Metro'n Drums vs Drums Transcriber
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Metro'n Drums
This app provides a metronome function combined with a drum set for music practice. Create custom rhythm patterns using drum sounds and save your settings. Pre-set rhythms are available, and it's controllable from Apple Watch.
- Basic metronome function
- Rhythm patterns with drum set sounds
- Save metronome settings and patterns
- Pre-set rhythm patterns
- Apple Watch control
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Metro'n Drums is a metronome app for music practice that combines a metronome and a drum set. *Basic metronome function *Rhythm patterns can be created with the sounds of drum sets *User memory function that can save your metronome settings and rhythm patterns *A simple rhythm pattern is prepared in advance in the preset memory. *It can also be controlled from your Apple Watch.
Drums Transcriber
This AI-powered application converts audio files into editable MIDI drum tracks. It uses deep learning to accurately identify and extract drum sounds, allowing users to customize and export their creations for digital audio workstations.
- AI-powered audio to MIDI conversion
- Deep learning drum sound extraction
- Customizable MIDI output
- Export MIDI and audio files
- DAW integration
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Drums Transcriber is an AI-powered iOS app that turns your audio into playable MIDI drum tracks. Simply upload your audio file, and our deep learning technology will accurately extract the drum sounds and create a MIDI sequence. Customize your output and easily export your MIDI and audio files for use in your favorite DAW.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Drums Transcriber at 4.7 against Metro'n Drums's 4.0. Drums Transcriber also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). Metro'n Drums's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (4 vs 2). On price and update cadence 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. Drums Transcriber sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Metro'n Drums asks for nothing beyond the download.
Drums Transcriber holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Drums Transcriber has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 12, 2026 and August 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Metro'n Drums | Drums Transcriber |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 4.7 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 202 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yasuto Saito | Hikaru Tsuyumine |
Customer experience
Metro'n Drums
Drums Transcriber
In-app purchases
Metro'n Drums
No in-app purchases
Drums Transcriber
- Premium Edition$2.99
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