Comparison

8Strummer vs Rhythm MIDI

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

Head to head
About

8Strummer

This app helps guitarists improve their rhythm and strumming skills. Practice complex patterns with a metronome and various chord shapes. It also serves as a tool for songwriters to find the perfect groove.

Highlights
  • Rhythm pattern practice
  • 27 chord shapes
  • Metronome accompaniment
  • Save favorite patterns
  • Randomize pattern
  • Muted and ringing chords
Features
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A RHYTHM GUITAR PRIMER: Keep that pick hand moving in time, until it becomes second nature. A VITAL RESOURCE FOR PRACTISING AND IMPROVING RHYTHM GUITAR SKILLS: Practise strumming complex rhythm patterns and get your timing perfect! A USEFUL SONGWRITING TOOL: Find the perfect groove for your next song! ----- Strumming in 8ths is: * 4 down-strums on the numbered beats * 4 up-strums on the 'ands': 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & = down, up, down, up, down, up, down, up. Strumming in 16ths is: * 8 down-strums on the numbered beats and the 'ands' * 8 up-strums on the in-betweens: 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a = down, up, down, up, etc... IMPORTANT: Always keep your strumming hand moving up and down evenly - including rest strokes. • Practice with a click and one of 27 chord shapes. • Save your favourite patterns • Shake to randomise the pattern • Different notation types • Muted and ringing chords Designed and produced in collaboration with guitarist and tutor Simon Nelson

About

Rhythm MIDI

Enhance your musical abilities with this rhythm training tool. It offers various exercises to improve your sense of rhythm, accuracy with rhythmic patterns, and metronome use. Supports MIDI controllers and allows instrument selection for a personalized learning experience.

Highlights
  • Rhythm training exercises
  • Accurate rhythmic pattern play
  • Metronome functionality
  • MIDI controller support
  • Instrument selection (guitar, piano, drums)
  • Learn to read musical notes
Features
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Want to develop a sense of rhythm? Do you want to accurately perform complex rhythmic patterns? NEW — POLYRHYTHM MODE Two hands, two counts inside one beat. Start with 3 against 2, the one every musician meets first, and work up through 4:3, 5:4, 5:3, 7:4 and 7:5. Every ratio is a ladder of four stages: the right hand alone, the left hand alone, both hands at half tempo, then both up to speed. - Two tap zones, one for each hand. Every hand is scored on its own, so you can see which one is drifting and by how much. - Read the cycle as notation or as two turning rings — the same exercise, whichever way makes it click for you. - Give each hand its own instrument, so the two lines stay apart by ear. - Practice runs the cycle without end and lets the tempo follow your hands: up a step when the cycle comes out clean, back down when it doesn't. It remembers the fastest tempo you held clean for every ratio and every stage. - With a MIDI keyboard, each hand gets its own half of the keys — or a key of its own on pads, where pitch says nothing. - Polyrhythm accuracy is kept apart from your rhythm statistics: it trains a different skill and belongs in its own tally. RHYTHM TRAINING Rhythm is an app that uses flash cards to develop a sense of rhythm. The exercises and classes in the app will help you gradually learn to recognize and play rhythmic patterns at different tempos. Training sessions are graded from beginner to advanced levels in simple, complex, and irregular time signatures. With regular practice, these drills will help you learn to read notes and rhythm from a sheet of music. Classes with a metronome and a drum kit will help children and beginners learn complex musical drills. If you play guitar, piano, bass guitar, or drums, you can choose your favorite musical instrument in the settings. If you are looking for a replacement coach, teacher, teacher, music tutor, then our apps will help you: - learn to read musical notes; - develop a sense of rhythm; - accurately play rhythm by rhythmic patterns; - develop musical and rhythmic hearing; In the app, you can create worksheets with tasks, taking into account the skills of the student and the accuracy of playing a musical instrument. Both beginners and advanced, experienced musicians and performers will be able to practice the rhythm. If you want to learn music theory, then try our app. This app will become your personal trainer, tutor in the world of music. WHAT RHYTHM PRO ADDS - Every polyrhythm ratio, from 3:2 up to 7:5. The free app opens 3:2 only. - Practice sessions with no time limit. - External MIDI keyboards and drum pads over cable or Bluetooth. - No ads, anywhere.

Screenshots

8Strummer4 screens
Rhythm MIDI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: 8Strummer at Free against Rhythm MIDI's $6.99. 8Strummer also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 45%) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.0). Rhythm MIDI's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 3.6) and ratings volume (64 vs 11). 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

8Strummer is free to download; Rhythm MIDI costs $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Rhythm MIDI holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rhythm MIDI has 64 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of 8Strummer's written reviews are positive against 45% of Rhythm MIDI's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 26 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
8Strummer versus Rhythm MIDI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter8StrummerRhythm MIDI
PriceFree — better$6.99
Rating3.6 (11 ratings)4.7 (64 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better45.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1164 — better
Update frequencyEvery 26 monthsEvery 26 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS7.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDrew MilloyAlexey Ovod

Customer experience

8Strummer

All ratings11 ratings
Positive63.6%
Neutral9.1%
Negative27.3%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral11.1%
Negative22.2%

Rhythm MIDI

All ratings63 ratings
Positive90.5%
Neutral7.9%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive45.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative35.0%

In-app purchases

None

8Strummer

No in-app purchases

None

Rhythm MIDI

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 8Strummer free?
8Strummer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rhythm MIDI free?
Rhythm MIDI costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, 8Strummer or Rhythm MIDI?
Rhythm MIDI is rated higher. 8Strummer averages 3.6 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Rhythm MIDI averages 4.7 from 64 ratings.
Do 8Strummer or Rhythm MIDI have ads?
Neither 8Strummer nor Rhythm MIDI shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 8Strummer or Rhythm MIDI?
8Strummer ships an update every 26 months, and Rhythm MIDI every 26 months. Most recently, 8Strummer was updated on October 23, 2026 and Rhythm MIDI on October 21, 2026.

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