Drummer Notes vs MIDIHuman Comp
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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!
MIDIHuman Comp
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MIDIHuman Comp is an AUv3 MIDI processor for the chord part — organ, piano, pads, guitar. It makes no sound of its own: your chords go in and come out on their way to your instrument, played the way a comping player would play them — a little different every time round. It never writes new chords for you. It works on top of what you play: variations happen only on the steps you mark, only as often as you set, and always on the chord your loop plays there. HUMANIZE AND GROOVE - A chord lands a little late now and then — the whole chord together, never smeared into a strum — and velocities move - Quantize toward a grid and add swing LEARN - Hears the key — or set it yourself - Remembers the chord on every 16th (up to six notes each), in loops of 1, 2, 4 or 8 bars, and names it - PLAY keeps the learned chords going by themselves; FREEZE keeps them exactly as they are VARY AND FILL - On a chord: an octave on top, the next inversion, a top note that leans and resolves, a staccato chop, a re-strike - Between chords: organ stabs, and chords that arrive early - Eight chord fills — inversion climbs and drops, stabs, triplet stabs, doublings, a drop-out, an anticipation. Tap FILL or set Auto Fill - Swaps: move everything an octave, or spread the voicings from close to open PRESETS - Factory presets: Organ Stabs, Gospel Push, Soft Pads, Funk Chops, Harmony Lines - Your own presets and stored chord loops; host parameters for automation - A searchable User Guide inside the plug-in WITH THE MIDIHUMAN FAMILY Load MIDIHuman Drums, Bass or Lead in the same host session and they find each other: one shared groove, fills that start and hit together, and a FOLLOW fader for each sibling. - One shared key with Bass and Lead; voicings kept above Bass and below Lead - Sends your chords to Bass, so its walks and fills follow your changes - Harmonize: now and then doubles Lead's line a 3rd or 6th below - With Drums: lean on the kick and sit in its pocket Each MIDIHuman app is sold separately and works on its own. REQUIREMENTS - An AUv3 host that loads MIDI processors and provides tempo and transport. Tested in Loopy Pro. - A chord sound after it — an AUv3 instrument, another app or hardware. - Without the host's clock it still humanizes; learning, variations and fills need the clock. - iPad and iPhone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Drummer Notes at Free against MIDIHuman Comp's $3.99. Drummer Notes also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.5). MIDIHuman Comp's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On 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
Drummer Notes is free to download; MIDIHuman Comp costs $3.99 up front. Drummer Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MIDIHuman Comp asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Drummer Notes | MIDIHuman Comp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 310 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yaniv Kalsky | BRADLEY WAYNE MYERS |
In-app purchases
Drummer Notes
- Full Upgrade$9.99
MIDIHuman Comp
No in-app purchases









