Drumr Notate
Compose Drum Music Fast
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad
iPad
Compose drum music in seconds — completely free. Real notation, instant playback, and one tap to practice your score in Drumr.
Drumr Notate — Compose Drum Music Fast
Real notation. Real playback. Completely free.
Write clean, professional drum notation in seconds and hear it back instantly. Every score you create is a standard MusicXML file you own — open it in any notation software, share it with anyone, and keep it forever. No account required.
Write It. Hear It. Play It.
Compose
- Note values from whole notes to 32nd notes
- Tuplets — triplets, quintuplets, sextuplets, septuplets, and ninelets
- Dynamics from ppp to fff, with crescendo and decrescendo hairpins
- Accents, flams, diddles, tenuto, ghost notes, open hi-hat markings, and marcato
- Time signatures and tempo marks
- Copy and paste notes to build patterns fast
Four Complete Instrument Palettes
- 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
Hear It Back
Play your score with built-in drum sounds — playback follows the tempo marks you write, from 30 to 300 bpm.
Practice It in Drumr
Tap Open in Drumr to turn your score into an interactive practice tool — follow along note-for-note, slow the tempo, and loop the hard parts. Requires a Drumr Premium subscription. Free 7-day trial.
Your Files, Anywhere
Scores live in the Files app and iCloud Drive — organize, back up, and share them like any other document.
Made for Speed
Fast, focused note entry with full hardware keyboard shortcuts.
Appearance
Choose Light, Dark, or System to match your device.
Compose in Drumr Notate. Practice in Drumr.
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Help/feedback: support.drumr.app
Privacy: privacy.drumr.app
Terms: terms.drumr.app
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- Improved handling of inserting and deleting measures with hairpins.
- Additional minor fixes and improvements.
Need help or have feedback? Visit support.drumr.app.
Now go write an awesome drum score!
The developer, Drumr Inc., indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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Information
- Seller
- Drumr Inc.
- Size
- 34.3 MB
- Category
- Music
- Compatibility
Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later.
- iPad
Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 26.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 26.0 or later.
- iPad
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Large Tip $9.99
- Medium Tip $4.99
- Small Tip $0.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Drumr Inc. All rights reserved.