Complete Rhythm Trainer vs Snareobics
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Complete Rhythm Trainer
Master musical rhythm with this comprehensive training app. It offers progressive drills, diverse rhythm exercises, and interactive modes designed to make learning enjoyable. Track your progress and compete with others.
- 252 progressive drills
- Multiple time signatures and note values
- 5 drill types (imitation, reading, dictation)
- Arcade and polyrhythm modes
- Custom drill creation
- Teacher-student program features
- Cloud sync
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The ultimate rhythm training app for musicians. Learn to read, recognize, tap and write rhythms from simplest to most advanced. Rhythm is one of the most important aspects of music and one that every musician should become proficient with. Designed like a video game and with strong pedagogical concepts in mind, this app will make you master rhythm while rendering the learning process enjoyable. Features • 252 progressive drills arranged over 4 levels / 30 chapters • Extensive content: from simple time signatures to compound and asymmetric time signatures, from half notes and quarter notes to thirty-second notes, triplets, swing eighths, double dotted notes, quintuplets, ... • 5 drill types: rhythm imitation drills, rhythm reading drills, rhythm dictations, two-voice reading drills and two-voice dictations • Play a selection of 11 drills in arcade mode • Play and practice polyrhythms in a dedicated polyrhythm section • Most of the drills are randomly generated, enabling you to practice the studied rhythms as many times as needed • 23 instrument sound banks with actual recorded sounds: piano, guitar, pizzicato violin, conga, bongo, djembe, darabuka, woodblock, ... • Designed like a video game: earn 3 stars in each drill of a chapter to complete it. Or will you be able to obtain perfect 5-star scores? • Don't want to follow the preestablished path of progression? Create and save your own custom drills and rehearse them at your own convenience • Create full custom training programs and invite friends or students to join them. If for example you're a teacher you can create custom programs for your students, add drills every week and view their scores on private leaderboards • Never lose any progress: cloud sync across your various devices • 25 achievements to unlock • Leaderboards to compare arcade mode scores with other players worldwide • Nice and clean user interface with 2 display themes: light and dark • 4 sheet music display styles: modern, classic, handwritten and jazz • Designed by a musician and music teacher with a Royal Conservatory master's degree Full Version • Download the app and try out the first two chapters for free • One-time in-app purchase to unlock the full version on all your devices Having a problem? Got a suggestion? You can reach us at hello@completerhythmtrainer.com Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Snareobics
This app acts as a personal trainer for snare drumming, offering guided exercises to improve technique, speed, and accuracy. It covers essential rudiments and is suitable for daily practice or pre-performance warm-ups for drummers of all levels.
- Guided snare drum exercises
- Covers singles, doubles, paradiddles, rolls, flams
- Improves technique, speed, and accuracy
- Suitable for all skill levels
- Portable practice tool
- Pre-gig warm-up
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Welcome to Snareobics – your snare drum personal trainer! Get your chops in shape! Snareobics is packed with quick-fire workouts covering all the essential techniques—singles, doubles, paradiddles, rolls, flams and more. Choose your level, hit play, and follow fun guided exercises that shape your technique, speed and accuracy. Use Snareobics as your daily practice tool or a pre-gig warm-up you can take anywhere. From beginner to pro, all you need is a pad (or snare) and a pair of sticks. Ready? Grab your sticks and take your playing to the next level!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Snareobics at 100% against Complete Rhythm Trainer's 88%. Snareobics also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.5). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Complete Rhythm Trainer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Snareobics sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Complete Rhythm Trainer | Snareobics |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (103 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 88.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 103 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 92 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Binary Guilt | Snareobics Ltd |
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Complete Rhythm Trainer
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In-app purchases
Complete Rhythm Trainer
- Cloud Sync and Web access$0.991 Month
- Cloud Sync and Web access$9.991 Year
- Full Version$6.99
Snareobics
- Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$29.991 Year
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