Comparison

Melodics for iPad vs Drumr

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

Head to head
About

Melodics for iPad

Learn drums, MIDI keyboard, and finger drumming with interactive music lessons and real-time feedback. This app offers over 2000 lessons, songs, and exercises for all skill levels, making music learning engaging and progress-driven.

Highlights
  • Interactive music lessons
  • Real-time feedback
  • Learn drums, MIDI keyboard, finger drumming
  • 2000+ lessons, songs, and exercises
  • Works with various instruments
  • Note-by-note tutorials
Features
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Learn how to play drums, midi keyboard, and finger drumming with our ipad music app! Melodics is the ipad music app that makes instruments easy to pick up and hard to put down. Whether you’re a total beginner or a seasoned pro, we get what moves you because we’re musicians too. Just sync up your instrument and learn music your way through interactive music lessons with real-time feedback. It’s the music lesson app that helps you find your flow and makes music learning feel like a jam session, not a chore. With 2000+ lessons, songs, courses and music exercises to choose from, Melodics is THE music learning app you need to make real progress. LEARN DRUMS Discover why Melodics is the ultimate ipad drum lessons app. Sync your kit and start playing your way through interactive drum practice sessions, drum exercises and your favourite drum songs. Any drum kit, Anywhere: Melodics is the only drum lesson app that works with everything. Whether you use electronic drums, acoustic drums, or are doing drum warmups on a practice pad, our smart audio tech listens and provides instant feedback. Improve drumming fast: Receive real-time insights on every hit. Learning drums is easier when Melodics tell you if you’re playing too fast, too slow or right in the pocket. Real song library: Learn drumming by playing the tracks you actually love. Access a massive library of drum lessons across rock, pop, metal, and hip-hop. LEARN MIDI KEYBOARD Learn piano with your MIDI keyboard and start playing your way through interactive keyboard lessons that go deeper into your genre. Melodics is super friendly with all MIDI devices, just plug in and start your ipad piano lessons. Note-by-note tutorials: Master your favorite tracks with note-by-note midi keyboard tutorial sessions for over 500 songs, from hip hop to house, from pop to Persian trap. Studio-ready skills: Your midi keyboard lessons will cover more than just scales - explore chords, melodies, and samples you can take straight to the studio. Step-by-step progress: From your first midi keyboard lesson to advanced courses, our keyboard lessons app guides you every step of the way with scoring, levels, and trophies. LEARN FINGER DRUMMING Melodics is the world-leading finger drumming app, built to help you master your pad controller. The only curriculum: Access the only comprehensive curriculum designed specifically for pads. Our finger drumming app works seamlessly with almost all pad controllers. Interactive learning: Learn to chop samples and build complex rhythms through hands-on play, not passive watching. Play along to your favorite music with beat-by-beat finger drumming tutorials for over 500+ songs from your favourite producers. Plug & play: Connect your pad controller and hear instant sound. Progress through structured lessons at your own pace and feel the click when a beat finally locks in. Melodics for iPad offers all of the features and functionality of the classic Melodics app. How the subscription works: - Melodics offers 20 free lessons for each instrument with 5 minutes of play time each day. - To extend your learning, subscribe at any time to access our full catalog of 2000+ lessons & songs. - Select either a monthly or annual subscription. - You can manage your subscription in the Account section of the app. Support: We're dedicated to giving you the best learning experience. If you have any questions, suggestions, or feedback, head over to our Support section at: https://melodics.com/support Join the Melodics community on social media: https://www.instagram.com/melodicshq/ https://www.youtube.com/@Melodicshq/ https://www.facebook.com/melodicshq/ https://www.tiktok.com/@melodicshq https://discord.gg/melodics https://www.reddit.com/r/Melodics/ — For more information, check out our terms and conditions at https://melodics.com/legal and our privacy policy at https://melodics.com/info/privacy-policy. Let's play!

About

Drumr

This app helps drummers of all levels improve their skills through interactive lessons, practice tools, and performance analysis. It offers a vast library of scores and exercises for various drumming styles and instruments, with features to loop difficult sections and track progress.

Highlights
  • Interactive score playback
  • Performance analysis for note accuracy
  • Practice loop functionality
  • Metronome with customizable settings
  • Library of 600+ scores and courses
  • Support for e-drums and practice pads
Features
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Drumr — Learn faster. Drum better. Practice should lead to progress. Stuck on the same patterns, or a part that just won't click? Drumr helps you break through — and enjoy getting better. Open a score and start playing. Recommendations and Coach take the guesswork out of what to practice next, so every minute counts. For drum kit, e-drums, practice pads, and drumline. Start free. Keep playing. 80+ free scores, including all 40 PAS rudiments, plus grooves, fills, and drumline exercises — no subscription required. Try Drumr Premium free for 7 days to explore the full library, ShufflePlay, every Metronome sound, Imports, and custom themes. Hear every part played precisely. Real drum sounds, exactly as written. Follow every note as it plays, slow it down, and connect what you see with what you hear. Learn to read drum music with a clear reference for your own playing. Loop the hard part until it's yours. Loop a few measures or focus on one. Isolate kick, snare, toms, or cymbals to see how a groove fits together. Set your reps and build speed and control from 30–300 bpm with Linear, Increasing, and Up-Down modes. See exactly where it slipped. Performance Analysis marks early, late, and missed notes right on the notation, rep by rep, so you know what to work on next. - E-drums: per-instrument feedback via USB/MIDI. - Practice pads: microphone analysis with AirPods or Apple wired headphones. Kit, drumline & rudiments in one app. 600+ professionally authored scores and courses with thousands of grooves, fills, and exercises — every pattern another idea for your playing. - Drum Kit: rock, funk, jazz, Latin, metal, Motown, linear patterns, polyrhythms, and control drills. - Drumline: marching percussion warmups, grids, and exercises for snare, tenors, and bassline, plus PAS and hybrid rudiments. Dig into scores and lessons from Geoff Fry, Hudson Music, Mel Bay Publications, Chad Smith, Scott Johnson, and more. New material added regularly. Take your place in the line. Watch a pro play it, then work through the part. Rehearse with the rest of the drumline on marching scores with matching parts, or lock in with drumless tracks on supported kit scores. Charts give you full-band tracks and room to improvise. Know what to play next. Follow a course or curated playlist, or get recommendations from your recent practice. Coach adds tempo guidance, app help, and custom playlists — private, fast, and in your device language. Requires Apple Intelligence. More ways to make progress - SnapCursor highlights each note; KitView, TenorsView, BasslineView, and PadView bring the playing to life, and PieView shows subdivisions. - Record yourself playing alongside the score, then watch it back or share your take. - Notes, session history, tempo charts, activity rings, and Awards show how far you've come. - A standalone Metronome with flexible time signatures, groupings, subdivisions, sounds, and visual beats. - ShufflePlay mixes up groove and grid measures. - Control iPhone playback from Apple Watch: play, pause, restart, and choose sections. - See progress and open Up Next from the Home Screen widget. - Find scores and control playback hands-free with Siri. - Practice offline after initial setup. Videos and backing tracks require internet. Practice in Drumr. Write in Notate. Write your part in Notate, then practice it in Drumr with Premium. Find out how at drumr.app/imports. Sign in with Apple to back up your progress and keep it in sync across devices. For help, watch How To videos on Home, triple-tap the Drumr logo for "What's This?" tips, or ask Coach. — Help/feedback: https://support.drumr.app or Settings > Contact Support. Privacy: https://privacy.drumr.app Terms: https://terms.drumr.app Apple EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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Verdict

The call

Melodics for iPad and Drumr both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 86% of Drumr's written reviews are positive against 39% of Melodics for iPad's. Drumr also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 8 days) and device support (3 vs 1). Melodics for iPad's advantage is ratings volume (394 vs 95) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Melodics for iPad sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $34.99 per month and Drumr sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Melodics for iPad holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 394 and 95 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 39% of Melodics for iPad's written reviews are positive against 86% of Drumr's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Melodics for iPad ships an update every 8 days, Drumr daily. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Melodics for iPad versus Drumr: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMelodics for iPadDrumr
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (394 ratings) — better4.4 (95 ratings)
Positive reviews39.5% of reviews85.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings394 — better95
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size98 MB173 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMelodics LimitedDrumr Inc.

Customer experience

Melodics for iPad

All ratings394 ratings
Positive89.3%
Neutral3.3%
Negative7.4%
Written reviews114 reviews
Positive39.5%
Neutral11.4%
Negative49.1%

Drumr

All ratings95 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral6.3%
Negative9.5%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral3.6%
Negative10.7%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Melodics for iPad

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$34.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription$179.991 Year
2 purchases

Drumr

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly7 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Premium Annual7 Days trial$79.991 Year

Questions

Is Melodics for iPad free?
Melodics for iPad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Drumr free?
Drumr is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Melodics for iPad or Drumr?
Melodics for iPad is rated higher. Melodics for iPad averages 4.6 out of 5 from 394 ratings, while Drumr averages 4.4 from 95 ratings.
Do Melodics for iPad or Drumr have ads?
Neither Melodics for iPad nor Drumr shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Melodics for iPad or Drumr?
Melodics for iPad ships an update every 8 days, and Drumr daily. Most recently, Melodics for iPad was updated on November 3, 2026 and Drumr on October 30, 2026.

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