Drumr Notate vs Rimshot Metronome
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Drumr Notate
Create, listen to, and share drum sheet music with this intuitive notation software. Features include a vast library of drum sounds, advanced notation tools, and performance analysis for practice.
- Intuitive note placement with drag-and-drop
- Playback with realistic drum sounds
- Extensive notation options for various drum types
- Performance analysis for practice
- Export to MusicXML and PDF
- Customizable appearance themes
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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/
Rimshot Metronome
This music app combines a metronome, show builder, and tuner. It allows musicians to map out entire pieces with changing tempos and meters, and includes practice tools like tap tempo and looping. It also features an instant tuner and background playback.
- Metronome with tap tempo and subdivisions
- Show builder for complex musical pieces
- Instant tuner with adjustable reference pitch
- Background playback with lock screen controls
- Practice stats and custom colors
- Cross-platform show sharing
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Rimshot is a metronome, show builder, and tuner in one clean app, made for music that changes tempo and meter. MET • 10–400 BPM, tap tempo, and subdivisions up to sextuplets • A range of click sounds SHOW Map out a whole piece and Rimshot clicks through every change for you. • Measure groups with their own length, tempo, and time signature • Tempo ramps, section letters, and per-beat accents • Count-in, plus looping to drill tough passages • Share shows between iPhone and Android TUNER • Listens instantly and shows the note and how many cents off you are • Adjustable A4 reference pitch ALSO • Background playback with Lock Screen and notification controls • Practice stats, custom colors, and light or dark mode • Works on phones and tablets, in any orientation
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Rimshot Metronome at none against Drumr Notate's 2. Rimshot Metronome also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Drumr Notate's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 2 weeks) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, ads 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. Rimshot Metronome asks for nothing beyond the download.
Rimshot Metronome holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
Drumr Notate ships an update daily, Rimshot Metronome every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Drumr Notate | Rimshot Metronome |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Drumr Inc. | NEIL DEMBLA |
Customer experience
Drumr Notate
Rimshot Metronome
In-app purchases
Drumr Notate
- Monthly7 Days trial$6.991 Month
- Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year
Rimshot Metronome
No in-app purchases
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