Description
YOUR DRUM PRACTICE ROUTINE. JUST PRESS START
Stop wasting the first ten minutes deciding what to play tonight. You build the routine once — the exercises, lessons, and rudiments you care about. Drum Journal runs it from your music stand every day, listens to your hits on a real practice pad, and logs the reps. Show up, press start, get better.
DELIBERATE PRACTICE, EVERY TIME
Open the app. The routine you built is queued, timed, and ready to run. Warm-up, rudiments, the YouTube lesson you're working on, laid out the way you want them. No deciding what to play tonight. No setup tax.
A ROUTINE THAT LISTENS
The built-in sticking coach uses your device's microphone to hear you play on a practice pad. Real feedback on your timing, dynamics, and consistency — built into your routine, not a separate tool.
PRACTICE WITH MUSIC, NOT JUST A CLICK
Pick a mood: Drift, Ember, Grit, Strut, Bounce, or Triplet — and a backing track plays behind the metronome, automatically matched to your tempo. Rudiment practice stops feeling clinical and starts sounding like a room. Accent beat 1 and balance the click against the music so your reference stays clear under the groove.
PRACTICE TO ANY VIDEO, AT ANY SPEED
Drop any YouTube drum lesson into your routine. Slow it down, loop the hard bar, mark the section that's killing you. Drum Journal sits on your music stand and stays out of your way.
PROOF THE PRACTICE IS WORKING
Every session logs automatically. Streaks, time on each rudiment, whether your timing is tightening week over week. Show up daily and watch the data confirm what your hands already feel.
LEARN FROM OTHER DRUMMERS
Browse exercises shared by other drummers. Pick what fits your level, drop it into your routine.
FREE TO PRACTICE. PRO TO SEE IF IT'S WORKING.
Everything you need to build and run your routine is free: exercises, the sticking coach, YouTube practice, streaks, session logs, and background music in the Drift mood. Drum Journal Pro unlocks advanced analytics — see whether your timing is actually tightening, whether one hand plays inconsistent flams, whether your routine is moving the needle. Pro also unlocks the full background-music mood pack, per-exercise history, community sharing, and data export.
The practice is simple. Showing up is hard. Drum Journal makes showing up the easy part.
SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS
Drum Journal Pro is available as a monthly, annual, or lifetime subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel subscriptions in your Apple ID account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial, if offered, is forfeited upon purchasing a subscription.
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Nouveautés (v2.1.1)
BUGS FIXED
- The app now recognizes your bluetooth headphones more reliably.
PRACTICE WITH MUSIC
Rudiment practice doesn't have to feel clinical. Pick a mood and a backing track plays behind the metronome, automatically matched to your tempo.
- 6 moods, tempo-matched: Drift, Ember, Grit, Strut, Bounce, and Triplet. Choose a vibe; the track stretches to lock to your exact BPM. Drift is free for everyone; the full mood pack is part of Pro.
- A better metronome: Accent beat 1, and set the click and music volumes independently so the reference stays clear under the groove.
OTHER CHANGES
- A new headphone warning tells you when speaker mode will skew your results
- You can now use different headphones without the need to re-calibrate
- Exercise history at a glance — Jump straight from any library exercise into its full practice history