Comparison

Drumline vs Flexy Drums

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

Head to head
About

Drumline

This app offers a comprehensive virtual drumline experience with realistic sounds and instruments. It includes practice tools, tuning features, and engaging games to hone drumming skills. Designed for serious percussionists, it provides a professional marching experience on your mobile device.

Highlights
  • Realistic snare, tenor, bass, and cymbal sounds
  • Xylophone, marimba, and vibraphone instruments
  • Adjustable metronome with various modes
  • Drumhead tuning functionality
  • Memory and speed challenge games
  • Practice pad tools
Features
Currently charting
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Your drumline toolkit, in your pocket for less than a pair of sticks. With version 5, you can now write the break, chart the drill, and practice with a Drum Major. Are you kidding?! If you can't stop drumming on anything and everything around you to the point where your family, friends, and neighbors consider you "disruptive"... you're in the right place. Snare, tenors, basses, cymbals, xylophone, marimba, and vibes. Plus notation, a drill book, a drum major, metronomes, a drumhead tuner, and challenges that might put your section leader's title at risk. Version 5 is insane. Buy it once. No subscription. No in-app purchases. WRITE YOUR NEXT DRUM BREAK That rhythm you've been tapping on your desk? Write it down. Build parts for snare, tenors, basses, and cymbals. Add accents, diddles, flams, dynamics, and tuplets. Hit play and hear your battery bring it back. Save your work, share editable scores, or export PDF and PNG sheet music. Your next parking lot idea deserves better than a voice memo. Did we mention this isn't a subscription? You just download it and then own it until you can't play drums anymore, which is probably never. BRING YOUR DRILL TO LIFE Meet Charts, your new drill book. Place your performers, build sets, choose the counts, and watch the transitions in 3D. Add your music and check the drill from overhead, orbit, judges, or a performer's view. Work on a basketball court, WGI floor, or custom space. Share your projects with .drillbook import and export. Yes, we're moving feet now too. PRACTICE WITH A DRUM MAJOR Somebody's got to keep this thing together. Set up a count-in and build a conducting program with different tempos, meters, and dynamics. Give yourself a few seconds to put your device down, then play to the hands. That tempo change isn't going to practice itself. Still no subscription... just saying. THE INSTRUMENTS STILL GO HARD Featuring Dynasty marching drums and Sabian cymbals, with Pro-Mark stick and mallet options and Evans drumheads. • Battery samples professionally recorded by DCI DVD sound engineer Jamie Vanadia at NoiseFloor Ltd. in Chicago. • Front ensemble samples courtesy of the University of Iowa Musical Instrument Samples (MIS) project. You guys rock! • Snare dynamics and standard modes. • Five- and six-drum tenor configurations, plus nylon and soft mallet options for tenors and basses. • Cymbal crashes, chokes, taps, sizzles, hi-hats, and zings. You know, the good stuff. • Full and split keyboard layouts for xylophone, marimba, and vibes. Foot pedal control on vibes, too. • Color themes to match your drumline. GET THE REP IN Metronomes Keep time from 30–300 BPM. Wood block, metal, or duts. Dig into subdivisions and offbeats with the practice metronome, then save your presets for the next rep. Drumhead Tuner Do the impossible: tune your tenors or basses. Hit-and-hold pitch detection, Low/Standard/High tuning targets, and harmonic correction built for marching drums. Challenges Test your phrasing memory. See if you actually know what 140 BPM feels like. Grab your practice pad and find out how many single strokes you can play in 30 seconds. Drumline captains, this will put your titles to the test! All of this in one app. Like no tricks. Learn more: https://drumlineapp.com Join the line: https://facebook.com/drumlineapp Find us on X: https://twitter.com/drumlineapp Yo! Don't use real drumsticks on your device. You'll crack your screen and your friends will point and laugh at you. Save the sticks for the pad. :)

About

Flexy Drums

Create music with a customizable drum set designed for intuitive finger drumming. Adjust drum positions and scales, record your sessions, and export your creations. Unlock advanced features like saving, loading, and exporting to various audio formats with a Pro subscription.

Highlights
  • Customizable drum positions
  • Adjustable drum scales
  • Record and playback
  • Mixer functionality
  • Metronome
  • Export to MIDI, WAV, MP3 (Pro)
  • Play over music
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No Ads! Tired of drums which are too small or in wrong place for your fingers? Flexy Drums is the best mobile drums you have been looking for. Customize the position and scale of each drum part for your finger drumming needs. Play, record and enjoy improving your skills without any disturbing Ads. Flexy Drums is a free app but some in-app features such as Save, Load and Export to MIDI, WAV and MP3 will require payment. Features ◉ Innovative design ◉ Customize positions ◉ Customize scales ◉ Mixer ◉ Metronome ◉ Recording ◉ Quantize ◉ Save & Load (Pro version) ◉ Export to MIDI (Pro version) ◉ Export to WAV (Pro version) ◉ Export to MP3 (Pro version) ◉ Play over musics or backing tracks For Flexy Drums Yearly Subscription (Pro version), please read our Terms of Service below. Terms of service: https://www.polygonium.com/terms Privacy policy: https://www.polygonium.com/privacy Flexy Drummers! Please Follow us on: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/polygonium Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/polygonium Web: https://www.polygonium.com

Screenshots

Drumline4 screens
Flexy Drums4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Flexy Drums at Free against Drumline's $4.99. Flexy Drums also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.1) and review sentiment (80% vs 40%). Drumline's advantage is ratings volume (1.2K vs 20) and chart position (#32 vs unranked). On update cadence, 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

Flexy Drums is free to download; Drumline costs $4.99 up front. Drumline sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Flexy Drums sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Flexy Drums holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Drumline has 1.2K ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Drumline's written reviews are positive against 80% of Flexy Drums's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drumline ships an update every 5 months, Flexy Drums every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Drumline versus Flexy Drums: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrumlineFlexy Drums
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.1 (1.2K ratings)4.8 (20 ratings) — better
Positive reviews39.7% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.2K — better20
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#32 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size183 MB89 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohn OstlerPolygonium

Customer experience

Drumline

All ratings1,163 ratings
Positive75.7%
Neutral6.0%
Negative18.3%
Written reviews126 reviews
Positive39.7%
Neutral17.5%
Negative42.9%

Flexy Drums

All ratings18 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral11.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative10.0%

Bugs and requests

Drumline

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Drums not registering hits correctly
  • Tenors and bass drums not playing proper pitches
  • Cymbals not functioning as expected
  • App crashing or not producing any sound

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add landscape mode for better playability
  • Allow customization of drum tuning and sound
  • Implement a metronome and ability to play along with music
  • Add more advanced drumming techniques (rolls, diddles, etc.)

Flexy Drums

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Drumline

One-time2
  • Memory Game$0.99
  • Pro Version$1.99
3 purchases

Flexy Drums

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$0.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Version$19.99

Questions

Is Drumline free?
Drumline costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Flexy Drums free?
Flexy Drums is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Drumline or Flexy Drums?
Flexy Drums is rated higher. Drumline averages 4.1 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while Flexy Drums averages 4.8 from 20 ratings.
Do Drumline or Flexy Drums have ads?
Neither Drumline nor Flexy Drums shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Drumline or Flexy Drums?
Drumline ships an update every 5 months, and Flexy Drums every 4 months. Most recently, Drumline was updated on October 24, 2026 and Flexy Drums on October 24, 2026.

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