Comparison

FretViz vs Super Simple Drum

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

Head to head
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FretViz

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Key Features Visualize Notes, Chords & Scales Instantly map out any scale or chord in any key across the entire fretboard. Learn to recognize shapes, patterns, and relationships between notes and intervals. Scale & Mode Selector From major and minor to exotic modes and scales, easily switch between them to expand your musical vocabulary and creativity. Customizable Color Schemes Enhance your memorization process with vivid, color-coded notes and intervals. Choose from preset themes or create your own color combination. Flexible Note Display Options Toggle between showing note names, scale intervals, or both โ€” perfect for learning theory, memorizing fretboard positions, or improving improvisation. Alternate Tunings Go beyond standard tuning with support for alternate tunings. Whether you're playing in Drop D, Open G, DADGAD, or half-step down, FretViz adapts to your setup. Right- & Left-Handed Views Tailor the interface to your playing style with full support for both right-handed and left-handed guitarists. Persistent Settings Your preferences matter. FretViz automatically saves your settings โ€” scale, tuning, display mode, orientation, and color scheme โ€” so every time you open the app, you're right where you left off. No need to reconfigure each session. Whether you're visualizing arpeggios, jamming in Dorian, or mastering fretboard positions in alternate tunings, FretViz is your go-to guitar learning companion.

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Super Simple Drum

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A bar is a word. A phrase is a sentence. Super Simple Drum teaches the drums the way a good teacher does: one groove, one fill, one bar at a time, until you can play the whole song. GROOVES & FILLS FOR EVERY STYLE 2,035 grooves and fills in 62 styles: rock, metal, punk, funk, disco, Motown, hip-hop, R&B, gospel, neo soul, shuffle, jazz swing, big band, bossa nova, samba, salsa, reggae, ska, drum & bass, paradiddles on the kit, polyrhythms and more. Every bar opens in a practice room with a click, a count-in and a tempo trainer, and a 3D drum kit on iPad. Two grooves and two fills of every style are free, and one more bar of your genre opens every day you come in. SIGNATURE: THE BARS SONGS ARE KNOWN BY 993 signature grooves and fills in 13 genres: the part one song is known by, which hardly any other song plays. Hear every one for free, learn them to grow your drum vocabulary, and build songs out of them. SCAN YOUR OWN DRUM CHARTS Choose a PDF, pick a photo or point the camera at a printed drum chart. Every bar is read into a song you can hear, check against your page and put right where it needs it. Bring in MusicXML and MIDI files too, with the rest of the band playing underneath. PLAY ALONG WITH THE RECORD Find the song on YouTube and the AI lines your chart up with the drums in the recording, bar by bar, so the score follows the record while you play. PRACTICE A SONG PART BY PART Every song becomes a course: first the groove it is mostly made of, then the fills and the parts that change, each with easier versions, in the order a teacher would teach them. Then play it from top to bottom. A PRACTICE ROOM BUILT FOR DRUMMERS - Tempo steps from 60% to 110% of the target, and a speed trainer - Click on beats, eighths or sixteenths, a count-in, and silent bars to test your time - Drum sheet notation or a lane grid, with the count and the sticking under the notes - The app plays the whole kit, the hands, the feet, or nothing at all - GOT IT when you play a whole pass as written, and it is saved to your collection - Connect an electronic drum kit over USB MIDI and see how close every hit lands TAP PRACTICE, NO KIT NEEDED (iPhone) Train your left and right hands on the glass. Every note has its hand, the wrong hand counts as a miss, and four clean bars take the tempo up. Calibrated to your phone and timed to the millisecond. BUILD A SONG Turn a style, or the bars you have saved, into a full song with verses, choruses and fills, and practice it all the way through. YOUR PLAN FOR TODAY Three things to play every day, sized to the minutes you have, a weekly goal of four days, and a daily reminder. PAY ONCE, KEEP IT No subscription. Unlock what you want, once: - Grooves & Fills: every groove and fill in every style - Signature: all 993 signature grooves and fills - Add a Song: keep every chart you scan or import, each with its course - Everything: all three together, for less

Screenshots

FretViz4 screens
Super Simple Drum4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Super Simple Drum at Free against FretViz's $1.99. FretViz's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). On ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Super Simple Drum is free to download; FretViz costs $1.99 up front. Super Simple Drum sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. FretViz asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FretViz ships an update every 4 days, Super Simple Drum fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences ยท 2 level
FretViz versus Super Simple Drum: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFretVizSuper Simple Drum
Price$1.99Free โ€” better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days โ€” betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size221 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWoolworth Software, LLCBizzon Company Limited

In-app purchases

None

FretViz

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Super Simple Drum

One-time4
  • Grooves & Fills$4.99
  • Add a Song$6.99
  • Signature Beats & Fills$9.99
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  • Everything$12.99

Questions

Is FretViz free?
FretViz costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Super Simple Drum free?
Super Simple Drum is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do FretViz or Super Simple Drum have ads?
Neither FretViz nor Super Simple Drum shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FretViz or Super Simple Drum?
FretViz ships an update every 4 days, and Super Simple Drum fortnightly. Most recently, FretViz was updated on October 30, 2026 and Super Simple Drum on November 6, 2026.

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