Comparison

DrumToolz vs Pyware 3D Mobile Editor

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

Pyware 3D Mobile Editor

This application allows users to edit and view drill designs for marching bands directly on their mobile devices. It offers tools for manipulating performer positions, animating routines, and syncing changes with a cloud portal for seamless integration with other software.

Highlights
  • Open Pyware 3D drill packages
  • View drill from any angle with zoom and rotate
  • Animate performer pathways
  • Playback with audio
  • Editing tools including Morph and Push
  • Sync with Pyware Portal
Features
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Meet your new favorite sidekick, the Pyware Mobile Editor! Make changes, clean your sets, and push directly to the UDB App and your drill writing computer. All on the fly and on the field! FEATURES Open Pyware 3D® drill packages (.3dz) Files can be accessed from the Pyware Portal Pinch zoom, rotate, tilt and shift to view the drill from any angle Animation shows true pathways for all performers Fluid or step-time animation Play with audio file Repeat and Play All animation controls Count Track that allows you to stop and view any count of drill View entire Production Sheet Editing tools Morph Tool Push Tool Adjuster tool Selection Tools Spotlight Tool (Single or multiple performers) Pointer Tool Box Selection Tool Lasso Selection Tool Sync with Pyware Portal account. Upload Directly to UDBapp

Screenshots

DrumToolz4 screens
Pyware 3D Mobile Editor1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: DrumToolz at 58% against Pyware 3D Mobile Editor's 0%. DrumToolz also leads on rating (4.2 vs 2.1) and update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months). Pyware 3D Mobile Editor's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DrumToolz holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DrumToolz has 270 ratings behind it against 38, 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 0% of Pyware 3D Mobile Editor's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DrumToolz ships an update monthly, Pyware 3D Mobile Editor every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
DrumToolz versus Pyware 3D Mobile Editor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrumToolzPyware 3D Mobile Editor
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (270 ratings) — better2.1 (38 ratings)
Positive reviews58.1% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings270 — better38
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size93 MB323 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJared SimonPygraphics, Inc.

Customer experience

DrumToolz

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

Pyware 3D Mobile Editor

All ratings38 ratings
Positive21.1%
Neutral10.5%
Negative68.4%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

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

Pyware 3D Mobile Editor

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

DrumToolz

No in-app purchases

None

Pyware 3D Mobile Editor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DrumToolz free?
DrumToolz is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pyware 3D Mobile Editor free?
Pyware 3D Mobile Editor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DrumToolz or Pyware 3D Mobile Editor?
DrumToolz is rated higher. DrumToolz averages 4.2 out of 5 from 270 ratings, while Pyware 3D Mobile Editor averages 2.1 from 38 ratings.
Do DrumToolz or Pyware 3D Mobile Editor have ads?
Neither DrumToolz nor Pyware 3D Mobile Editor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DrumToolz or Pyware 3D Mobile Editor?
DrumToolz ships an update monthly, and Pyware 3D Mobile Editor every 5 months. Most recently, DrumToolz was updated on September 21, 2026 and Pyware 3D Mobile Editor on September 18, 2026.

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