Comparison

DrumToolz vs StkCtrl

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

Head to head
About

DrumToolz

Compose and practice drum cadences and beats on your mobile device. This app allows manual input of exercises, generation of new ideas, and practice of rudiments. Share your creations and learn from a community of drummers.

Highlights
  • Compose drum cadences and beats
  • Manual exercise input
  • Generate new rhythmic ideas
  • Editable music score
  • Practice snare rudiments
  • Library of dynamic exercises
  • Social profile and sharing
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Compose cadences on the go! Choose from snares, tenors, bass drums, cymbals, and even drumset if you want. In a league of its own, DrumToolz also lets you manually input exercises for drum set, marching snare, tenors, and bass drums while generating new creative ideas using what you input, all shown on an editable music score. You can also upload your beats to your social profile, play what other users are playing, save rhythms, practice snare drum rudiments, and learn from a full library of dynamic exercises for both snare drum and drumset! It's perfect for all skill levels, from beginner to extremely advanced, drum wizards. Works great for sharing drum cadences with your drumline. Isolate individual snare, tenors, etc. parts. Practice the simplest to the most complex of beats and rhythms. If you can think of it, you can input it and practice it! Anything from beginner rock beats, to the most complex of jazz beats and fills. Lastly, top off the notes with ornaments: stickings, accents, flams, diddles, and cheese. Input up to 50 measures. When practicing drum set beats, choose from a ride cymbal, hihat, hihat foot, kick drum, snare drum, and three toms. Input everything from whole notes to thirtysecond notes and tuplets. Also, for tenors, choose from four tenors and a spock. Bass drums - five bass drums. Marching snare - a realistic marching snare and a ping sound. Generate new ideas (modifications) using beats that you input into the score. Choose from several modification methods: Add, Shuffle, Substitute, Permutate, Repeat, and Random. Modify individual parts of the beat (ex: kick drum only) or the entire beat if desired. Custom snare exercises. Choose the time sig, subdivisons, tuplets, stickings, accents, flams, diddles, cheese, drags. Save the beat in the score for later practice, keeping the modifications if desired. If the modifications are kept, this turns the beat into an endless, dynamic exercise! Each time you generate an exercise, it uses the modifications to give you an entirely new beat. String together saved rhythms and practice them as one exercise, perfect for practicing beats followed by a drum fill. Upload your beats to your profile. Find and follow other drummers in the social network. Learn from them as you see and practice what they have uploaded to their profile. Share your beats through PDF links and files. Also, share your entire score with a link that pre-populates the score into the app. Learn from a full library of dynamic drum set and snare drum exercises, essential and hybrid rudiments included. For highlighted rhythms, shuffle around groups of notes, stickings, accents, flams, diddles, and cheese.

About

StkCtrl

This app offers daily rhythm challenges to improve drumming skills. It features adjustable tempo, interactive play-along audio, and flexible sticking exercises to enhance versatility and control.

Highlights
  • Daily rhythm challenges
  • Adjustable tempo
  • Interactive play-along audio
  • Flexible sticking exercises
  • Skill improvement tools
Features
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Elevate Your Drumming with a modern take on a timeless classic! Introducing the next evolution in drumming mastery: a contemporary twist on the classic Stone instructional book. Our app brings you a fresh daily rhythm designed to challenge and improve your drumming skills. Here’s what you can expect: Daily Challenges: Embrace new challenges every day to keep your practice exciting and rewarding. Adjustable Speed: Speed up or slow down the tempo to match your skill level and progress. Interactive Play-Along: Listen and play along with high-quality audio tracks to enhance your learning experience. Flexible Sticking: Experiment with different stickings to develop versatility and control. Feel the power growing in your hands and watch your skills soar. Every day is a new opportunity to become a better drummer. #DrummingMastery #ModernStone #DailyRhythm #ChallengeYourself #GetBetter

Screenshots

DrumToolz4 screens
StkCtrl4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: DrumToolz at Free against StkCtrl's $0.99. DrumToolz also leads on ratings volume (270 vs 9). StkCtrl's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 58%) and rating (4.6 vs 4.2). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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

DrumToolz is free to download; StkCtrl costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

StkCtrl holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DrumToolz has 270 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of DrumToolz's written reviews are positive against 100% of StkCtrl's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DrumToolz ships an update monthly, StkCtrl every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
DrumToolz versus StkCtrl: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrumToolzStkCtrl
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.2 (270 ratings)4.6 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews58.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings270 — better9
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size93 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJared SimonN. Wheeler

Customer experience

DrumToolz

All ratings270 ratings
Positive78.1%
Neutral8.5%
Negative13.3%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive58.1%
Neutral25.6%
Negative16.3%

StkCtrl

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

DrumToolz

Reported bugs

13 issues
  • App crashes and deletes progress
  • App won't open
  • Repeat function doesn't stop
  • Repeat save fails
  • Accents, diddles, flams added automatically
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  • 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

Requested features

15 requests
  • Turn off metronome
  • Add rum shot for snare
  • Add rim shots for other drums
  • Add triplets, fivelets, sixlets
  • Add dynamics (forte, piano)
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  • 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

StkCtrl

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

DrumToolz

No in-app purchases

None

StkCtrl

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DrumToolz free?
DrumToolz is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is StkCtrl free?
StkCtrl costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DrumToolz or StkCtrl?
StkCtrl is rated higher. DrumToolz averages 4.2 out of 5 from 270 ratings, while StkCtrl averages 4.6 from 9 ratings.
Do DrumToolz or StkCtrl have ads?
Neither DrumToolz nor StkCtrl shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DrumToolz or StkCtrl?
DrumToolz ships an update monthly, and StkCtrl every 2 months. Most recently, DrumToolz was updated on September 21, 2026 and StkCtrl on September 9, 2026.

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