Comparison

mobileinearStage vs DrumClock

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

Head to head
About

mobileinearStage

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mobileinearStage is an innovative Studio and Stage monitoring system for musicians mobile devices. You need no extra expensive hardware for sending audio to stage/studio. The stage sound is transmitted to your mobile device via WiFi or Ethernet. The individual audio signals can be mixed extreme easily by each musician himself. A monitor sound check is no longer necessary. You hear your individually mixed sound from your earbuds. To use this app you need mobileinearMix-App which is connected to stage mixer and sends the sound to your mobile device. You can download mobileinearMix for free on App-Store. mobileinearStage works only if mobileinearMix is started and works as server in the local WLAN or Ethernet.

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DrumClock

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Your drummer is the click. DrumClock listens to the drums and turns the groove into MIDI clock and tap-tempo CC, live. No click track, no count-in from a laptop, no tapping a pedal every song. The drummer plays, and your delays, arps and sequencers land on the beat. HOW IT WORKS Put an iPhone in the drum cage or clip it to a stand, or feed a kick/snare mic through a USB interface. DrumClock finds the tempo in a few bars, locks to it, and keeps following when the drummer pushes or pulls. Fills and ghost notes don't throw it. Breaks don't either: it holds the last tempo and picks the beat back up when the drums return. WHAT IT SENDS • MIDI clock (24 pulses per beat, Start/Stop) for anything that syncs to clock: Helix, Strymon, Ableton, MainStage, synth arpeggiators. • Tap-tempo CC: a controller message on every beat, for apps and pedals that can't read clock but can map a CC to Tap Tempo (Sunday Keys, many delays). • Either one, or both at once. You pick. WHERE IT SENDS • Wired USB MIDI: the way to go for clock. A class-compliant interface into a powered hub, a 5-pin cable to the keys rig. Sub-millisecond jitter. • A virtual “DrumClock” port for apps on the same iPad. Zero latency, no hardware. • Network MIDI (RTP) over Ethernet or Wi-Fi, for a Mac running your DAW. • Bluetooth MIDI for cable-free rehearsals. Each output tells you what it's good for and where it falls short before you pick it. USING SUNDAY KEYS? Sunday Keys can't take MIDI clock, only a tap tempo you MIDI-Learn — so someone has had to tap it by hand, every song. DrumClock taps it for you on every beat, on the drummer's time. Map it once; the delays and arps are in time all service long. Works on the same iPad through the DrumClock port, or wired from a phone by the kit. (Sunday Keys is a product of Sunday Sounds; DrumClock is not affiliated.) BUILT FOR A STAGE • One screen: tempo, a pulse you can read from behind the kit, Tap, and a big Start/Stop. • Tap in a tempo yourself when you want to. ÷2 and ×2 when the tracker picks half-time. • Hold freezes the clock through a rubato bridge or a drum solo. • Gain control with a meter, because some drummers are loud. iOS automatic gain is off while DrumClock listens. • Keeps running with the screen locked or another app in front. Nothing is recorded. Audio is analysed on the device and never leaves it. Made by Creedy Solutions, the people behind Chartless. DRUMCLOCK PRO DrumClock is free to try: MIDI clock output runs 10 minutes a day on the free tier. DrumClock Pro removes the limit. Pro is $19.99/year (auto-renewing subscription) or $49.99 once for lifetime access. The yearly subscription is charged to your Apple Account, renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and can be managed or cancelled in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://creedysolutions.com/drumclock-privacy

Screenshots

mobileinearStage2 screens
DrumClock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: DrumClock at every 4 days against mobileinearStage's every 32 months. mobileinearStage's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. mobileinearStage sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and DrumClock sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

mobileinearStage ships an update every 32 months, DrumClock every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
mobileinearStage versus DrumClock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametermobileinearStageDrumClock
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 32 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMario MaucherCREEDYSOLUTIONS, LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

mobileinearStage

One-time2
  • 3 Hours of Worktime$0.99
  • mobileinearStage Multiuser$26.99
2 purchases

DrumClock

Subscriptions1
  • Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is mobileinearStage free?
mobileinearStage is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DrumClock free?
DrumClock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do mobileinearStage or DrumClock have ads?
Neither mobileinearStage nor DrumClock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, mobileinearStage or DrumClock?
mobileinearStage ships an update every 32 months, and DrumClock every 4 days. Most recently, mobileinearStage was updated on November 3, 2026 and DrumClock on November 6, 2026.

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