Comparison

Shedtracks vs DrumShed

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

Head to head
About

Shedtracks

Practice drums with premium, Grammy-produced drumless tracks. Explore over 600 songs across various genres to improve your timing, groove, and musicality. Ideal for home practice, content creation, and live performance preparation.

Highlights
  • Premium drumless tracks
  • 600+ songs across multiple genres
  • Improve timing, groove, and musicality
  • Build custom playlists
  • Search by BPM, genre, time signature
  • Content creation tools
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Play-along with premium drumless tracks created by Grammy Award-winning producers and musicians. Trusted by 100,000+ drummers worldwide. Just sit down and play along to premium drumless tracks. No setup. No Uploading. Simply grab your sticks, press play, and prepare to be inspired. Shedtracks is the ultimate drumming app designed to help you start practicing and playing with real musicians. Experience tracks that feel like you’re on stage at the biggest performances in the world, from Grammy-level productions to Super Bowl-style arrangements. These aren’t basic loops or generic karaoke tracks. Every track is crafted by real musicians and producers to sound like real songs, music you can feel, perform, and create with. What Makes Shedtracks Different • Play premium drumless tracks that feel like real performances • Improve timing, chops, groove, and musicality naturally • Use drumless backing tracks to create your own sound and identity • Experience Billboard-style arrangements—not generic practice loops • Built for drummers who want to sound like they’re on stage—not in a practice room Massive Library of Drumless Tracks Explore 600+ premium drumless practice tracks across multiple styles: Pop • R&B • Gospel • Funk • Hip Hop • Jazz • Fusion • Rock and more Build playlists. Save favorites. Search by BPM, genre, time signature, and more. Find the perfect play-along track for your style and skill level. Built For Real Drummers Everything You Need In One App • Drumless tracks • Play-along tracks • Loops and practice tools • New music added regularly Whether you're practicing at home, creating content, or preparing for live performance, Shedtracks helps you grow faster—and actually enjoy the process. Create Content with Shedtracks. The best drum videos all have one thing in common: great drumless tracks. With Shedtracks, you can create better content, grow your following, and open the door to new opportunities—just like thousands of drummers already are. What Producers Are Saying: "Shedtracks brings musicians together from all over the world through powerful playalongs. This platform will help develop some of the finest musicians globally." James Gabriel Multi-Platinum Producer — Meghan Trainor, Jennifer Lopez, Celine Dion "Shedtracks is a global platform I’m proud to be part of. It gives creatives the freedom to express themselves and grow at every level." Justin Raines 2x GRAMMY Award-Winning Bassist — Ne-Yo, Israel Houghton, Musiq Soulchild Download Shedtracks and start playing with premium drumless backing tracks today. https://www.shedtracks.com/policies/terms-of-service

About

DrumShed

This app helps drummers practice by providing tools to analyze songs, build beats, and follow structured practice plans. It offers features like song mapping, play-along tracks, and an AI co-pilot for personalized sessions. Users can also share their creations and explore content from other drummers.

Highlights
  • Song maps and drum charts
  • Play along to songs with adjustable speed
  • Guided beat and fill builder
  • AI-powered practice sessions
  • Free metronome with advanced features
  • Export beats as video or sheet music
  • Share and explore drummer creations
Features
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Everything you practice, in one place. SONG MAPS & DRUM CHARTS (NEW) Upload a song and lay it out as a song map: every section with its bars, meter and click, and a note on each part. Loop any section to practice it with the song. Then let DrumShed write out the drums. Auto-detect gets you most of the way there, and you finish the chart by hand on your phone, tablet or the web. Drum charts are in beta. PLAY ALONG TO SONGS Upload a song — a rehearsal take, a demo, the track you're learning — and play along to the band without the drums, the drums alone, or the full mix. Slow it to half speed at the same pitch, with a click that follows the song bar by bar. Around 100 built-in play-alongs across 20 genres are included. BUILD BEATS, FILLS & EXERCISES A guided builder designed by drummers makes patterns that make sense on the kit, in seconds. Or write your own in the full pattern editor, in notation or on the grid, or describe what you want and let AI draft it (beta). Every AI draft opens in the editor, so you decide what's good. PRACTICE WITH DIRECTION Paths give you a plan for each day, built from real drills at real tempos and matched to your level. The AI co-pilot (beta) drafts a custom session around what you want to work on. Your history, streaks and achievements show the work adding up. METRONOME — FREE FOREVER Any time signature, any subdivision, polyrhythms and accent patterns, with no paywall. Run drills with automatic tempo steps, count-ins and voice cues, hands-free. SHARE & EXPLORE Export any beat or fill as a video or as sheet music with sticking. Send a link that opens your pattern in DrumShed, or post it to TikTok, YouTube and Instagram. Browse and play what other drummers share. ON THE WEB Your library, the editor, the song player, song maps and charts in a browser at create.drumshed.studio, on the same account. Works with any drum kit, acoustic or electronic. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Shedtracks4 screens
DrumShed4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: DrumShed at daily against Shedtracks's every 11 days. DrumShed also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Shedtracks's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. Shedtracks sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $10.99 per month and DrumShed sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DrumShed holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 10 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of Shedtracks's written reviews are positive against 100% of DrumShed's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shedtracks ships an update every 11 days, DrumShed daily. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Shedtracks versus DrumShed: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShedtracksDrumShed
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (16 ratings)5.0 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews92.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings16 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB81 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShedtracks LLCDrumShed LLC

Customer experience

Shedtracks

All ratings16 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral6.3%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive92.3%
Neutral7.7%
Negative0.0%

DrumShed

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Shedtracks

Subscriptions4
  • Basic$10.991 Month
  • Pro7 Days trial$15.991 Month
  • Basic Annual7 Days trial$109.001 Year
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  • Pro Annual7 Days trial$159.001 Year
6 purchases

DrumShed

Subscriptions2
  • All Access$5.991 Month
  • All Access Annual7 Days trial$47.991 Year
One-time4
  • 10 Drum Transcriptions$1.99
  • 75 Drum Transcriptions$9.99
  • AI Credit Top-Up$9.99
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  • Founding Member Lifetime$179.99

Questions

Is Shedtracks free?
Shedtracks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DrumShed free?
DrumShed is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Shedtracks or DrumShed?
DrumShed is rated higher. Shedtracks averages 4.6 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while DrumShed averages 5.0 from 10 ratings.
Do Shedtracks or DrumShed have ads?
Neither Shedtracks nor DrumShed shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Shedtracks or DrumShed?
Shedtracks ships an update every 11 days, and DrumShed daily. Most recently, Shedtracks was updated on October 31, 2026 and DrumShed on November 9, 2026.

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