drums4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Learn Drums at every 2 weeks against Ticking's every 3 months. Ticking's advantage is review sentiment (74% vs 55%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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

Both are free to download. Ticking sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Learn Drums sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ticking holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 151 and 120 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Ticking's written reviews are positive against 55% of Learn Drums's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ticking ships an update every 3 months, Learn Drums every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Ticking versus Learn Drums: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTickingLearn Drums
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (151 ratings) — better4.4 (120 ratings)
Positive reviews74.1% of reviews — better54.5% of reviews
Number of ratings151 — better120
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB104 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDecent Labs Kft.Riafy Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Customer experience

Ticking

All ratings151 ratings
Positive89.4%
Neutral4.0%
Negative6.6%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive74.1%
Neutral7.4%
Negative18.5%

Learn Drums

All ratings120 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral5.0%
Negative10.8%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive54.5%
Neutral4.5%
Negative40.9%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Ticking

One-time1
  • Editor$4.99
6 purchases

Learn Drums

Subscriptions5
  • Learn Drums-Monthly Trial$8.991 Month
  • drum+beats+bass$11.491 Month
  • Learn to Play Drum$24.996 Months
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  • Learn Drums-Yearly Trial$29.991 Year
  • Drums- Easy Lessons6 Months trial$39.996 Months
One-time1
  • 7 days premium$2.99

Questions

Is Ticking free?
Ticking is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Learn Drums free?
Learn Drums is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Ticking or Learn Drums?
Ticking is rated higher. Ticking averages 4.6 out of 5 from 151 ratings, while Learn Drums averages 4.4 from 120 ratings.
Do Ticking or Learn Drums have ads?
Neither Ticking nor Learn Drums shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ticking or Learn Drums?
Ticking ships an update every 3 months, and Learn Drums every 2 weeks. Most recently, Ticking was updated on October 12, 2026 and Learn Drums on October 16, 2026.

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