Snare drum, Tenors, Basses, Cymbals, Xylophone, Marimba, Vibraphone, Metronome, Drumhead Tuner, Challenges, and Practice Pad Tools!!! In your pocket for the cost of a drum key. This app isn't for people who like drums or are drum-curious. This app is for those who can't stop drumming on anything and everything around them to the point where they are considered "disruptive" to their family, friends, and neighbors.
Honored by Apple as "New & Noteworthy" in the Music apps category and sits in the top 50 music apps most days.
This isn't some free tap app with canned sound effects and busted graphics. We're bringing the world's best drumming hardware to your fingertips. We've partnered with Dynasty USA Drums, Pro-Mark Drumsticks, Evans Drumheads, and Sabian Cymbals to deliver an optimized marching experience directly to your iPhone and iPad.
If you're reading this you're late. 1000s of drummers before you downloaded this app and continue to download it every day:
• All battery audio samples are professional recordings by DCI DVD sound engineer Jamie Vanadia at NoiseFloor Ltd. in Chicago
• All front ensemble samples are courtesy of University of Iowa Musical Instrument Samples (MIS) project (you guys rock!)
• In Snare: toggle between dynamics and standard modes
• In Basses and Tenors, toggle between Pro•Mark nylon and soft mallets while playing
• In Cymbals, perform crashes, crash chokes, taps, sizzles, sizzle chokes, hi-hats, and zings
• In Xylophone toggle between full keyboard and split layouts
• In Marimba toggle between full keyboard and split layouts
• In Vibraphone toggle between full keyboard and split layouts and operate foot pedal
• Choose a color theme to matches your drumline
• Play along with a metronome 30-300 bpm in wood block, metal, or "duts" mode
• Configure the practice metronome with subdivision and offbeats and all that sweetness you need
• Do the impossible: Tune your tenors or basses
• Test your phrasing memory with the memory game
• Test your BPM knowledge in the line leader game
• Test your single stroke roll speed in the Speed Test challenge with your drum pad
• Blazing fast touch responsiveness, literally to the limit of iOS
• It's a whole drumline in your pocket for less than a drum key. Are you kidding?!
Get all this when you buy now! Like no tricks.
Snare: Dynasty's MS-XD14 Marching Snare Drum
Tenors (5 drum and corps config): Dynasty's MT-680234 Tenor Drums in Corps Configuration with 6 inch and 8 inch shot drums
Basses: Dynasty's MB-18 thru MB-26 Bass Drums - 18", 20", 22", 24", 26"
Crash Cymbals: Sabian's Synergy HHX Cymbals - 18" and 20"
Plus NEW: Xylophone, Marimba, and Vibraphone
Memory Game
• Test your drumming memory through sound and visuals
• Test yourself on Snare, Tenors or Basses
• Drumline captains, this will put your titles to the test!
Metronome
• 30-300 BPM Metronome
• Subdivision of quarter, eighths, sixteenths, and triplets
• NEW Save and store presets
Drumhead Tuner
• Hit-and-hold detection captures pitch instantly and displays for 5 seconds
• Pre-configured for DCI specs with Low, Standard, and High tuning modes
• Smart harmonic correction finds the true fundamental, even on bass drums
• Built for marching percussion - no piano tuner nonsense, just drums
Line Leader Game
• Put your BPM senses to the test
• You get 8 beats, then you pick which of the 3 BPMs was that tempo
• The further you go the hard it gets!
Speed Test
• Challenge yourself to see how many taps you can do in 30 seconds!
Learn more at: http://drumlineapp.com
Join other drummers on Facebook (15000 likes and counting!!!): http://facebook.com/drumlineapp
Or X: http://twitter.com/drumlineapp
Yo! don't use real drumsticks on your device... you'll crack your screen and your friends will point and laugh at you! Let's try not to make this the bad, 1985. :)
This app is very good and useful, but one downside of using it on a smaller phone is not having enough room to play especially on tenors. A potential fix would be to allow the app to rotate into landscape mode, giving more space to work with. I also think it would be helpful to have more customization, like the ability to toggle rims on and off or create customplaying zones. These feature would make it a more flexible, enjoyable and user friendly app.
Developer Response
Thanks for the feedback! I’ll do it! Newest version now has rims and rimshots toggle for off or on and you can tap a button to go full screen in landscape. Thanks again!
Not the best
stewbedasso
I love the idea of this app and how innovative it is. It would get 2 stars if cymbals didn’t work or if it wasn’t innovative. This game tends to have many bugs and is overall unfinished. For the tenor drums, they work decently fine, just a little slow. I’d also advise you turn off rims for the tenors. Snare is kind of all over the place. Sometimes it doesn’t respond to hits and when you do tap it in a certain place it usually picks it up as a different hit. The chops mode does work though, just a bit slow. The basses probably work best apart from cymbals. They again don’t really cooperate and the tuning is kind of out of wack. There is an option to play just one individual bass which works quite well. I again, advise you to turn off rims for basses. Cymbals respond perfectly and are pretty fun if you ask me. Memory game is the worst one though. It’s stupidly funny how any time you tap the drum it either is super delayed or it doesn’t pick it up that you played that spot and plays a different one. It just needs a lot of fixing and needs to be finished. As cheap as I sound, it’s definitely not worth the $2 it costs. It it stays like this it needs to be free. I hope someone reads this and fixes this game cause I’d love it if it wasn’t so bugged out.
Great App, But Some Improvements Needed for Phones
iygdydgv
I love the Drumline app on my iPad—it’s a solid tool for drumming practice. However, using it on a phone is a different story. I often face issues with note registration on the tenors, snare, and bass drums. It’s frustrating when notes don’t register consistently. Additionally, the bass drums are puzzling; having two with the same pitch is confusing. I’d suggest arranging them in a clearer line instead of the current setup. These tweaks would make the app much more user-friendly on phones. Would I recommend you get this app? absolutely if you have an iPad but definitely not if you have a phone. Since the app works fine on iPad 5 stars but please fix the issues that I’m having.
Developer Response
Thanks for the great review. Let me know what you think of version 4
2 Main Problems
EveryUsernameisAlreadyTak3n
It’s a useful app for when i need to check what other’s play or check it to see how it lines up with my music. The problems are that where i touch on the drum does not correspond to where it’s being played (for instance i hot the center of the drum but registers as a rim click). The other problem is that it is a bit slow, but that isn’t as much of a big deal as the other one. I also don't exactly know how to do buzzes on the snare or tenors and there seems to be no control of dynamics. Suggestions: The UI also seems out of date and should maybe get a more modern and solid colored background instead of a gradient shadowy background. The app icon I do quite like actually and that should never change.
New in 4.1.0 - Front ensemble assembleeeee! We've added xylophone, marimba, and vibes to the app courtesy of University of Iowa Musical Instrument Samples (MIS) project. Their work provides an incredible foundation for high-quality, accessible musical tools like this one. The metronome now includes presets you can save and title. Game Center added to all challenges. We redesigned the Home Screen to get it ready for an insane level of updates coming soon!
4.0.3 - Included a new single stroke roll challenge. How many strokes can you do in 30 seconds?!
4.0.2 included enhancements to the tenors: use them in landscape and portrait, turn on off rims and rimshots, and swap between 5 drum and 6 drums corps configurations. Thanks for your feedback!
4.0.1 included minor bug fixes and improvements to the drumhead tuner.
4.0.0 - Got all new design, new remastered sounds, more responsive touches, dedicated practice metronome with subdivision, new drumhead tuner (insanely great), new line leader game, refined memory game, and so much more!
Version 4.1.0
The developer, John Ostler, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
Seller
John Ostler
Size
179.5 MB
Category
Music
Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.6 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 18.6 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 18.6 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 15.6 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
