Comparison

DrumToolz vs Drum Bank

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

Drum Bank

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Drummer must download! You can see tons of fill-in and rhythm patterns all you want! In addition, you can watch performance videos, so even if you are not good at notes, you can learn with your eyes and ears. There is also a search function by level and performance genre, so if you have trouble with fill-in, you can use it like a dictionary. ***Premium Membership*** You can check your favorite fill-in and rhythm patterns in a list. In addition to favorites, a check function allows you to see at a glance which phrases you have not yet mastered. This app was created from a drummer's perspective. Please make use of it for your daily practice. (Also, as a premium member, you can hide the ads in the app.) You can also post your own. Anyone can submit their fill-in and rhythm patterns! Please show off your original phrases to drummers all over the world! (There is a certain screening process for submissions.)

Screenshots

DrumToolz4 screens
Drum Bank2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DrumToolz at none against Drum Bank's 1. DrumToolz also leads on ads (none vs shown). Drum Bank's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly) and iOS requirement (12.1 vs 14.0). On price 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

Both are free to download. Drum Bank sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.49 per month. DrumToolz asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DrumToolz ships an update monthly, Drum Bank every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
DrumToolz versus Drum Bank: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrumToolzDrum Bank
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (270 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews58.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings270 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.012.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size93 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJared SimonDaishi Nakamura

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

Drum Bank

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

DrumToolz

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Drum Bank

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Membership$2.491 Month

Questions

Is DrumToolz free?
DrumToolz is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Drum Bank free?
Drum Bank is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do DrumToolz or Drum Bank have ads?
Drum Bank shows ads; DrumToolz does not.
Which is updated more often, DrumToolz or Drum Bank?
DrumToolz ships an update monthly, and Drum Bank every 5 days. Most recently, DrumToolz was updated on September 25, 2026 and Drum Bank on September 17, 2026.

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