Comparison

Drum Trainer vs Metron

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

Metron

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Metron: Time is a musician-focused metronome built for more than a simple quarter-note pulse. Set a tempo from 20 to 400 BPM, tap in a tempo, choose a time signature, and decide how the meter should feel. Hear clear downbeats, grouped accents, and subdivisions while the visualizer stays aligned with the rhythm being played. Features include: - simple, compound, and additive meter feels; - beat, duplet, triplet, and sixteenth-note subdivisions where musically valid; - first-beat accents and adjustable swing; - three visual styles: LED beat strip, mechanical metronome, and pulse display; - selectable sound kits, including the nostalgic Classic Metronome; - waveform choices, optional haptics, and Tap Tempo; - saved tempo and rhythm presets in the BPM Log; - private iCloud synchronization for settings and saved presets. Metron keeps musical meaning visible: the BPM display includes its note unit, and structural changes made during playback wait for the next bar so the sound and visual rhythm change together.

Screenshots

Drum Trainer4 screens
Metron4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Drum Trainer at every 3 months against Metron's every 6 months. Drum Trainer also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drum Trainer ships an update every 3 months, Metron every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Drum Trainer versus Metron: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrum TrainerMetron
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperErik AndresenZIYON SAS

In-app purchases

None

Drum Trainer

No in-app purchases

None

Metron

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Drum Trainer free?
Drum Trainer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Metron free?
Metron is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Drum Trainer or Metron have ads?
Neither Drum Trainer nor Metron shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Drum Trainer or Metron?
Drum Trainer ships an update every 3 months, and Metron every 6 months. Most recently, Drum Trainer was updated on October 4, 2026 and Metron on October 2, 2026.

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