Comparison

Drums Byear vs Drum Journal

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

Head to head
About

Drums Byear

Features
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Train your ears, improve your groove recognition, and learn to identify drum patterns without reading sheet music. Drums Byear is an interactive ear-training game designed for drummers and music enthusiasts. Instead of learning from traditional notation, you'll work with simple visual beat cards and train your listening skills by identifying missing drum hits. How it works 1. Listen to a drum beat. 2. One note on the beat card is hidden. 3. Analyze what you hear. 4. Guess the missing note's position. 5. Check your answer and improve your ear.
 The exercises gradually help you recognize common drum patterns, understand rhythmic relationships, and develop faster auditory recognition. Designed for real-world listening Drums don't always exist in isolation. Some exercises feature solo drum tracks, while others place the drums inside a full musical mix. This helps you learn to identify drum sounds even when they are blended with guitars, bass, vocals, and other instruments. Just like in real songs. Features • Interactive drum ear-training challenges • Simple visual beat cards. No sheet music required
 • Listen, analyze, and guess hidden notes
 • Learn common groove and rhythm patterns
 • Exercises with isolated drums and full songs
 • Immediate feedback after every answer
 • Beginner-friendly interface
 • Suitable for drummers of all skill levels
 Who is it for? • Beginner drummers learning rhythm • Intermediate players improving listening skills • Drum teachers and students • Musicians who want better rhythmic awareness • Anyone interested in developing a stronger musical ear
 Why Drums Byear? Most drum apps focus on technique, speed, or reading notation. Drums Byear focuses on something equally important: hearing and understanding what you play. By regularly identifying hidden notes and recognizing drum patterns, you'll build stronger listening skills that transfer directly to practice sessions, rehearsals, recording, and live performance. Listen. Analyze. Guess. Improve. Train your ears with Drums Byear.

About

Drum Journal

This app provides real-time feedback on your drumming practice using your device's microphone. It allows you to slow down or loop sections of YouTube drum videos and automatically tracks your practice sessions to help you monitor progress.

Highlights
  • Microphone-based sticking feedback
  • YouTube video playback with speed control
  • Section looping for practice
  • Automatic practice session tracking
  • Community-shared exercises
  • Progress monitoring and streaks
Features
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Your exercises, your lessons, your rudiments: one list, ready to go. Drum Journal remembers where you left off, keeps the tempo, and gets out of your way. Press start, practice. YOUR ROUTINE, READY TO GO Open the app. The routine you built is queued, timed, and ready to run. Warm-up, rudiments, the YouTube lesson you're working on, laid out the way you want them. No deciding what to play tonight. REAL FEEDBACK ON YOUR TIMING The built-in sticking coach uses your device's microphone to hear you play on a practice pad. Real feedback on your timing, dynamics, and consistency, built into your routine, not a separate tool. PLAY TO A GROOVE, NOT JUST A CLICK Pick a mood and a backing track plays behind the metronome, automatically matched to your tempo. Rudiment practice stops feeling clinical and starts sounding like a room. LEARN ANY SONG AT YOUR OWN SPEED Drop any YouTube drum lesson into your routine. Slow it down, loop the hard bar, mark the section that's killing you. Drum Journal sits on your music stand and stays out of your way. SEE HOW YOU'RE GETTING BETTER Every session logs automatically. Streaks, time on each rudiment, whether your timing is tightening week over week. Show up daily and watch the data confirm what your hands already feel. EXERCISES FROM OTHER DRUMMERS Browse exercises shared by other drummers. Pick what fits your level, drop it into your routine. FREE TO PRACTICE. PRO TO SEE IF IT'S WORKING. Everything you need to build and run your routine is free: exercises, the sticking coach, YouTube practice, streaks, session logs, and background music in the Drift mood. Drum Journal Pro unlocks advanced analytics — see whether your timing is actually tightening, whether one hand plays inconsistent flams, whether your routine is moving the needle. Pro also unlocks the full background-music mood pack, per-exercise history, community sharing, and data export. The practice is simple. Showing up is hard. Drum Journal makes showing up the easy part. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS Drum Journal Pro is available as a monthly, annual, or lifetime subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel subscriptions in your Apple ID account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial, if offered, is forfeited upon purchasing a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://drumjournal.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://drumjournal.com/terms

Screenshots

Drums Byear4 screens
Drum Journal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Drums Byear at none against Drum Journal's 5. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Drum Journal sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Drums Byear asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Drums Byear versus Drum Journal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrums ByearDrum Journal
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—8 — better
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB105 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperHanna KotovaPorath Consulting

In-app purchases

None

Drums Byear

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Drum Journal

Subscriptions4
  • Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Pro Annual$34.991 Year
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  • Pro Yearly7 Days trial$34.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$69.99

Questions

Is Drums Byear free?
Drums Byear is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Drum Journal free?
Drum Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Drums Byear or Drum Journal have ads?
Neither Drums Byear nor Drum Journal shows ads.

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