Comparison

StickTime vs Drum Coach

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

Head to head
About

StickTime

Features
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Turn your practice pad into a coach. StickTime pairs the full reference library of drum rudiments with a metronome that tracks how fast you can play each one, so every session builds toward a number you can watch climb. The 40 International Drum Rudiments, done right: - All 40 rudiments, grouped into the four families every drummer learns: rolls, diddles, flams, and drags. - Each rudiment shows its sticking pattern, a short how-to, and a difficulty level. - A visual and haptic metronome with a tempo ramp that climbs hands-free while you play. - Personal best BPM for every rudiment, with a tempo-climb chart and a goal you set. - Practice routines: line up rudiments with target tempos and run them one after another. - A session log with a daily streak and your total practice time. - Groove notes on any rudiment, so the fix you found last week is there next week. - A daily practice reminder to keep the streak alive. - Syncs across iPhone, iPad, and Mac with iCloud. Free and Pro: - Free includes 8 rudiments across all four families, the metronome, routines, streaks, and stats. - Pro unlocks all 40 rudiments and your full tempo history, and adds CSV and PDF export of your bests, sessions, and reports. StickTime Pro is $3.99 USD per month, $24.99 USD per year, or $59.99 USD once for lifetime access. Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. Cancel anytime in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions; cancellation applies at the end of the current period. Terms (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Drum Coach

Features
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Your practice pad has a coach now. Drum Coach₊ listens while you play. Put your phone on the pad, play along with the click, and watch every stroke land on a timing grid - scored, sorted by hand, and summed up in plain language. No camera. No sensors to buy. Just the microphone you already have, analyzed entirely on your phone. WHAT IT TELLS YOU - A timing histogram of the whole rep - see your early rush and late drag, not just one vague score - Evenness by hand - right vs left measured in milliseconds, so you finally know which hand drags - Mean and spread for every rep - watch your spread shrink week over week - Plain-language verdicts - "Tight. Your left is out of step with the other hand." EARN EVERY TEMPO The tempo ladder only moves you up after two reps at 90 percent. No guessing whether you are ready for the next BPM - the app tells you when you have earned it. ALL 40 RUDIMENTS, FREE Every PAS rudiment ships free with notation, sticking and demos at three speeds. Practice any of them with the metronome and the listening grid. The free tier is a complete practice tool, not a teaser. TRACK THE WORK - Day streaks and weekly session goals - A ladder heat map across all 40 rudiments - Every session kept - accuracy, tempo, spread, hand balance - Export your full history to CSV anytime PRIVATE BY DESIGN Audio is analyzed in real time on your phone. It is never recorded, never stored, never uploaded. When the rep ends, the audio is gone. ONE PRICE, FOREVER Drum Coach₊ Pro is a single one-time purchase. It unlocks listening scores on every rudiment. No subscription. No dark patterns. The free tier stays free. Privacy Policy: https://pandataps.com/drum-coach/privacy Terms of Use: https://pandataps.com/drum-coach/terms

Screenshots

StickTime4 screens
Drum Coach4 screens

Verdict

The call

StickTime and Drum Coach are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. StickTime sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Drum Coach sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
StickTime versus Drum Coach: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStickTimeDrum Coach
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperInnovaLabWorksPanda Taps LLC

In-app purchases

3 purchases

StickTime

Subscriptions2
  • StickTime Pro1 Month trial$5.991 Month
  • StickTime Pro$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • StickTime Lifetime$49.99
1 purchases

Drum Coach

One-time1
  • Drum Coach₊ Pro$9.99

Questions

Is StickTime free?
StickTime is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Drum Coach free?
Drum Coach is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do StickTime or Drum Coach have ads?
Neither StickTime nor Drum Coach shows ads.

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