Drummer ITP vs Rhythm Generator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Drummer ITP
This intelligent metronome and rudiment trainer helps drummers improve timing and accuracy. It measures performance against a click, providing feedback scores to track progress and identify challenging patterns. Essential for developing precise stick technique.
- Intelligent metronome with listening feature
- Rudiment pattern practice and scoring
- Performance feedback and progress tracking
- Accuracy indicator for timing
- Manual and Rudiment modes
- 68 practice patterns and exercises
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Learn to play 'In The Pocket' with Drummer ITP: The World's only intelligent metronome and rudiment training tool! *Worldwide Number 1 iPhone Music App in over 70 countries!* Drummer ITP can help you to learn exceptionally accurate timing with your drum performances and become a true 'In The Pocket' player. The app is designed for practicing rudiment patterns with a drum practice pad - incorporating an intelligent listening feature, which allows your performance against a metronome click to be measured and given as feedback scores. You can therefore track your progress and identify what rudiment patterns and tempos cause you most trouble with staying in time. *Please note: as with all professional audio and recording systems, Drummer ITP requires you to use wired headphones to enable zero latency analysis and measurements. Bluetooth headphones do not allow zero latency data exchange. Drummer ITP helps to identify the key tempos where your technique changes from wrist-action stick hits to faster speeds which require you to control the bounce of the drumsticks. Finding your breaking points with different stick pad rudiments and practice exercises will enable you to focus on the most challenging aspects of your personal stick technique and will underpin your development in all areas of drumming. The main display shows both the rolling click waveform and the microphone readings from your performance on the practice pad, so you can easily see if you are playing ahead or behind the beat. There is also a unique accuracy indicator which shows how far ahead or behind the beat each of your hits is. Whilst performing rudiments and exercises on a practice pad, the app records an ongoing measurement of accuracy and consistency of the performance, so you can practice to keep the timing indicator right in the middle of the screen and achieve the highest possible scores. When playing an accented pattern, or an exercise with rests incorporated, the intelligent algorithm checks that the correct type of hits are performed at the right time. If you want to check how accurate the app is, just turn up the loudspeaker volume and you'll see it measure its own sounds to 100% accuracy - so you can see how close your own performance scores are to that of an electronic drum machine! Drummer ITP can be used in Manual Mode or Rudiment Mode. In Manual Mode the metronome runs freely, as a standard metronome whilst also keeping a measurement of the recent performance scores. With a rudiment pattern active (i.e. using the app's Rudiment Mode), a count in starts a 30, 60, 120 or 300 second rudiment test, the results of which become a benchmark for evaluating your performance progress over time, with all your best high scores being recorded. The app can also be used purely as a standalone high-precision metronome with advanced settings allowing you to choose different pitches, volumes and intervals for the click. Includes a total of 68 practice patterns and rudiment exercises for combinations of: - standard timing exercises (quarters, eighths, sixteenths) - triplet timing exercises - single, double and triple paradiddles (including inverted, reverse and offset) - single and double paradiddle-diddle patterns - rudimental drum rolls - accented patterns Additional features: - notation of all included rudiments and exercise patterns - real-time left/right hand pattern indicator - accent indicator and moving notation counter - tempo adjustment from 30-240 bpm - beat time intervals 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 - optional beat one accent for practicing specific time signatures - click designer with settings for pitch, tonality, click duration and volume - separate click design for the main beat and interval sounds - stick pad performance player, to hear what you are attempting to play - high scores chart for completed rudiments and exercises - preset click sounds - microphone sensitivity adjustment - intelligent 'learn latency' feature to ensure 100% accurate analysis
Rhythm Generator
Master rhythm sight-reading and recall with endless, customizable challenges. Practice timing precision with adjustable difficulty and various time signatures. Record and share your practice sessions or create content for others.
- Endless rhythm challenges
- Adjustable difficulty levels
- Support for any time signature
- Customizable note groups
- Screen recording with camera feed
- PDF export for worksheets
- Dark mode
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Master Your Rhythm Sight Reading. Generate endless rhythm challenges. Record your screen with a live camera feed. Share what you create. Rhythm Generator is your essential practice partner for sharpening rhythm sight-reading, recall, and timing precision. Whether you're a drummer, pianist, guitarist, or any musician striving for rhythmic excellence, this app delivers endless challenges at your fingertips. Why Musicians Love Rhythm Generator: - Random Rhythm Challenges: Instantly generate new rhythms to test and build your sight-reading skills. - Adjustable Difficulty: Eight difficulty levels take you from beginner to advanced reading. - Any Time Signature: Create rhythms in any time signature—from standard 4/4 to exotic 21/16 and beyond. - Customisable: Choose your own note groups for building rhythms including quintuplets and septuplets. - Shuffle Custom Rhythms: Mix up bars and notes within pre-set rhythms, including the Table of Time. - Flexible Training Mode: Repeat full bars to reinforce learning at your own pace. - Hear and Improve: Play back rhythms to check your accuracy and refine your timing. - Authentic Sight-Reading Mode: Mute the first play through so you can practice reading before you listen. - Auto Shuffle: Keep sessions fresh with automatic rhythm generation. - Swing Variations: Practice with triplet swing, 16th swing, quintuplet swing, and more. - Dark Mode: Comfortable practice at any hour, no eye strain. Create & Share Content: Record your screen with an optional live camera feed - perfect for documenting your practice or creating content to share. Add a custom title, adjust the layout to suit your shot, and hit record. Every video ends with a QR code and link so anyone watching can open the exact same rhythm in Rhythm Generator and play it themselves. Great for social media, online lessons, or challenging your followers. For Music Teachers: Create and print endless rhythm worksheets for your students with PDF Export (up to 20 randomised exercises at a time). Each printed rhythm includes a QR code your students can scan to hear it played back instantly in Rhythm Generator—for free. Unlimited fresh material, zero prep time. Powerful Integration & Sharing: - PolyNome Integration: Use PolyNome to design custom rhythms and send them directly to Rhythm Generator. - Sharing: Share rhythms instantly. Shared rhythms can be opened and played back for free by anyone with the app. - Import Rhythms: Install popular rhythm sets like the Table of Time from the app menu, or enter rhythm ID codes from the Rhythm Generator Instagram channel. - Shuffle Imported Rhythms: Remix any rhythm you've imported for fresh variations every time. Free to Start: Explore core features at no cost. Unlock full rhythm controls and every advanced feature with a subscription. Rhythm Generator is actively developed, with new features and updates rolling out regularly. ONE SUBSCRIPTION. ENDLESS RHYTHMS. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Rhythm Generator at Free against Drummer ITP's $9.99. Rhythm Generator also leads on review sentiment (79% vs 64%). Drummer ITP's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and chart position (#152 vs unranked). On rating, update cadence, ads 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
Rhythm Generator is free to download; Drummer ITP costs $9.99 up front. Rhythm Generator sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Drummer ITP asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Drummer ITP against 4.8 for Rhythm Generator. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Drummer ITP has 444 ratings behind it against 62, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 64% of Drummer ITP's written reviews are positive against 79% of Rhythm Generator's.
Drummer ITP ships an update every 3 weeks, Rhythm Generator fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Drummer ITP | Rhythm Generator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (444 ratings) | 4.8 (62 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.0% of reviews | 78.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 444 — better | 62 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Freemium — better |
| Best chart rank | #152 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RT Sixty Ltd | PolyNome Ltd |
Customer experience
Drummer ITP
Rhythm Generator
Bugs and requests
Drummer ITP
Reported bugs
2 issues- Screen placement crossed
- Only 16th notes?
Requested features
6 requests- Add flam rudiments and sheet music on screen
- a tap for tempo style metronome input and an option to play back the audio recorded by the metronome
- more rudiments coming soon
- Being able to have the rudiment mode analysis stuff run for longer than a minute
- being able to adjust what factors are being analysed for instance when practicing paradiddles I don't really want my dynamics analysed as I'm aiming to miss ghost notes and accents so am getting a lower overall rating for an area I'm not concerned with
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- PLEASE MAKE AVAILABLE FOR ANDROID
Rhythm Generator
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Drummer ITP
No in-app purchases
Rhythm Generator
- Monthly Plan$3.991 Month
- Annual Plan$15.991 Year
Questions
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