Drumr Notate vs Drummer Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Drumr Notate
Create and share drum music compositions quickly. This app offers a comprehensive set of notation tools for various drum instruments, allowing you to hear your music and export it as a PDF or MusicXML file. It integrates with a practice tool for enhanced learning.
- Compose drum music with detailed notation
- Multiple instrument palettes (Drum Kit, Marching Snare, Tenors, Bassline)
- Playback with built-in drum sounds
- Export scores as PDF and MusicXML
- Integrates with Drumr for interactive practice
- Keyboard shortcuts and intuitive interface
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Notation software made exclusively for drums. Write a groove, work out a fill, or build a part for the line. Write it. Hear it. Share it. Made for speed Drag a note over the score to see where it fits before you drop it. You can also tap notes into place or use keyboard shortcuts. Repeat notes, duplicate measures, and copy and paste to build the part fast. Notate handles beams and rests as you write. Hear it back Hit play to hear your part, accents and ghost notes included. Built-in drum sounds follow your tempo marks from 30 to 300 bpm, with a metronome to keep the beat. Everything you need to compose. - Note values from whole notes to 32nd notes - Tuplets — triplets, quintuplets, sextuplets, septuplets, and ninelets - Dynamics from ppp to fff, crescendo and decrescendo hairpins, and score-wide Accent/Tap dynamics - Accents, marcatos, tenutos, staccatos, flams, drags, ruffs, diddles, ghost notes, and open hi-hat markings - Add sticking and text to explain how the part should be played, or show sticking with Berger notation on Marching Snare - Per-measure tempo marks from 30 to 300 bpm and time signatures from 2/4 to 13/8 - Beams group themselves from the meter, compound meters included, with manual override - Rests consolidate automatically Built for the whole drumline. Four complete instrument palettes, with more than 100 sound and technique combinations. - Drum Kit — snare, bass drum, hi-hats, toms, and cymbals, plus cowbell, tambourine, clave, and gock block - Marching Snare — rimshots, cross-sticks, buzz and press rolls, backsticks, stick shots, stick clicks, ping shots, gock blocks, cowbell, and ribbon crasher - Marching Tenors — all six drums, with rim clicks, rimshots, buzz and press rolls, crossovers, stick shots, stick clicks, and skank - Marching Bassline — all five drums, with rim clicks, rimshots, buzz rolls, stick clicks, and unison hits Wrote it? Now practice it. Take the part to the pad or kit. Tap Open in Drumr to follow every note, loop the hard bars, build the tempo with speed training, and get Performance Analysis on your own music. Available on iPhone, iPad, and Macs with Apple silicon. Requires Drumr Premium, with a free 7-day trial. PDF and MusicXML Your scores live in the Files app or iCloud Drive as standard MusicXML files. Send one to another drummer and they can open and play it free in Notate. You can also share or print a PDF. Appearance Choose Light, Dark, or System, with preset or custom theme colors. Start writing Try writing and editing free for 7 days, then subscribe to keep composing. Opening, playing, and printing scores is free. No account needed. — Help/feedback: https://support.drumr.app Privacy: https://privacy.drumr.app Terms: https://terms.drumr.app Apple EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Drummer Notes
This app uses AI to analyze songs, isolate drum tracks, and generate sheet music. It features an interactive studio for practicing, allowing users to mute drums, adjust tempo, and loop sections. All processing is done on-device for privacy and offline use.
- AI drum transcription
- Studio-grade stem isolation
- Adaptive difficulty levels
- Mute drums for play-along
- Pitch-preserving tempo control
- Practice loops
- PDF export
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Learning drum parts by ear no longer has to take hours. Drummer Notes analyzes any song you own, isolates the drum track using state-of-the-art on-device AI, and transcribes it into crisp, readable drum sheet music. Then, step into the interactive practice studio: mute the original drum track to play along with the band, slow down tempo without changing pitch, and loop difficult fills until you nail them. No cloud uploads. No subscription required to start. 100% private and works completely offline. ================================== TURN ANY SONG INTO DRUM SHEET MUSIC ================================== • Instant AI Drum Transcription: Import MP3 or AAC files from the Files app, or import directly from your local Apple Music library. • Studio-Grade Drum Stem Isolation: Advanced neural networks cleanly separate drums, bass, vocals, and other instruments right on your iPhone or iPad. • Professional Drum Notation: Clean percussion clef notation with standardized drum kit positions for kick, snare, hi-hat (closed/open), toms, ride, and crash cymbals. ================================== ADAPTIVE DIFFICULTY LEVELS ================================== Learning a song shouldn't be all-or-nothing. With one tap, adjust the score to match your exact skill: • Beginner: Simplifies the beat to kick, snare, and steady quarter-note hi-hats. Eliminates complex ghost notes and 16th-note runs so you can groove immediately. • Intermediate: Adds crash, ride, and 8th-note variations while maintaining clean, readable bars. • Advanced: The complete, uncompromised transcription including ghost notes, intricate cymbal patterns, and lightning fills. ================================== YOUR PERSONAL PLAY-ALONG STUDIO ================================== • Mute the Drums (Minus-One Tracks): Silence the recorded drum track and play in the drummer’s seat alongside the real singer, guitar, and bass! • Pitch-Preserving Tempo Control: Slow down from 100% down to 50% speed without altering pitch or introducing robotic distortion. • Practice Loops: Set custom start and end loop markers to drill tricky fills and transitions measure by measure. • Synchronized Beat Highlighting: Follow the score with real-time visual beat tracking that stays locked to playback. • Play Notes Synthesizer: Hear how the notated drum score sounds with built-in drum audio. • 16th-Note Grid Quantization: Snap complex syncopations to a clean rhythmic grid whenever you need strict timing reference. ================================== EXPORT & PRINT ================================== • High-Resolution PDF Export: Turn your custom transcriptions into beautiful, printable sheet music charts for your music stand, rehearsals, or students. ================================== 100% PRIVATE & OFFLINE ================================== Unlike cloud-based separators that charge per song and upload your audio to external servers, Drummer Notes runs completely on Apple Silicon using Apple's Neural Engine. • Zero data leaves your device — your music stays your music. • Practice anywhere — works on airplanes, in soundproof rehearsal studios, and offline stages. • Fast processing with zero server queues. ================================== DRUMMER NOTES PRO (OPTIONAL UPGRADE) ================================== Get started for free with full access to transcribing your first 3 songs, complete practice mode, and all difficulty levels. Upgrade to Drummer Notes Pro to unlock: • Unlimited song library imports & transcriptions • High-resolution PDF sheet music export • Completely ad-free experience • Available as a simple one-time lifetime purchase! Take your drumming to the next level. Download Drummer Notes today and play your favorite songs on your kit tonight!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Drumr Notate at 4.8 against Drummer Notes's 1.0. Drumr Notate also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). Drummer Notes's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Drumr Notate sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Drummer Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Drumr Notate holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | Drumr Notate | Drummer Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Daily | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 310 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Drumr Inc. | Yaniv Kalsky |
Customer experience
Drumr Notate
Drummer Notes
In-app purchases
Drumr Notate
- Monthly7 Days trial$6.991 Month
- Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year
Drummer Notes
- Full Upgrade$9.99









