Comparison

Drumr vs DecksMD

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

Head to head
About

Drumr

This app offers a comprehensive platform for drummers to learn and practice. It features professional drum sounds, visual feedback tools, and personalized practice guidance. Users can record their sessions, analyze performance, and access a vast library of scores for various drumming styles.

Highlights
  • Real-time note highlighting (SnapCursor)
  • Full kit visual feedback (KitView)
  • Animated marching basslines (BasslineView)
  • Personalized practice recommendations (Drumr Coach)
  • Session recording and review
  • Performance analysis for e-drums
  • Play-along drumless tracks
Features
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Drumr — Learn faster. Drum better. Practice should lead to progress. Stuck on the same patterns, or a part that just won't click? Drumr helps you break through — and enjoy getting better. Open a score and start playing. Recommendations and Coach take the guesswork out of what to practice next, so every minute counts. For drum kit, e-drums, practice pads, and drumline. Start free. Keep playing. 80+ free scores, including all 40 PAS rudiments, plus grooves, fills, and drumline exercises — no subscription required. Try Drumr Premium free for 7 days to explore the full library, ShufflePlay, every Metronome sound, Imports, and custom themes. Hear every part played precisely. Real drum sounds, exactly as written. Follow every note as it plays, slow it down, and connect what you see with what you hear. Learn to read drum music with a clear reference for your own playing. Loop the hard part until it's yours. Loop a few measures or focus on one. Isolate kick, snare, toms, or cymbals to see how a groove fits together. Set your reps and build speed and control from 30–300 bpm with Linear, Increasing, and Up-Down modes. See exactly where it slipped. Performance Analysis marks early, late, and missed notes right on the notation, rep by rep, so you know what to work on next. - E-drums: per-instrument feedback via USB/MIDI. - Practice pads: microphone analysis with AirPods or Apple wired headphones. Kit and drumline, in one app. 600+ professionally authored scores and courses with thousands of grooves, fills, and exercises — every pattern another idea for your playing. - Drum Kit: rock, funk, jazz, Latin, metal, Motown, linear patterns, polyrhythms, and control drills. - Drumline: marching percussion warmups, grids, and exercises for snare, tenors, and bassline, plus PAS and hybrid rudiments. Learn from the people who wrote them: Geoff Fry, Hudson Music, Mel Bay Publications, Pat Petrillo, Scott Johnson, and many more. New material added regularly. Take your place in the line. Watch a pro play it, work through the part, then rehearse with the rest of the battery on marching scores with matching parts, or play kit along with drumless tracks on supported scores. Charts pair chart notation with full-band tracks to build your improvisation skills. Know what to play next. Follow a course or curated playlist, or get recommendations from your recent practice. Coach adds tempo guidance, app help, and custom playlists — private, fast, and in your device language. Requires Apple Intelligence. More ways to make progress - SnapCursor highlights each note; KitView, PadView, and BasslineView bring the playing to life, and PieView shows subdivisions. - Record practice videos to review and share. - Notes, session history, tempo charts, activity rings, and Awards show how far you've come. - A standalone Metronome with flexible time signatures, groupings, subdivisions, sounds, and visual beats. - ShufflePlay mixes up groove and grid measures. - Control iPhone playback from Apple Watch: play, pause, restart, and choose sections. - See progress and open Up Next from the Home Screen widget. - Find scores and control playback hands-free with Siri. - Practice offline; initial launch, videos, and playalongs require internet. Practice in Drumr. Write in Notate. Compose in Notate, or convert scores made with Drumr's retired Sibelius templates at drumr.app/imports. Practice your Imports with Drumr Premium. Sign in with Apple for backup and sync across devices. For help, watch How To videos on Home, triple-tap the Drumr logo for "What's This?" tips, or ask Coach. — Help/feedback: https://support.drumr.app or Settings > Contact Support. Privacy: https://privacy.drumr.app Terms: https://terms.drumr.app Apple EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

DecksMD

Features
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DecksMD turns the notes you already have into flashcards — no syntax, no second copy. Point it at your markdown vault and every heading becomes a card: the heading is the front, the text beneath it is the back. Nothing to import, nothing to maintain twice. Edit the note and the card changes with it. STUDY WHAT'S DUE Scheduling by FSRS-6 — the same algorithm Anki uses — so you review what needs reviewing and stop when you're done. Cards, cloze deletions, tables, image occlusion and exams, all from plain markdown. CAPTURE FROM ANYWHERE Share a paragraph from Safari, Mail or any other app and it lands in your vault. The first line becomes the front, the rest becomes the back. Or file it as a plain note and come back to it later. TURN A CHAPTER INTO A DECK Attach a PDF, pick the sections you actually need, and get cards from those pages — including scanned chapters and lecture slides, transcribed first so the maths survives. YOUR FILES STAY YOURS A real markdown editor with properties, tags and a toolbar. Everything lives as plain files in a folder you choose — no database, no lock-in, works offline. Compatible with Obsidian vaults and any folder of markdown. MAKE IT YOURS Fifteen palettes in light and dark — Nord, Gruvbox, Solarized, Catppuccin, E-ink and more. COMING FROM ANKI? Import an .apkg and your decks, cards, media and full review history come with you. Your cards resume on FSRS-6 right where Anki left them. ONE-TIME PURCHASE No subscription for the app itself. AI card generation and PDF transcription are optional and require DecksMD Pro (sold separately at decksmd.app) — or bring your own API key from Anthropic, Google or a local model, free. Everything else — reviewing, scheduling, statistics, capture, import — works without either. SUBSCRIPTION DecksMD Pro — €9.99/month, auto-renewing. Includes AI card generation from your notes and PDFs. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel it in your device settings. Terms of Use: https://decksmd.app/legal/terms Privacy Policy: https://decksmd.app/legal/privacy

Screenshots

Drumr4 screens
DecksMD4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Drumr at Free against DecksMD's $17.99. DecksMD's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On update cadence, 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

Drumr is free to download; DecksMD costs $17.99 up front. Drumr sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. DecksMD asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Drumr versus DecksMD: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrumrDecksMD
PriceFree — better$17.99
Rating4.4 (94 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings94 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysEvery 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size170 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDrumr Inc.Xherdi Lika

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Drumr

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly7 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Premium Annual7 Days trial$79.991 Year
None

DecksMD

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Drumr free?
Drumr is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DecksMD free?
DecksMD costs $17.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Drumr or DecksMD have ads?
Neither Drumr nor DecksMD shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Drumr or DecksMD?
Drumr ships an update every 2 days, and DecksMD every 2 days. Most recently, Drumr was updated on October 15, 2026 and DecksMD on October 13, 2026.

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