Steady Beat vs RDM Playalongs

Steady Beat is a metronome and practice companion for guitar and bass. Choose your tempo, play with drum accompaniment, explore guitar chords, and look up bass scales and notes. METRONOME AND DRUMS - One-tap tempo presets: 60, 80, 100, 120, and 160 BPM - Tempo changes from presets or the +/- buttons restart immediately from beat one - Easy BPM control, quarter and eighth note beat modes, and flexible accent cycles - Clear visual beat indicator and multiple click sounds - Looping drum accompaniment in six genres: Rock, Funk, Pop, Blues, Jazz, and Electronica - Adjust volume near the playback button and see the current audio output RHYTHM REFERENCE - Learn the durations of quarter notes, eighth notes, and their rests - Read rests and offbeats with 4/4 rhythm examples and counting guides GUITAR CHORD LIBRARY - Practice 10 common chord progressions with scale-degree notation, tips, chord shapes, and audio previews - Switch roots and chord types to explore different chord shapes - See finger numbers, open and muted strings, and the note played on each string - Tap to hear the displayed chord; changing the root or chord type also plays it automatically - Left-handed chord diagrams BASS REFERENCES - Major and natural minor scale diagrams on a bass fretboard - Switch root notes and see note names, roots, and scale tones on the fretboard Open the Cheat Sheet from the metronome screen and switch between Rhythm, Guitar, and Bass while playback continues. Light and dark themes help you practice comfortably.

Three practice tools for rudimental drummers, built to get your hands clean and fast. PLAYALONGS 500+ exercises. Press play and it loops until you stop it. Set the tempo to bounce around inside a range so you can't settle in, or have it climb every few reps until you find where you break. Twelve ready-made playlists too, or build your own. METRONOME Any time signature. Any subdivision, including the ones normal metronome apps don't have: 7-lets, 9-lets, ratio rhythms. Accent, diddle, buzz or mute any beat, any partial. Chain different rhythms into a sequence and save it. SIGHT-READING LAB Hit generate, get a page you've never seen. Set the tempo, the rests, the stickings, the syncopation, the time signature. Set the difficulty to your level. Notation on screen while it plays, so you're reading and hearing at the same time. Practice time tracked. Streaks. Leaderboard. Stuck on something? Post it in the community and I'll answer it myself. Built by Anthony Steller, a gigging drummer and snare instructor, for marching snare drummers and drumlines. Start free. You get all three tools with limits, no card needed. RDM Playalongs Monthly is an auto-renewing subscription, $12.99 per month. It unlocks all 500+ exercises and every control in all three tools. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://rudimentaldrummingmastery.com/privacy-policy.html