Comparison

Drum Trainer vs Practice The Drums

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

Head to head
About

Drum Trainer

Learn, create, and play drum beats with this app. It offers tools to slow down or isolate parts of beats for easier learning, allows customization of drum kits, and features a community for sharing and discovering new rhythms. You can also adjust tempo, time signature, and velocity.

Highlights
  • Create custom drum beats
  • Community beat sharing
  • Adjust tempo and time signature
  • Customize drum kits
  • Slow down or solo beat parts
  • Pre-made beat library
Features
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Learn beats fast, create your own or try beats made by others in the community. By soloing out or slowing down parts of the beat, you can learn it step by step until it sticks! You change how you want to see the beat, then play after it in full screen. You can also upload and download beats with others from the community. Features in the app: - Create your own beats. - Download or upload beats to the community. - Change time signature. - Change velocity on each hit. - Increase and decrease tempo. - Learn new beats from a pre-made beat library. - Zoom and pan for better focus. - Customize your drum kit. - Change different views.

About

Practice The Drums

This app offers a structured path to improve drumming skills, moving beyond basic lessons to include practice and application in music. It provides a community and personalized feedback to help users transform their playing and achieve their drumming goals.

Highlights
  • Structured learning path
  • Personalized practice guidance
  • Application to music
  • Community support
  • Progress tracking
  • Live sessions
  • Video feedback
Features
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Do you practice the drums, but feel like you never get any better? Does it feel like time goes by but you are on this never-ending hamster wheel where you never seem to get any solid results? Do you watch other drummers perform and wonder how they got to be that good? Was it magic... natural talent... or did they all just start when they were 3-years old? What if I was to tell you there was a way to get off that hamster wheel... To get on the same path as all of your favorite drummers... if there was a way to truly feel like a rockstar on the drums Well... THERE IS! How do I know? Because I was where you are now and this system is how I overcame all of those obstacles to reach my true potential on the drums. Welcome to "Study The Drums" ...These are not just a bank of ordinary drum lessons. That's why I called this app "Study" the drums... not "Learn" the drums. Getting great on drums is a study. It's a path. It's a journey. It's not a magic pill, it's not a quick fix, and it's not easy... (or everyone would be a great drummer.) But if you have the fortitude to follow the path... You WILL be a rockstar on the drums. There are a ton of online courses out there! How is this any different? Well, Study The Drums is like one-on-one, personal training... just on the drums. Instead of stopping at “how to” drum lessons... I take you through the entire cycle of learning. Our PATH to transformation on the drums is simple Step 1. Learn It > (I teach it to you) Step 2. Practice It > (I practice it with you) Step 3. Apply It (I show you how it applies to music) ...and myself and my community of like-minded rockstars are always there to walk that path with you... So... are you ready to be a rock star on the drums? "I’m getting positive results I can see and feel in my playing in just the first 2 weeks." - Randy Severino "All too often I have put the time in, but only practiced the things I already knew how to play, even practiced the wrong things. I've bought into Jay's purpose behind this app - to know what's important and to help with & maintain a regular practice routine." -Brendan Bensley "I have stopped lessons with my teacher here in SA and use your site exclusively." - Kevin Berman When you get started today, you have the following options: 1. Take my FREE drum foundation challenge 2. Join the PATH Mentorship Program: Join the community track your progress across 13 different courses that build your foundation join the leaderboard Attend my weekly live session Get one-on-one video feedback and get all of the support from me and the community that you need! Download the app for free today! INFORMATION ABOUT THE APP AND PURCHASE OPTIONS By signing up, you will get access to subscription(s) that include features such as progress tracking, and offline sync. The download of Practice The Drums is free of charge. Should you use Practice The Drums app to access in-app content via available one-time purchase(s), a payment will be charged to your credit card once. Read our full Terms of Service and our Privacy Policy: https://passion.io/terms-of-service https://passion.io/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Drum Trainer4 screens
Practice The Drums4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Practice The Drums at 100% against Drum Trainer's 50%. Practice The Drums also leads on ratings volume (11 vs 2). Drum Trainer's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 6). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. Practice The Drums sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per month. Drum Trainer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Drum Trainer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Practice The Drums has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Drum Trainer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Practice The Drums's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drum Trainer ships an update every 3 months, Practice The Drums every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Drum Trainer versus Practice The Drums: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrum TrainerPractice The Drums
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.5 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings211 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB91 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperErik AndresenJason Fenichel

Customer experience

Drum Trainer

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

Practice The Drums

All ratings11 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Drum Trainer

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Practice The Drums

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Membership2 variants$29.991 Month
  • Subscription$299.001 Year
One-time3
  • Rockstar Community$4.99
  • Inner Circle Elite$1000.00
  • Inner Circle Platinum$1000.00

Questions

Is Drum Trainer free?
Drum Trainer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Practice The Drums free?
Practice The Drums is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Drum Trainer or Practice The Drums?
Drum Trainer is rated higher. Drum Trainer averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Practice The Drums averages 4.5 from 11 ratings.
Do Drum Trainer or Practice The Drums have ads?
Practice The Drums shows ads; Drum Trainer does not.
Which is updated more often, Drum Trainer or Practice The Drums?
Drum Trainer ships an update every 3 months, and Practice The Drums every 2 months. Most recently, Drum Trainer was updated on September 17, 2026 and Practice The Drums on June 1, 2026.

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