Comparison

Drumline Break Creator vs Drum2Notes

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

Head to head
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.

About

Drum2Notes

Convert drum audio recordings into sheet music using AI. View, play back, and export your transcriptions as PDF, MIDI, or MusicXML files. Share your creations with others.

Highlights
  • Transcribe drum recordings to sheet music
  • View transcribed music as drum notation
  • Playback music recognition results
  • Download sheet as PDF, MIDI, or MusicXML
  • Share drum sheets
  • AI-powered music recognition
Features
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Drum2Notes: Transcribe Drum Recordings to Sheet Music » Transcribe drum recordings to sheet music » View the transcribed music as drum notation » Playback the music recognition and listen to the result » Download sheet as PDF, MIDI, or MusicXML » Share your drum sheet with your friends HOW DOES IT WORK? Once your drum recording is uploaded, our artificial intelligence powered music recognition processes it to generate a score based on what it hears. When the sheet music is finished, you get three outputs - a MIDI file, a PDF engraved sheet music, and a MusicXML digital sheet. MusicXML export is compatible with MuseScore and Sibelius. The MIDI format is compatible with Ableton Live, GarageBand, Logic Pro X, Cubase, and FL Studio. It has never been easier to convert drum pieces to sheet music! WHAT THIS APP DOESN'T OFFER » Separation of multiple instruments: The note recognition can't separate multiple instruments. If you record multiple instruments playing simultaneously, you will get bad sheet music results! As the name suggests, Drum2Notes will work only with drum recordings. » Live music recognition: This app is not able to show you live music recognition results. Instead, it will take some time to perform the frequency analysis and show you the results. » 100% match percentage: This app won't detect 100% of the music recognition and there will also be wrong detections. But depending on the quality of the input signal, it will give you useful suggestions! REQUIREMENTS » Internet: active internet connection for server connectivity » iOS: version 11.0 and up » Microphone DESKTOP VERSION » There is a desktop version of this app available, which you can access in your browser: https://drum2notes.klang.io » The desktop version covers even more features like converting sheet music from YouTube, uploading MP3 files, and downloading as PDF, MIDI, or MusicXML files. Give your music your personal note! SUMMARY Transcribe drum music from your microphone to sheet music. With Drum2Notes, you can create live recordings of your drum performances. Those are uploaded to your personal songbook and transcribed to sheet music. Music recognition for drums has never been so easy! CONTACT US We're always happy to hear from you. No matter what comes to your mind, we want to hear it.  Would you like another feature? Does something not work as expected? -> Send us an e-mail at: support@klang.io This app is actively developed and there are updates on a regular basis! The Apple Terms of Use apply: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Drumline Break Creator3 screens
Drum2Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Drum2Notes at Free against Drumline Break Creator's $1.99. Drum2Notes also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.0). Drumline Break Creator's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and review sentiment (81% vs 60%). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Drum2Notes is free to download; Drumline Break Creator costs $1.99 up front. Drum2Notes sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Drumline Break Creator asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Drum2Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Drumline Break Creator has 40 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 81% of Drumline Break Creator's written reviews are positive against 60% of Drum2Notes's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drumline Break Creator ships an update every 3 weeks, Drum2Notes every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Drumline Break Creator versus Drum2Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrumline Break CreatorDrum2Notes
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (40 ratings)4.8 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.3% of reviews — better60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings40 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohn OstlerKlangio GmbH

Customer experience

Drumline Break Creator

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

Drum2Notes

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

In-app purchases

None

Drumline Break Creator

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Drum2Notes

Subscriptions4
  • Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Klangio Universe Monthly$24.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$99.991 Year
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  • Klangio Universe Subscription$249.001 Year

Questions

Is Drumline Break Creator free?
Drumline Break Creator costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Drum2Notes free?
Drum2Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Drumline Break Creator or Drum2Notes?
Drum2Notes is rated higher. Drumline Break Creator averages 4.0 out of 5 from 40 ratings, while Drum2Notes averages 4.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Drumline Break Creator or Drum2Notes have ads?
Neither Drumline Break Creator nor Drum2Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Drumline Break Creator or Drum2Notes?
Drumline Break Creator ships an update every 3 weeks, and Drum2Notes every 6 weeks. Most recently, Drumline Break Creator was updated on October 14, 2026 and Drum2Notes on October 10, 2026.

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