Comparison

Pro Band vs DrumToolz

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

Head to head
About

Pro Band

Play along with high-quality, professionally produced backing tracks featuring live musicians. This app allows you to adjust key and tempo, record and share your solos, and access detailed chord charts and scale fingerings for practice and learning.

Highlights
  • High-quality live musician backing tracks
  • Adjustable key and tempo
  • Record, mix, and share solos
  • Detailed chord charts and scale fingerings
  • In-app track store with bundles
  • Play through effects apps or Audiobus
Features
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Pro Band Backing Tracks will give you the amazing experience of playing along with pro musicians on a wide variety of styles, grooves and tempos. These high quality, professionally produced tracks are not midi or sequencer-based. They have been produced with real live studio musicians, so the feel is real. Join the 100,000+ users of Pro Band!!! "This product is superb! The backing tracks are very well produced." "The quality of the tracks are awesome and the ability to change key and tempo creates endless variety. Awesome app!" "I rarely write reviews, but this is an app that deserves a great review. If you're looking for an app to practice with, this is it! " "Mark Fitchett and the app developer have done a great job continuing to develop and support the app. It is a perfect companion for jamming and practicing. " "I purchased all the bundles and use this app to practice every day, definitely worth every penny!!" "Best app to learn scales." "What a great app this is! It is simple to use, with a clean interface." Pro Band makes it easy to record, mix and share your solos! Play and record through any effect App or use Audiobus. Share you solos with the Pro Band Community, Facebook, Twitter or iTunes in just one step! Find shared solos directly from within the Pro Band app, tap on the like button! You can browse shared solos by popularity and by date! Like no other App, you can re-mix and re-play your solo in any key and tempo! And you can do the same for any solos shared by other Pro Band users. There's truly no limit to what you can do with Pro Band! Much thought and consideration has been put into each one of the tracks to make them representative of the many diverse elements found in guitar-driven music. Tracks specifically for Bass players and Drummers are available too! PRO BAND OFFERS THE GREATEST RANGE OF BACKING TRACKS AVAILABLE ANYWHERE! All Pro Band tracks can be PLAYED IN ANY KEY AND TEMPO. It includes detailed CHORD CHARTS for every track in every key with a synchronized cursor that follows the progression, so you can follow it while you play. Mark has selected appropriate SCALE FINGERING for each track, so you'll see exactly how to start to build up your skills, including following scale changes throughout the track. The Pro Band Track Store has over 100 tracks to purchase in many bundles for guitar players, bass players and even drummers! You can hear a sample of every track available at the Pro Band Track Store. Bundles include: - Pentatonic Blues - Classic Other Blues, inspired by R&B, Gospel, Country, Latin - Pentatonic Rock - Modes - Acoustic Blues - Jazz - Blues & Rock for Bass Players (no bass) - Blues & Rock for Drummers (no drums) - Eclectic Pro Band comes with two tracks: Stevie's House and Run That Way. Dozens of other tracks are available as in-app purchases individually or in our popular lower-priced bundles of tracks that can save up to 60%! Buy a bundle, save a bundle! Note from producer Mark Fitchett: Being a guitarist myself, I know what I like when it comes to jamming with a band so it is with utmost confidence that I can say that Pro Band Backing Tracks groove and inspire. I'll admit that I am biased, after all I did create them, but I absolutely love playing and practicing to them myself and use them all the time.

About

DrumToolz

Compose and practice drum cadences and beats on your mobile device. This app allows manual input of exercises, generation of new ideas, and practice of rudiments. Share your creations and learn from a community of drummers.

Highlights
  • Compose drum cadences and beats
  • Manual exercise input
  • Generate new rhythmic ideas
  • Editable music score
  • Practice snare rudiments
  • Library of dynamic exercises
  • Social profile and sharing
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Compose cadences on the go! Choose from snares, tenors, bass drums, cymbals, and even drumset if you want. In a league of its own, DrumToolz also lets you manually input exercises for drum set, marching snare, tenors, and bass drums while generating new creative ideas using what you input, all shown on an editable music score. You can also upload your beats to your social profile, play what other users are playing, save rhythms, practice snare drum rudiments, and learn from a full library of dynamic exercises for both snare drum and drumset! It's perfect for all skill levels, from beginner to extremely advanced, drum wizards. Works great for sharing drum cadences with your drumline. Isolate individual snare, tenors, etc. parts. Practice the simplest to the most complex of beats and rhythms. If you can think of it, you can input it and practice it! Anything from beginner rock beats, to the most complex of jazz beats and fills. Lastly, top off the notes with ornaments: stickings, accents, flams, diddles, and cheese. Input up to 50 measures. When practicing drum set beats, choose from a ride cymbal, hihat, hihat foot, kick drum, snare drum, and three toms. Input everything from whole notes to thirtysecond notes and tuplets. Also, for tenors, choose from four tenors and a spock. Bass drums - five bass drums. Marching snare - a realistic marching snare and a ping sound. Generate new ideas (modifications) using beats that you input into the score. Choose from several modification methods: Add, Shuffle, Substitute, Permutate, Repeat, and Random. Modify individual parts of the beat (ex: kick drum only) or the entire beat if desired. Custom snare exercises. Choose the time sig, subdivisons, tuplets, stickings, accents, flams, diddles, cheese, drags. Save the beat in the score for later practice, keeping the modifications if desired. If the modifications are kept, this turns the beat into an endless, dynamic exercise! Each time you generate an exercise, it uses the modifications to give you an entirely new beat. String together saved rhythms and practice them as one exercise, perfect for practicing beats followed by a drum fill. Upload your beats to your profile. Find and follow other drummers in the social network. Learn from them as you see and practice what they have uploaded to their profile. Share your beats through PDF links and files. Also, share your entire score with a link that pre-populates the score into the app. Learn from a full library of dynamic drum set and snare drum exercises, essential and hybrid rudiments included. For highlighted rhythms, shuffle around groups of notes, stickings, accents, flams, diddles, and cheese.

Screenshots

Pro Band4 screens
DrumToolz4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: DrumToolz at 4.2 against Pro Band's 2.9. DrumToolz also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 12) and ratings volume (270 vs 34). Pro Band's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 14.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Pro Band sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. DrumToolz asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DrumToolz holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DrumToolz has 270 ratings behind it against 34, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 62% of Pro Band's written reviews are positive against 58% of DrumToolz's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pro Band ships an update every 2 months, DrumToolz monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Pro Band versus DrumToolz: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPro BandDrumToolz
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.9 (34 ratings)4.2 (270 ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.8% of reviews — better58.1% of reviews
Number of ratings34270 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB93 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperENCLAYVE GROUP LLCJared Simon

Customer experience

Pro Band

All ratings34 ratings
Positive44.1%
Neutral11.8%
Negative44.1%
Written reviews89 reviews
Positive61.8%
Neutral4.5%
Negative33.7%

DrumToolz

All ratings270 ratings
Positive78.1%
Neutral8.5%
Negative13.3%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive58.1%
Neutral25.6%
Negative16.3%

Bugs and requests

Pro Band

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

DrumToolz

Reported bugs

13 issues
  • App crashes and deletes progress
  • App won't open
  • Repeat function doesn't stop
  • Repeat save fails
  • Accents, diddles, flams added automatically
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  • Buzz roll cannot be removed
  • Font camouflages in dark mode
  • App crashes when opening after saving
  • App crashes when opening
  • App crashes when adding notes
  • App crashes after saving
  • App crashes when trying to reopen
  • App crashes a lot

Requested features

15 requests
  • Turn off metronome
  • Add rum shot for snare
  • Add rim shots for other drums
  • Add triplets, fivelets, sixlets
  • Add dynamics (forte, piano)
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  • Cymbals sizzle option
  • Add buzz roll for snares
  • Add diddle feature
  • More measures
  • Add bass drum notes
  • Add open hi-hat sound
  • Improve UI for tuplet measurement
  • Improve UI for measure change
  • Ability to hear multiple instruments simultaneously
  • Fix replace button for bass drums

In-app purchases

12 purchases

Pro Band

One-time12
  • Practice Looper$1.99
  • 8 Blues Tracks$3.99
  • Eclectic Styles Bundle #1$3.99
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  • Acoustic Blues Bundle$3.99
  • 8 Rock Tracks$3.99
  • 14 Track Mode Bundle: Parallel and Derivative$4.99
  • Jazz Bundle Volume 1$4.99
  • Emi Pentatonic - All 16 Tracks$5.99
  • Blues Volume #2: 18-Track Bundle$5.99
  • Bass Bundle$5.99
  • Super Mode Jams!$5.99
  • Ultimate Blues Package$12.99
None

DrumToolz

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pro Band free?
Pro Band is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DrumToolz free?
DrumToolz is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pro Band or DrumToolz?
DrumToolz is rated higher. Pro Band averages 2.9 out of 5 from 34 ratings, while DrumToolz averages 4.2 from 270 ratings.
Do Pro Band or DrumToolz have ads?
Neither Pro Band nor DrumToolz shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pro Band or DrumToolz?
Pro Band ships an update every 2 months, and DrumToolz monthly. Most recently, Pro Band was updated on October 17, 2026 and DrumToolz on October 16, 2026.

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