Comparison

Drumtune PRO | Drum Tuner vs DTX402 Touch

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

Head to head
About

Drumtune PRO | Drum Tuner

This app transforms your phone into a professional drum tuning tool. It offers precise pitch detection, lug-by-lug adjustments, and kit interval calculations to help drummers achieve their desired sound quickly and consistently. Save and recall your favorite tunings for any performance or practice session.

Highlights
  • Drum tuning for various drum types
  • Fast and stable pitch detection
  • Lug-by-lug tuning with visual feedback
  • Tune by ear and fine-tune by numbers
  • Full kit interval calculation
  • Save and recall exact tunings
  • Metronome and recorder
Features
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Drumtune PRO turns your phone into a professional drum tuner trusted by tens of thousands of drummers worldwide. It helps you tune drums accurately, develop tuning skills, train your ears, and achieve the best possible sound for your kit. 〉〉Why do drummers choose Drumtune PRO? • Gets your drums sounding their absolute best. Every time. • Trains your ear through visual feedback and builds real tuning skills. • Gives deep insights into drum tuning for true control and confidence. • Packed with pro-level tools that help you stand out. 〉〉KEY FEATURES DRUM TUNER → Tune snare, toms, floor toms, kicks, congas, and bongos with precision. → Focus lock-mode lets you clear lug pitches and kills overtones. → Shape your sound by balancing batter and resonant heads. → Lock in, optimize, and repeat your perfect tuning fast. → Save tuning presets to store your favorite sounds. → Save your personal tuning approach and custom pitches for batter, reso and fundamental per drum. Recall them in minutes, anywhere. → Download free Evans, Remo, and Aquarian drumhead packs to organize your presets. LUG TUNER → Instantly spot which lugs need adjustment > no more guesswork. DRUM KIT INTERVAL → Build drumkits. Adjust the tonal spacing between the individual drums. Create a coherent kit sound. → Tweak the intervals between drums . Change the tuning of batter & reso with each drum stable in its tonal spot within the kit. Balance your kit for coherence in dynamics & feel. PERCUSSION TUNER → Tune congas & bongos to any pitches or intervals within the set, accurately. CLICK TRACK / METRONOME → Create custom beats, activate BPM count-in, control in-ear monitors, and tweak meters & subdivisions. → Use advanced training modes to tighten your groove & pocket. → Build, organize, and share tempo & rhythm track lists. MULTI-TRACK RECORDER → Record grooves, fills, ideas, or full rehearsals (with BPM count-in and click for in-ear monitoring). → Manage, rename, import/export, and share recordings. → Select input, adjust mic gain, apply EQ and effects, change playback speed, and record up to 4 tracks. → Import any backing track (like a bassline sketch), press record, and lay your drum track alongside it. SAVE & RECALL EVERYTHING → Store exact tunings (including lug pitches and fundamental tone). → Create sound references for each preset. → Enjoy free cloud backup, or backup on your personal CloudDrive or device. 〉〉REAL TALK Drumtune PRO isn’t about shortcuts. It’s about helping you achieve real growth, gain skill, control, and obtain a unique sound that earns respect. Drumtune PRO is a tool to help you build lasting drum tuning skills with clear feedback, empowering you to make your own creative sound decisions. • Mastering your kit still takes listening, awareness, and practice. • The tuner shows you where you are pitch-wise, but you make the tuning decisions for your tone & feel. 〉〉TECH SPECS • Patented high-precision tuning engine (0.5 Hz resolution) • Ultra-wide tuning range: 30 Hz to 800 Hz and way up (adaptive by drum type and mode) • Compatible with iOS 15.6 or later and iPhone 8 or newer 〉〉 SUPPORT Question/doutb/bug: support@drumtunepro.com ⌘ Pro Tip ⌘ Drumtune PRO already has the widest tuning range of any drum tuner app or drum tuner device made so far. • High pitches beyond the tuning range can show as lower pitches within the tuning range. • Respect the natural tension range of your drumhead. Like tuning by ear, apply tension with care. • Use common sense & trust your drummer instinct to never overtighten. Too much tension can snap drumheads, especially thin snare reso heads. • Start at medium snare-reso tension first and increase gradually so the high pitch tracks accurately within range. • When in doubt, or when overshooting the range chasing a pitch, return to medium tension. ► Tune smart, play hard, and trust Drumtune PRO to keep you sounding your best, every session!

About

DTX402 Touch

This app enhances your electronic drum experience by allowing you to create custom drum kits, access 10 training modes to improve timing and technique, and even earn a "Drummer's Certificate" by completing challenges. It offers an intuitive interface for sound editing and kit customization.

Highlights
  • Create custom drum kits
  • 10 training modes
  • Challenge Mode with Drummer's Certificate
  • Record and self-assess performance
  • Intuitive sound editing
  • Firmware updates
Features
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DTX402 Touch is a dedicated iOS app for Yamaha DTX402 series electronic drums. To use the app, you will need to connect your smart device to DTX using a USB cable and Lightning USB adapter. Get a Drummer’s Certificate “Challenge Mode” is a new function on the DTX402 Touch that tests your skill. If you can play all 10 practice songs without making a mistake, you will receive a “Drummer’s Certificate” from the Yamaha DTX drum team that you can share via social media. Learn While Having Fun Specially designed for drummers at any skill level, the DTX402 Touch has 10 Training Modes designed to make you a better player, faster. The exercises are a fun way to learn to read drum music notation, play with dynamics and develop your sense of timing. "Rhythm Gate" improves your timing accuracy by only allowing you to play rhythms in time with the metronome. “Song Part Gate" teaches you to play each part of the song with correct timing while the "Recorder" function lets you record a drum solo or play along with a song to self-assess your performance. You can also use "Fast Blast" to count the number of drum stokes made within a set period of time. This helps to increase your speed and build stamina. Make Customized Drum Kits Personalize each of the 10 drum kits with over 280 drum and percussion sounds. Simply touch the drum pads on your screen to change or select a sound, and edit them with tuning, volume, panning, mute and reverb to create your own sound quickly and easily. Simple and Intuitive Control With a simple swipe, you can select and customize kits, song numbers, set up metronome and adjust the trigging parameters for your playing style. You can view this information while playing in Training Mode and learn how to play preset songs with instructional videos featuring industry professionals. Update Utility By connecting DTX402 with your smart device, DTX402 Touch App starts up to date automatically. Or by selecting the “Version” tab on the “Menu” screen, the app ensures that your firmware is up to date manually, so there is no need to download firmware data or connect DTX to your PC.

Screenshots

Drumtune PRO | Drum Tuner4 screens
DTX402 Touch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: DTX402 Touch at Free against Drumtune PRO | Drum Tuner's $11.99. DTX402 Touch also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). Drumtune PRO | Drum Tuner's advantage is rating (3.0 vs 2.3) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 14 months). On review sentiment, ads 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

DTX402 Touch is free to download; Drumtune PRO | Drum Tuner costs $11.99 up front. Drumtune PRO | Drum Tuner sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. DTX402 Touch asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Drumtune PRO | Drum Tuner holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Drumtune PRO | Drum Tuner has 290 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Drumtune PRO | Drum Tuner's written reviews are positive against 28% of DTX402 Touch's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drumtune PRO | Drum Tuner ships an update every 11 days, DTX402 Touch every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Drumtune PRO | Drum Tuner versus DTX402 Touch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrumtune PRO | Drum TunerDTX402 Touch
Price$11.99Free — better
Rating3.0 (290 ratings) — better2.3 (20 ratings)
Positive reviews33.4% of reviews — better28.1% of reviews
Number of ratings290 — better20
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterEvery 14 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#78 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size217 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEXALTD CO., LimitedYamaha Corporation

Customer experience

Drumtune PRO | Drum Tuner

All ratings283 ratings
Positive47.0%
Neutral4.9%
Negative48.1%
Written reviews371 reviews
Positive33.4%
Neutral5.4%
Negative61.2%

DTX402 Touch

All ratings20 ratings
Positive35.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative60.0%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive28.1%
Neutral9.4%
Negative62.5%

Bugs and requests

Drumtune PRO | Drum Tuner

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Drum head downloads not working
  • Tuning settings not saving properly
  • Microphone not detecting sound consistently

Requested features

4 requests
  • More drum kit options and presets
  • Improved UI and navigation
  • Better support for high-frequency tuning
  • Ability to save custom tuning profiles

DTX402 Touch

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Drumtune PRO | Drum Tuner

One-time10
  • BEAST OF SHADOWSFree
  • STANDARD ROCK KITFree
  • A MAJOR'S LOW BLOWFree
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  • DEEP BLUEFree
  • BEEPING BOBBIEFree
  • LOW RIDER$0.99
  • HIGH FIVE$0.99
  • CAMPBELL'S CANS$0.99
  • ISAAC'S NEW TONES$0.99
  • GROOVY GUT SHAKER$1.99
None

DTX402 Touch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Drumtune PRO | Drum Tuner free?
Drumtune PRO | Drum Tuner costs $11.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is DTX402 Touch free?
DTX402 Touch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Drumtune PRO | Drum Tuner or DTX402 Touch?
Drumtune PRO | Drum Tuner is rated higher. Drumtune PRO | Drum Tuner averages 3.0 out of 5 from 290 ratings, while DTX402 Touch averages 2.3 from 20 ratings.
Do Drumtune PRO | Drum Tuner or DTX402 Touch have ads?
Neither Drumtune PRO | Drum Tuner nor DTX402 Touch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Drumtune PRO | Drum Tuner or DTX402 Touch?
Drumtune PRO | Drum Tuner ships an update every 11 days, and DTX402 Touch every 14 months. Most recently, Drumtune PRO | Drum Tuner was updated on November 1, 2026 and DTX402 Touch on November 2, 2026.

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