Gecko Drums vs Drumsheet Scanner

Gecko Drums is the smart practice partner for drummers of all levels. Whether you're drilling rudiments, working through stick control patterns, or building up tempo — Gecko Drums keeps you focused and on time. SMART METRONOME A precision metronome built for serious practice. Tap tempo, adjust BPM on the fly, and let Gecko Drums automatically raise the tempo when you're ready. Set a start and end BPM, choose the step size, and watch your speed grow bar by bar. EXERCISE LIBRARY A full library of drum exercises across three categories: • Paradiddles — classic rudiments with visual notation • Snare Chops — advanced single-hand patterns • Stick Control — hundreds of patterns from the classic book • Favorites — pin your most-used patterns for quick access SMOOTH EXERCISE TRANSITIONS Swipe left or right to browse exercises. The next pattern is always visible as a preview — fly through your practice routine without breaking your flow. AUTO-ADVANCE Set Gecko Drums to automatically switch to the next exercise after a set number of bars, or when you reach your target BPM. Practice moves forward on its own. TIMING CHECK (PRO) Use your device's microphone to measure how accurately you're hitting. Real-time accuracy feedback in milliseconds — so you know when your timing is truly locked in, not just fast. TEMPO TEST / SILENT BARS (PRO) Mute the click for a set number of bars and keep the groove. The ultimate internal timing challenge — the metronome comes back to check if you stayed on beat. SESSION TIMER (PRO) Set a practice duration and Gecko Drums will alert you when time is up. Stay consistent, practice smarter. EXTRA CLICK SOUNDS (PRO) Choose from classic electronic click, warm wood block, or crisp rim shot. Pick the tone that helps you focus. AIRPODS & LOCK SCREEN Control playback from your AirPods or lock screen. Squeeze to play/pause, double-tap for next/previous exercise — keep playing without touching your phone. DESIGNED FOR PRACTICE • Dark, distraction-free interface • Works on iPhone and iPad • No account required — open and play • Fully offline, no internet needed • Free to use; Pro features unlock with a single purchase PRO UNLOCK — €2,99 One purchase unlocks all Pro features permanently: Timing Check, Tempo Test (Silent Bars), Session Timer, and Wood & Rim click sounds!

Photograph a page of drum notation and hear it play. DrumSheetScanner reads a printed drum chart from a photo: it finds the staves, the bars and every notehead, reads the title, tempo and time signature, and turns the page into a song you can play, correct and export. Everything runs on your iPhone, offline. SCAN A REAL PAGE • Photograph the sheet on your stand or desk, or pick one from Photos, even a small picture forwarded from a messenger. • The page is found and straightened for you. If the edge cannot be seen, such as white paper on a white table, drag the corners into place and it is read again. • Songs of several pages stay together, in the order you choose. • Reads 4/4, 6/8 and triplets, open and closed hi-hats, crash, ride, three toms, snare and kick. HEAR IT, FOLLOW IT • Playback with a real drum kit from a bundled SoundFont, full or simple. • On the Sheet, the cursor runs along the photo of your page, so you see where the music is. • A metronome, and a tempo trainer that raises the tempo step by step while you play. LOOP WHAT YOU'RE LEARNING • Long-press a bar, tap more, and only those bars play, round and round, even across lines and pages. FIX ANYTHING BY TAPPING • Every bar lands in a step grid. Tap a cell to add or remove a hit, set accents and ghost notes, change tempo, time signature and resolution. • Split a bar the scan merged, delete a bar, or remove every empty bar in one go. YOUR SONGS, KEPT • Every scan is a session you can come back to. Your original photos are kept, so a newer version of the app can read a song again without new photos. EXPORT • Standard MIDI files for your DAW, MuseScore or GarageBand. • Lossless WAV audio to share or practise along with. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no ads, no in-app purchases. • Scanning, text recognition, playback and export all happen on your iPhone. Nothing is uploaded unless you share it yourself. No scanner reads every chart perfectly. When a page comes out wrong, Export → Help improve recognition sends the developer that page and your fixes, so a later version reads it better. For drummers, students and teachers who want to hear a groove before they play it, and practise the hard bars on repeat.