Drum Notation by Beat Note vs PÖKITT

Beat Note — Drum Notation for Drummers, Teachers, and Content Creators The fastest way to write, hear, practice, and share drum notation. Built by a drummer, for drummers. FOR DRUMMERS — FROM YOUR HEAD TO THE PAGE IN SECONDS You have a groove idea. Beat Note gets it down before you lose it. Tap the sequencer grid to build beats. Watch them turn into clean, professional drum notation in real time. Hit play and hear exactly what you wrote — at any tempo, with a click track, on loop. - Transcribe songs to check your ear and lock in what you hear - Compose your own grooves, fills, and exercises from scratch - Count in with a visual on-screen "1, 2, 3, 4" so your eyes and ears are ready together - Use Beat Note as your in-ear metronome during rehearsals — your beats, not just clicks "Been waiting a long time for an app like this. Clearly built by a drummer." — App Store review FOR TEACHERS — WRITE IT, PLAY IT, SEND IT What used to take 30 minutes in a desktop notation program now takes 2 minutes on your phone or iPad. Write exercises on the fly — during the lesson, not after it. Play back the notation so students hear exactly how it should sound. Share a link so they can listen at home. Export a PDF they can print and bring to the kit. - Use the sequencer as a live music whiteboard, in person or online - Build a library of exercises organized by tag, ready for any student - Send a shareable link or export a high-quality PDF in one tap "What would normally take 30 minutes on a computer has become 2 minutes from my mobile device. My students love it." — App Store review FOR CONTENT CREATORS — PROFESSIONAL NOTATION VIDEOS, IN MINUTES Export your beat as an animated MP4 — portrait for Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube Shorts, or landscape for YouTube and Vimeo. Choose 720p, 1080p, or 4K. Pick a color theme. Preview before you export. PDF, PNG, WAV or AAC audio, shareable link, and animated MP4 — all from one app. NOTATION THAT LOOKS RIGHT Professional drum notation, consistent across every format you export. What you see on screen is what your students get in the PDF, what your followers see in the video, and what you hear in playback. - All standard drums, cymbals, and articulations - Subdivisions from 8th notes to 32nd notes, plus triplets, quintuplets (5s), and septuplets (7s) - Common and compound time signatures, including 6/8, 9/8, and 12/8 - Linear, split hands/feet, or split drums/cymbals voicing - Sticking annotations (R, L) - Single-measure repeat symbol (%) — renders automatically when measures repeat ORGANIZE AND DISCOVER - Tags, search, and sort to manage your beat library - Discover tab: curated educational beats for all skill levels - Beat templates to get started fast - Customize tempo, click track, count-in, and timer MADE BY A DRUMMER, SHAPED BY THE COMMUNITY Beat Note was built by me — an independent developer with 35+ years behind the kit. But the direction comes from the community. Every major feature on the roadmap has been voted on, requested, and refined by drummers, teachers, and creators just like you. Join the conversation at roadmap.beat-note.app — vote on upcoming features, share ideas, and see what's coming next. I'm here to make sure it all comes together into something that actually works. Premium subscription required for full access. Educator and Creator tiers available. Free trial included. Payment is charged through your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription auto-renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period via iTunes Account Settings. Terms and Privacy Policy: https://www.beat-note.app/privacy-and-terms

Every drummer talks about the pocket. PÖKITT shows you exactly where yours is. Play along and PÖKITT listens to every hit, then shows you, live and to the millisecond, whether you're ahead of the beat, behind it, or dead center. When the song ends you get a score, a timeline of every hit, and a coach that tells you what to fix. SEE EVERY HIT LAND Four neon beat lines, one for each beat of the bar. Every hit lands on its line: left is early, right is late. Watch your time tighten up in real time. PICK WHERE YOU SIT Not every groove lives on the grid. Choose ON TOP to drive it, DEAD CENTER for machine-tight, or LAY BACK for that behind-the-beat feel. PÖKITT scores you against the pocket you're going for. SCORE YOUR POCKET • SITTING: how far ahead or behind you live • LOCK: how steady you are • IN THE POCKET: how many hits landed where you aimed • A timeline of every hit and a chart of where they landed • Coach tips: rushing, dragging, drifting in the gaps, speeding up 10 GROOVES. NO DRUMS. Gospel, boom bap, neo soul, funk, Motown, trap half-time, blues shuffle, bossa, house and Afrobeats. You're the drummer. Set any tempo, or turn on GUIDE DRUMS to hear the groove first. PLAY YOUR OWN SONGS Import a song and PÖKITT maps the tempo and every beat, then scores you against the record. Preview the beat grid with a click and fine-tune it to the millisecond. DROP OUT The band cuts out for two bars. Keep playing. PÖKITT shows whether your inner clock rushed or dragged in the silence. BUILT FOR E-KITS Plug your electronic kit in over USB or connect a Bluetooth MIDI kit. Every drum gets its own score, so you'll see when your kick sits 12ms behind a dead-on snare. KIT CHECK lights up each pad as you hit it, TEACH PADS maps any kit, and KIT SOUNDS gives silent practice pads a voice. PAD MODE FOR PRACTICE PADS A practice pad is 20–30 dB quieter than a drum. Turn on PAD MODE and PÖKITT listens with the raw mic, turns the mic up, listens deeper, and tunes the hit detector for the short tock of a pad, so fast doubles and ghost notes count. SET PAD LEVEL listens to your room and your pad for a few seconds and sets the sensitivity for you. PRACTICE ANYWHERE No kit? Use the TAP PAD and work on your inner clock on the bus. DEAD ACCURATE A 10-second SYNC TEST measures your phone and headphones' audio delay, so your scores are exact. Works with the mic, e-kits and wired or USB-C headphones. LEVEL UP XP, levels from PRACTICE PAD to LEGEND, day streaks and 16 badges keep you in the woodshed. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS No account. No ads. No tracking. Audio is analyzed on your phone and never saved or sent anywhere. TRY IT FREE Everything is unlocked free for 3 days. Nothing is charged and nothing renews. After that, a one-time $2.99 unlock keeps you playing forever.