Comparison

DrumShed vs Concerto Shed

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

Head to head
About

DrumShed

This app helps drummers practice by providing tools for song analysis, beat creation, and guided practice sessions. It offers features like song mapping, play-along tracks, and an AI co-pilot for personalized practice plans. Users can also share their creations and explore content from other drummers.

Highlights
  • Song maps and drum charts
  • Play along to songs
  • Guided beat and fill builder
  • AI co-pilot for practice
  • Free metronome with advanced features
  • Share beats as video or sheet music
  • Web-based editor and library
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/

About

Concerto Shed

Features
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Shed the part you're stuck on. Concerto Shed is a practice tool for musicians who learn songs by ear. Load an audio file, loop the hard section, slow it down without changing the pitch, and pull your instrument out of the mix. Everything runs on your device. LOOP AND SLOW DOWN • Drag across the waveform to loop a phrase • Change speed from half to double without changing the pitch • Shift the loop and the playhead from the keyboard A CLICK THAT FITS THE SONG • Concerto Shed finds the tempo, meter and bar 1 the first time you open a song • A bar ruler shows bar and beat numbers; tap it to jump • Or tap the tempo yourself and nudge the downbeat one millisecond at a time • Count yourself in before the loop comes around MAP OUT THE SONG • Mark Intro, Verse, Chorus and the rest in a lane above the waveform • Tap a section to loop it • Share a song's sections, tempo and patterns as a .shed file HEAR YOUR PART • Split a song into drums, bass, vocals, and other • Solo, mute, or rebalance each stem • An optional experimental model adds piano and guitar • Separation happens on your device; your audio is never uploaded WRITE DOWN WHAT YOU HEAR • You're the click: tap the beat with one hand and play the part with the other, as slowly as the part needs • Build a groove in layers: kick and snare first, hats later • Read it back as a step grid or as standard drum notation • Place patterns on the timeline where they happen in the song PRACTICE MODE • Follows the song and shows the current pattern as notation • A cursor moves along the part and repeats are counted MADE FOR THE WOODSHED • Mac, iPad, and iPhone • Full keyboard control on Mac • No account, no subscription, no tracking

Screenshots

DrumShed4 screens
Concerto Shed4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Concerto Shed at none against DrumShed's 6. DrumShed's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 4 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. DrumShed sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Concerto Shed asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DrumShed ships an update daily, Concerto Shed every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
DrumShed versus Concerto Shed: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrumShedConcerto Shed
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDrumShed LLCRobert Chandler

In-app purchases

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
None

Concerto Shed

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DrumShed free?
DrumShed is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Concerto Shed free?
Concerto Shed is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do DrumShed or Concerto Shed have ads?
Neither DrumShed nor Concerto Shed shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DrumShed or Concerto Shed?
DrumShed ships an update daily, and Concerto Shed every 4 weeks. Most recently, DrumShed was updated on November 5, 2026 and Concerto Shed on October 31, 2026.

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