Comparison

Rudiments Trainer vs Drumline Break Creator

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

Head to head
About

Rudiments Trainer

Practice 39 international drum rudiments with audio samples and sheet music. Track your BPM progress even when the app is closed to monitor your daily growth and improve stick control.

Highlights
  • 39 international drum rudiments
  • Audio samples and sheet music
  • BPM tracking
  • Progress monitoring
  • Accent exercises
  • Stick control improvement
Features
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A rudiments practice app supervised by an active drum instructor. The app includes 39 of the 40 international drum rudiments, excluding the multiple bounce roll. Practice fundamental stick control with sheet music and sample playback. FEATURES - Play and practice every rudiment - Record practice time on a calendar - Browse practice records from previous months - Pro adds saved BPM history, last-BPM recall, Auto BPM, and Today's Practice PRACTICE TIP Start slowly and build a clean, relaxed form. Once the movement is stable, raise the BPM gradually to develop accurate and fast stick control. TERMS OF USE https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Drumline Break Creator

Easily compose, edit, and share percussion notation for snare and tenor drums. This app offers a streamlined experience for creating custom drum breaks, cadences, and warmups, inspiring a new generation of music writers.

Highlights
  • Compose snare and tenor drum notation
  • Edit and playback percussion music
  • Save and share compositions
  • Includes common rudiments and articulations
  • Supports custom sticking and grace notes
  • Professionally recorded audio samples
Features
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Composing percussion notation for snare drum and tenors is finally fast, easy, and fun! No laptops, no expensive subscriptions, no extra plugins, and no 1990's music composition apps made for piano with 500 options that you'll never use. Whether you're in your bedroom or the band room, a bus, or the field, you now have full access to the specific notation you need to compose, edit, playback, save and share snare drum and tenor drum notation with your section, instructor, drumline, and band. All this for one price, forever in your pocket right next to your drum key. We spend our entire percussive careers playing other people's music. Isn't it time we start playing our own? This app is on a mission to inspire a new generation of music writers. It's time for YOU to write the next winning break, percussion feature, cadence, street beat, or drill. *Insert stick drop here* All audio samples were professionally recorded at NoiseFloor Ltd. in Chicago by DCI sound engineer Jamie Vanadia. The snare drum and tenors used were generously provided by Dynasty. The snare is Dynasty's MS-XD14 Marching Snare Drum on an Evans Hybrid drumhead. The tenor drums are Dynasty's MT-680234 Tenor Drums in Corps Configuration with 6 inch and 8 inch shot drums on Evans Corps Clear heads. Drum Break Creator includes a number of rudiments such as triplets, sextuplets, flams, single stroke 4s, etc. Plus place, accents, doubles, grace notes, buzz notes, rimshots, double stops, as well put in your preferred sticking. Use the app to create your next standout drum break. Create your drumline's next set of warmups. Write a few new cadences or street beats for that next parade. Use it to better understand the timing and voicing of your music. Play along on your drum pad. For beginners, use it to better understand how to read certain notations. Recreate some of the harder parts of your sheet music to help smooth out the tougher bits of your show. Every person who downloads this app will have ideas on ways to make it better or more awesome. Feedback is super welcome!! I will continue to add and support the apps into the years to come. Oh, and just to take out one of the more obvious requests, bass drums and cymbals are coming as the user base grows. Hi, I'm the developer of this app and I've been drumming for 32 years. (Woah, I never actually did the math on that) From playing along to records of drum battles of Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich when I was 7, to high school marching band, placing at WGI finals, sleeping on the floor at Glassmen (RIP) auditions, Michigan State's drumline, lessons, instruction, all the way to touring the U.S. several times with my indie-emo band backed by Truth Drums (sans black eyeliner). I've been surrounding myself with musicians who appreciate the sport and the art of marching percussion. I'm very fortunate enough to also know a thing or two about creating software – which somehow still leads me back to drumming. :-D Happy hacking, and thanks for downloading.

Screenshots

Rudiments Trainer2 screens
Drumline Break Creator3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Drumline Break Creator at 81% against Rudiments Trainer's 27%. Drumline Break Creator also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). Rudiments Trainer's advantage is price (Free vs $1.99). On update cadence 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

Rudiments Trainer is free to download; Drumline Break Creator costs $1.99 up front. Rudiments Trainer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Drumline Break Creator asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Rudiments Trainer versus Drumline Break Creator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRudiments TrainerDrumline Break Creator
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating—4.0 (40 ratings) — better
Positive reviews26.7% of reviews81.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—40 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaishi NakamuraJohn Ostler

Customer experience

Rudiments Trainer

Written reviews15 reviews
Positive26.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative73.3%

Drumline Break Creator

All ratings40 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive81.3%
Neutral12.5%
Negative6.3%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Rudiments Trainer

Subscriptions1
  • Unlock$1.991 Month
One-time1
  • Cancellation of restriction$4.99
None

Drumline Break Creator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rudiments Trainer free?
Rudiments Trainer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Drumline Break Creator free?
Drumline Break Creator costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Rudiments Trainer or Drumline Break Creator have ads?
Rudiments Trainer shows ads; Drumline Break Creator does not.
Which is updated more often, Rudiments Trainer or Drumline Break Creator?
Rudiments Trainer ships an update every 3 weeks, and Drumline Break Creator every 3 weeks. Most recently, Rudiments Trainer was updated on October 2, 2026 and Drumline Break Creator on October 14, 2026.

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