Comparison

Drum Chart Builder vs Snacks Tuner

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

Head to head
About

Drum Chart Builder

Create professional drum charts and setlists quickly for gigs, sessions, and practice. Organize your music with a searchable library and access a playable drum pattern library. Offers a free trial of premium features.

Highlights
  • Build one-page drum charts
  • Create and edit setlists
  • Playable drum pattern library
  • Export charts as PDFs
  • Organized dashboard
  • Metronome and tempo click
  • Dark and light modes
Features
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Build drum charts in minutes—not hours.
Create clean, simple drum charts for gigs, rehearsals, and sessions fast—no complex notation required. Drum Chart Builder helps drummers stay organized, show up prepared, and play with confidence every time they sit behind the kit. Drum Chart Builder helps you quickly map song form, grooves, and hits so you can walk into any rehearsal or gig prepared and confident. * Works on all devices. * All your drum charts and setlists stay perfectly in sync across every device. * Works online and offline no matter where you are. * Create your charts on your computer and take your iPad to your gig. This app was designed by professional drummer Liz Ficalora the author of How to Write a Fast and Easy Drum Chart. She took her book and made it into an app. * Build a full chart in under 20 minutes * Simple, one-page charting template * Quickly map out song sections and structure * Organize setlists for live gigs * Use ready-made drum patterns (or create your own) * No advanced drum notation needed * View charts one by one from your setlist. * Export clean, one-page charts pdf’s Made for Real-World Playing * Use charts during gigs and rehearsals * Stay locked in with your setlist * See what’s coming next in every song * Reduce stress and play with confidence Stay Organized * Keep all your drum charts in one place * Instantly search your song library * Manage setlists for performances * Access charts anytime on phone or tablet Powerful Drum Tools * Built-in drum pattern library * Create and save custom patterns * Insert figure library to add fills, hits, and cues * Export charts as PDFs * Share charts with your band Perfect For * Gigging drummers * Worship musicians * Session players * Music Educators * Pit musicians * Studio Players * Drum students PRICING Enjoy a 7-day free trial!
Try all premium features free for 7 days—no commitment required. What happens after the trial?
 Once your 7-day trial ends, you can choose what’s best for you: * Stay free: Continue using the app with limited features at no cost. * Go Standard or Professional: Unlock full access with a subscription plan. Your subscription will automatically begin unless canceled at least 24 hours before the trial ends. The payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the selected subscription rate. * You can manage or cancel your subscription at any time in your App Store account settings. FREE PLAN - Includes a Sample Chart and Setlist
 You can Receive Shared Charts For Viewing Only STANDARD - Create & Edit Charts and Setlists. 
 You Can Receive Shared Charts and Edit $8.99 Per Month $49.99 Per Year PROFESSIONAL - Create & Edit Charts and Setlists. You Can Share and Receive Shared Charts and Edit $12.99 Per Month $69.99 Per Year SKILL LEVEL Beginner to Professional Drummers and Musicians If you can count out the measures in a song, this method is for you. Beginners, count out the song form so you can make a map of the song. Pro's, map out the song and add simple one and two bar patterns for the groove. Save time, keep organized and build a simple drum chart in 20 minutes. CONTACT https://drumchartbuilder.com/contact HOW TO VIDEOS Youtube https://www.youtube.com/drumchartbuilder Support Page https://new.drumchartbuilder.com/support/ CONNECT WITH US Website: https://drumchartbuilder.com
 Drum Chart Store: https://easydrumchart.com Follow for tips, updates, and tutorials:
 YouTube: https://youtube.com/@drumchartbuilder
 Instagram: https://instagram.com/drumchartbuilder
 Facebook: https://facebook.com/drumchartbuilder TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lizficalora Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Visit https://www.drumchartbuilder.com for more info.

About

Snacks Tuner

Features
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Snacks Tuner is a free tuner that opens straight to the needle. No ads, no account, no subscription, and nothing tracked. Play a note and it shows what it hears, how many cents off you are, and whether to go up or down. A strobe strip catches the smallest drift, and each string turns green when it lands. What's in it • Guitar, bass, ukulele, banjo and mandolin, plus violin, viola, cello and double bass • Resonator guitar, cavaquinho, mandola, octave mandolin, bouzouki and balalaika • Trumpet, clarinet, alto and tenor sax and French horn show the written note, the one you read. Trombone and flute show concert pitch. • A chromatic mode for anything else • Search every instrument and tuning, with the ones you've used lately on top • Alternate tunings: drop D, half and whole step down, drop C, DADGAD, open G, D and E, baritone, 7 and 8 string guitar, 5 and 6 string bass, double C and sawmill banjo, and fiddle cross tunings • Artist tunings, found by player or band: the setups 19 well-known guitarists actually use, plus C standard, open C and drop B • Sweetened tunings, including James Taylor's published offsets and "sweet thirds" • Reference pitch from 415 to 466 Hz, with sharps or flats • Tap a string to lock it, so a low string can't jump an octave • Reference tones, so you can hear the note you're aiming for • A little buzz when a string lands • Flip the display for a phone on a music stand. The screen stays awake while you tune. Intonate Intonate checks your guitar's setup. Play the open string, then the same string at the 12th fret. It tells you how far sharp or flat the 12th is, which way to move the saddle, and how far, in mm and the nearest 64th of an inch. Private by design The microphone is only on while the tuner is running. The sound is analysed on your phone and never recorded or sent anywhere. There are no accounts, ads, analytics or crash reports, and the app doesn't talk to a server at all. It works offline. Why it's free Snacks is a design studio. Snacks Labs is where our designers build real software and put it out in the open. Most free tuners are a sales funnel, with chromatic mode behind a subscription and an ad between strings. A tuner is a basic tool, so we built a good one and gave it away. It's also on the web at tuner.snacks.design.

Screenshots

Drum Chart Builder4 screens
Snacks Tuner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Snacks Tuner at none against Drum Chart Builder's 4. Snacks Tuner also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly). On price, ads, 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. Drum Chart Builder sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Snacks Tuner asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drum Chart Builder ships an update fortnightly, Snacks Tuner every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Drum Chart Builder versus Snacks Tuner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrum Chart BuilderSnacks Tuner
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperElizabeth FicaloraSnacks Design

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Drum Chart Builder

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly Std7 Days trial$8.991 Month
  • Monthly Pro7 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Yearly Std7 Days trial$49.991 Year
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  • Yearly Pro7 Days trial$69.991 Year
None

Snacks Tuner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Drum Chart Builder free?
Drum Chart Builder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Snacks Tuner free?
Snacks Tuner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Drum Chart Builder or Snacks Tuner have ads?
Neither Drum Chart Builder nor Snacks Tuner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Drum Chart Builder or Snacks Tuner?
Drum Chart Builder ships an update fortnightly, and Snacks Tuner every 2 days. Most recently, Drum Chart Builder was updated on November 3, 2026 and Snacks Tuner on October 29, 2026.

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