Drum Journal vs Drums
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Drums
Create personalized drum practice routines with a library of grooves. Follow along using grid or notation views, adjust tempo, and use the metronome to stay in rhythm.
- Practice routine creation
- Library of drum grooves
- Grid and notation views
- Adjustable tempo
- Built-in metronome
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Create a practice routine with our library of drum grooves. Follow along while you play with either grid or notation view. Change the tempo and add a metronome to keep you on the beat!
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Verdict
Drum Journal and Drums are too close to call on the numbers: across 10 compared parameters — price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Drum Journal sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Drums sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Drum Journal against 5.0 for Drums. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Drum Journal ships an update weekly, Drums every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Drum Journal | Drums |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 105 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Porath Consulting | PETER ANTHONY SCHUSTER |
Customer experience
Drum Journal
Drums
In-app purchases
Drum Journal
- 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
- Pro Lifetime$69.99
Drums
- Small Tip$0.99
- Medium Tip$2.99
- Large Tip$4.99









