BeatBook vs Drumless
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BeatBook
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BeatBook is a precision metronome for drummers who take practice seriously. It nails the basics: rock-solid timing, clear sound, simple controls. Then it adds the tools drummers use every day. Tempo ramp drills to push your speed. Polyrhythm patterns for independence work. Unlimited setlists so every song has its own tempo, time signature, and notes. Apple Watch haptic clicks so you can practice silent in the middle of the night without bothering anyone. KEY FEATURES The Metronome - BPM from 30 to 300 - Accent on beat one, custom accents per beat - Subdivisions: quarters, eighths, triplets, sixteenths, dotted notes - Tap tempo with one finger - Time signatures from 1/4 through 12/8 plus custom Tempo Ramp Drills - Start slow, end fast: set start BPM, end BPM, ramp duration - Step mode: hold each tempo for a fixed number of bars before stepping up - Designed for double bass speed work and chops drills Polyrhythms - Two independent layers, each with its own subdivision - 3:4, 5:7, 2:3, 4:5, and fully custom ratios - Each layer has its own sound so you can hear both at once - Visual indicators that fire in sync with the audible click Setlists - Save unlimited songs with tempo, time signature, subdivision, and notes - Order songs into setlists for rehearsals and gigs - Cloud sync across iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch Apple Watch - Haptic click on your wrist with no audio needed - Independent metronome on the Watch even when iPhone is asleep - Control playback from the Watch face Built for Accuracy - Sample-accurate scheduling using AVAudioEngine - Latency compensation for Bluetooth headphones and external speakers - Engineered for under 5 ms jitter on modern iPhones - Consistent timing even under load WHO IS IT FOR Drummers who want a serious practice tool, not a toy. Guitarists, bassists, pianists, and anyone working with a click track will feel at home here too. If you need a metronome that does exactly what you tell it to do and nothing else, this is it. PRIVACY BeatBook stores your setlists locally and syncs them to your own iCloud account. We do not collect personal data. Anonymous usage signals help improve the app and can be turned off in Settings. REQUIREMENTS iPhone or iPad on iOS 18 or later. Apple Watch on watchOS 11 or later for haptic practice features. Questions or feedback? Reach us at support@mightys.app.
Drumless
Learn to play drums with your favorite songs. Generate drum notation from any song, play along with drumless backing tracks, and practice specific techniques. Offers personalized daily plans and a rudiment trainer that scores your timing.
- Generate drum notation from any song
- Play along to drumless backing tracks
- Loop and slow down sections
- Rudiment trainer with timing score
- Personalized daily practice plans
- Curated song library with synced notation
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Drumless turns the songs you love into drum practice. Bring in a song and you get drum notation in time with the music, ready to play along. Open the app and it asks one thing: what do you feel like doing today? Play a song, or practise. Pick one and you are behind the kit in seconds. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Play Any Song You Want Paste a YouTube link or upload an audio file. Drum notation appears in time with the music. No drum chart out there for your song? Drumless writes one for you. • Play Along to a Drumless Backing Track Upload an audio file and the drums are taken out, leaving you the rest of the band to play over. Your kit, the real song, nothing in the way. • Read Drum Sheet Music as It Plays The sheet follows the music, so you always know where you are. See every kick, snare, hi-hat and tom exactly when it hits. • Loop and Slow Down Tap any measure to loop the part that keeps falling apart. Drop the tempo until it is clean, then bring it back up. • Drums-Only Mode Hear just the drum part before you play it. • Today's Plan, Made for You Pick 10, 15 or 30 minutes and get a session for your level: a rudiment challenge, a groove or a fill, and a song to finish on. Only have a practice pad today? There is a pad plan too. • Grooves and Fills for Every Level Rock, funk, blues and metal grooves and fills, from beginner to advanced. Hear each one first, then play it at your own tempo. • A Rudiment Trainer That Listens Single strokes, double strokes, paradiddles, flams and rolls. Your phone listens through the microphone and scores your timing. • A Weekly Goal, Not a Streak Choose how many days a week you want to play. Miss a day and nothing breaks. Your week, your progress and your history live in one place. • Curated Song Library Human-reviewed drumless backing tracks with the notation already synced and checked. HOW IT WORKS 1. Search the library, paste a YouTube link, or upload an audio file. 2. Get drum notation lined up with the music. 3. Play along at your own tempo, loop any measure, and watch your week fill up. WHO IT IS FOR Beginners who want to read their first groove and know they are playing it right. Self-taught drummers who never learned notation. Cover-band players drilling a set list. Students practising between lessons. Anyone with a kit, an electronic set, or a practice pad and ten minutes. Built by a drummer, for drummers. No ads. Free to use. Download Drumless and start practising with real music.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Drumless at every 5 days against BeatBook's monthly. Drumless also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BeatBook ships an update monthly, Drumless every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BeatBook | Drumless |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 2.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Branko Borota | Dreamfrog |
In-app purchases
BeatBook
No in-app purchases
Drumless
No in-app purchases









