OFFBEAT vs Super Simple Drum

OFFBEAT is a rhythm training app built for ska punk and jazz musicians. ■ Train the "gap" a metronome can't teach you Just tapping along with a metronome doesn't build the feel you need on stage. OFFBEAT focuses on the genre-specific placement of rhythm — offbeats only, the third note of the swing triplet, the 2 & 4 backbeat — and visualizes your timing error in milliseconds. ■ 6 specialized training modes - Offbeat Master (free) — the 8th-note offbeat that underpins ska cutting - Swing Pocket (free) — the "third triplet" feel of jazz time - 2 & 4 Backbeat — the shared backbone of jazz and ska - Silent Keep — hold your internal groove through bars of silence - Tempo Sprint — survive accelerating tempos without rushing - Call & Response — hear a phrase, play it back ■ Output latency calibration Measures the output delay of your earphones/speaker and folds it into the judgment, resolving the feeling of being "off" when you're actually on time. That said, since Bluetooth latency itself fluctuates, please use wired earphones or a speaker. ■ Built to keep you coming back - Three 30-day lesson courses (All-round / Ska focus / Jazz focus) - Day-streak tracking with a weekly one-day protection freeze - Timing diagnosis after every session: are you rushing or dragging? - Score, accuracy and average offset recorded every run [Pricing] - The app is free to download. - "Offbeat Master" and "Swing Pocket" are free forever, with no time limit. - A single purchase unlocks the other four modes (2&4 Backbeat, Silent Keep, Tempo Sprint, Call & Response) and all three 30-day lesson courses (All-round, Ska, Jazz). - This is a one-time purchase, not a subscription. Once you buy it, the content listed above is yours to keep. - After reinstalling or switching devices, use "Restore Purchase" in Settings. ■ Privacy All play data stays on your device. Nothing is transmitted (see the privacy policy for details). For you if: - You play in (or want to join) a ska punk or jazz band - You can follow a metronome but can't sit in the groove - You've ever been told you rush on the offbeats — From the developer I've played in a ska punk band and spent years touring the jazz cafés of Japan, yet I never trusted my own sense of rhythm. Metronomes and method books didn't fix it. "It isn't talent — there has to be a way to train this." So I built it with the one skill I did have: programming. That's how OFFBEAT began. Not for people who already have rhythm, but for those who struggle, like I did. Starting with ska and jazz — and someday, for every player, in every genre.

Build your rhythm, one groove at a time. Super Simple Drum brings drum patterns, visual playback and hands-on practice together on iPhone and iPad. Explore grooves and fills, hear how the parts fit together, and work through patterns at your own pace. EXPLORE GROOVES AND FILLS Browse 608 bars across six chapters, from rock and funk to jazz, Latin rhythms and more. Choose a style and discover patterns to practise. SEE THE RHYTHM Follow colour-coded rhythm lines and a 3D drum kit, or switch to drum notation. Mute individual parts to focus on how each instrument contributes to the groove. PRACTISE AT YOUR PACE Adjust playback tempo, repeat patterns and use the click to keep your place. Break a rhythm down before bringing it back up to speed. TAP WITH TWO HANDS Use the left and right pads in Tap Practice on iPhone. Follow the hand parts while the app handles the kick, then review timing feedback and try again. No drum kit is needed for tap practice. LEARN SONGS IN SMALL PARTS Explore repeating patterns and practise individual sections before playing through a full arrangement. BRING YOUR OWN MUSIC Import MusicXML or MIDI drum arrangements and keep your songs together in one place. BUILD A PRACTICE SONG Arrange patterns into a song to put your grooves and fills in context. An optional one-time in-app purchase unlocks all bars for the song builder. Download for free and start with a rhythm.