Comparison

Drumline vs Drum Corps Summer Tour

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

Drum Corps Summer Tour

Track the journeys and schedules of your favorite drum corps. View tour routes on a map and access detailed show information. Personalize your experience by adding your own photos to create a visual journal of attended shows.

Highlights
  • Schedule of shows by corps
  • Map of tour route by corps
  • Detailed show information
  • Insert personal photos
  • Photo journal functionality
  • Upgrade for future seasons
Features
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Follow the travels of your favorite drum corps with this handy app. You can upgrade to add the 2026 season. Featuring: - schedule of shows, by corps - scores (back to 2018) - map of tour route, by corps - detailed show information - insert your own photos into the app. A form of a photo journal from the shows you've attended.

Screenshots

Drumline4 screens
Drum Corps Summer Tour3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Drum Corps Summer Tour at Free against Drumline's $4.99. Drum Corps Summer Tour also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.6). Drumline's advantage is ratings volume (1.2K vs 85) and chart position (#183 vs unranked). On rating, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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

Drum Corps Summer Tour is free to download; Drumline costs $4.99 up front. Drumline sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Drum Corps Summer Tour sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for Drumline against 4.1 for Drum Corps Summer Tour. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Drumline has 1.2K ratings behind it against 85, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 40% and 40% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drumline ships an update every 5 months, Drum Corps Summer Tour weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Drumline versus Drum Corps Summer Tour: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrumlineDrum Corps Summer Tour
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.1 (1.2K ratings)4.1 (85 ratings) — better
Positive reviews39.7% of reviews40.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.2K — better85
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#183 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.616.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size183 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohn OstleriStuff

Customer experience

Drumline

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

Drum Corps Summer Tour

All ratings85 ratings
Positive77.6%
Neutral5.9%
Negative16.5%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%

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.)

Drum Corps Summer Tour

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
6 purchases

Drum Corps Summer Tour

One-time6
  • 2019 Season$1.99
  • 2022 Season$2.99
  • 2023 Season$2.99
Show 3 more
  • 2024 Season$3.99
  • 2026 Season$3.99
  • 2025 Season$3.99

Questions

Is Drumline free?
Drumline costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Drum Corps Summer Tour free?
Drum Corps Summer Tour is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Drumline or Drum Corps Summer Tour?
Drum Corps Summer Tour is rated higher. Drumline averages 4.1 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while Drum Corps Summer Tour averages 4.1 from 85 ratings.
Do Drumline or Drum Corps Summer Tour have ads?
Neither Drumline nor Drum Corps Summer Tour shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Drumline or Drum Corps Summer Tour?
Drumline ships an update every 5 months, and Drum Corps Summer Tour weekly. Most recently, Drumline was updated on October 29, 2026 and Drum Corps Summer Tour on October 24, 2026.

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