531 metronome vs Drumline Designer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
531 metronome
This app provides a metronome designed for complex rhythms and time signatures. It offers features like tap tempo, background playback, and swing for subdivisions, helping musicians focus on rhythm and practice.
- Tap tempo
- Background play & lock-screen control
- Swing for subdivisions
- Complex time signatures
- Sub accents & rests
- Infinite groove creation
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531metronome is a metronome built for complex rhythm. • Tap tempo • Background play & lock-screen control • Swing for subdivisions (8th and above) • Complex time signatures • Sub accents & rests • Infinite groove creation • No ads, ever. Just rhythm and focus. Perfect for musicians, students and educators. A metronome to understand rhythm. 531metronome は、複雑なリズムや拍子を直感的に扱えるメトロノームです。 ・タップテンポ対応 ・バックグラウンド再生 & ロック画面操作 ・分母8以上でスイング対応 ・複雑な拍子にも対応 ・サブアクセント / 休符設定 ・無限のグルーヴ生成 ・広告は一切表示されません。リズムと演奏に集中できるメトロノームです。 ミュージシャンはもちろん 学生や教育者にも最適。 拍子を「理解する」ためのメトロノーム。
Drumline Designer
Create and edit drumline sheet music directly on your mobile device. This app offers an intuitive grid system for note entry, automatic beaming, and support for complex rhythms and articulations. Export your compositions as PDFs, audio, MusicXML, or animated videos.
- Intuitive grid-based note entry
- Automatic beaming and placement
- Support for tuplets and complex rhythms
- Add accents, staccatos, marcatos, and legatos
- Instant playback for review
- Export to PDF, Audio, MusicXML, and video
- Create animated video clips
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Notate sheet music for drumline directly from your phone! Drumline Designer is the app that lets you easily enter notes into a grid and have your sheet music automatically be created. Perfect for hobbyist and professionals! Export PDFs, Audio, MusicXML, and videos of your music! Drumline Designer uses an accessible grid design system, allowing you input notes easily. Each note is automatically beamed and placed inside of your sheet music. The grid can also work with tuplets, allowing you to write more complex rhythmic lines. Add accents, staccatos, marcatos, and legatos to your music, shaping the way everything plays and sounds. Playback is instant, allowing you to listen and make changes as you go. Each piece of music can be exported to other notation softwares, allowing you to easily implement your drumline music into Sibelius, MuseScore, Dorico and other notation software! Show off your music by exporting animated videos, making both portrait and landscape clips so you can share your work on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and other social media.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: 531 metronome at $2.99 against Drumline Designer's $19.99. 531 metronome also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.5). Drumline Designer's advantage is chart position (#183 vs unranked) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). On review sentiment, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
531 metronome costs $2.99 and Drumline Designer $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
531 metronome holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
531 metronome ships an update every 5 days, Drumline Designer every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 531 metronome | Drumline Designer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 — better | $19.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.5 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 6 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #183 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.4 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 213 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AKIHIKO YOSHIDA | Christian Price |
Customer experience
531 metronome
Drumline Designer
In-app purchases
531 metronome
No in-app purchases
Drumline Designer
No in-app purchases
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