Comparison

Jazz Repertoire vs Drum Lab

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

Head to head
About

Jazz Repertoire

This app helps musicians maintain and improve their jazz repertoire. Track your familiarity with each tune, log practice sessions, and discover which songs need attention before they're forgotten. It's a digital tool to ensure your musical skills stay sharp.

Highlights
  • Organize tunes in a color-coded list
  • Rate tune proficiency levels
  • Log practice sessions with history
  • Random tune selection by filters
  • Sort by neglected tunes
  • Attach lead sheets (scan/PDF)
  • Note and search by key
  • Add external links per song
Features
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Keep your repertoire alive. Standards fade when you stop playing them. A tune that felt solid last month can turn shaky the moment someone calls it on the stand. Jazz Repertoire gives you a clear picture of everything you play: what's solid, what's slipping, and what you haven't touched in too long, so nothing quietly disappears. Track each tune by how well you know it, when you last played it, and what you still want to work on. Then let the app surface the ones that need attention before they catch you out. WHAT YOU CAN DO - Keep every tune in one clean, color-coded list - Rate each one on six honest levels, from "On my list" to "Jam-session ready" - Log practice with a single tap and see your history on a calendar - Pull up a random tune to work on, filtered by genre, key, or level - Sort by what's been neglected longest, so nothing stays buried - Attach lead sheets — scan a chart or import a PDF, then pinch to zoom - Note each tune's key and search or filter by it - Add links per song: a tutorial, a backing track, a recording - Start fast with a built-in catalog of around 320 jazz standards Your repertoire stays on your device. No sign-up, no personal data collected.

About

Drum Lab

Practice with professionally recorded drum loops instead of a drum machine. Explore various genres, adjust tempo, and use practice modes to improve your timing and feel. Export your creations with studio effects.

Highlights
  • Professionally recorded drum loops
  • Tempo adjustment (0.5x to 1.5x)
  • Practice Mode with tempo ramp-up
  • Built-in metronome
  • Offline loop downloads
  • Studio effects (Tape, Echo, Reverb)
  • WAV export for DAWs
Features
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Practice with real drums, not a drum machine. Drum Lab is a library of original, professionally recorded drum loops. Built for musicians who want to practice, play along, and get better, not just listen. Every loop is a real performance, seamlessly looped, organized by feel so you can find exactly the groove you need. Browse jazz, funk, R&B and hip hop, rock and pop, world rhythms grouped by region (Brazilian, Latin, African and more), and odd meters grouped by time signature. Tap a loop and it locks in at its tempo instantly - no setup, no syncing, just drums. **Built for practice, not just playback** - Slow a groove down or speed it up, from 0.5× to 1.5×, without changing its pitch - Tap the BPM to type an exact tempo - Loop just the bars you're working on, snapped to the bar lines - Practice Mode gradually raises the tempo as you play - +5 BPM every 4 bars by default, and you set the step and how often - Built-in metronome locked to each loop's grid, in quarter, eighth or sixteenth notes, or on beat 1 only - Optional two-bar count-in before the loop starts - Download loops for offline practice anywhere - no connection needed - Save favorites and build your own practice playlists - Light and dark mode **Producer Mode: make it sound like a record** - Tape, Punch, Echo and Reverb in a rack of classic studio gear - Start from a ready-made tape, or dial in your own sound and save it - Echo locks to the loop's tempo, and Blend sets how much of the effects you hear - Bounce (Pro): export exactly what you hear as a WAV that loops seamlessly in any DAW **Try it free** Pick 3 loops to keep, free forever, full length, with tempo control and Practice Mode. Every other loop plays a 10-second preview, so you can hear the whole library first. Unlock Drum Lab Pro with a one-time payment for every loop, every practice feature, Bounce, and the original WAV files to export, royalty-free, into your own music - no subscription, ever. Whether you're working on your time, your feel, or just want something real to play along to, Drum Lab gives you drums that sound like a drummer, because they are one.

Screenshots

Jazz Repertoire4 screens
Drum Lab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Jazz Repertoire at none against Drum Lab's 1. Drum Lab's advantage is ratings volume (24 vs 1) and update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). On price, rating, ads and monetization model 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 Lab sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Jazz Repertoire asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Jazz Repertoire against 5.0 for Drum Lab. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Drum Lab has 24 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Jazz Repertoire ships an update fortnightly, Drum Lab weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Jazz Repertoire versus Drum Lab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJazz RepertoireDrum Lab
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (24 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings124 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMaeva LieblingALON BENJAMINI

In-app purchases

None

Jazz Repertoire

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Drum Lab

One-time1
  • Drum Lab Pro$14.99

Questions

Is Jazz Repertoire free?
Jazz Repertoire is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Drum Lab free?
Drum Lab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Jazz Repertoire or Drum Lab?
Jazz Repertoire and Drum Lab are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 24 ratings respectively.
Do Jazz Repertoire or Drum Lab have ads?
Neither Jazz Repertoire nor Drum Lab shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Jazz Repertoire or Drum Lab?
Jazz Repertoire ships an update fortnightly, and Drum Lab weekly. Most recently, Jazz Repertoire was updated on October 31, 2026 and Drum Lab on November 12, 2026.

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