Drumeo teaches you to watch.
DrumShed teaches you to practice.
Drumeo is a video lesson platform — you practice their material. DrumShed builds yours: any exercise you can describe, configured exactly, run hands-free, and scheduled into a plan. Here's how they compare.
Different tools, different jobs
| Capability | Drumeo | DrumShed |
|---|---|---|
| Video lessons | ✓ (extensive) | — |
| Professional instructors | ✓ | — |
| Play-along songs | ✓ (2,500+ transcribed, Drumeo+) | ✓ (iOS, your Apple Music library) |
| Standalone timing-drill system | — (basic tempo tools) | ✓ (10 configurable drill engines — all free) |
| Build your own custom drills | — | ✓ (any meter, subdivision, sticking) |
| Beat builder | — | ✓ |
| Fill builder | — | ✓ (36,700+ stickings) |
| AI pattern generation | — | ✓ |
| Pattern editor | — | ✓ |
| Custom multi-drill sessions | — | ✓ |
| Multi-day practice paths + calendar | — | ✓ |
| Video export | — | ✓ |
| Community patterns | — | ✓ |
| Web access | ✓ | — (iOS & Android apps) |
| Monthly price | From $25/mo ($229/yr) | Free · $5.99/mo · Founding Member — $179.99 one-time (lifetime) |
They work well together
Watch a Drumeo lesson to learn the linear groove or the new fill, then open DrumShed and put it under a click until it's yours. Watching is how you learn it; reps are how you keep it.
Choose Drumeo if...
You want video instruction. Drumeo's instructors are world-class — nobody's arguing that — and Drumeo+ adds 2,500+ transcribed songs to play along with. If learning new material is the bottleneck, it's the best there is.
Choose DrumShed if...
You want a practice tool that structures your time behind the kit. Drills, builders, and AI generate the exercises. You do the work.
“this app is like having a personal drum coach in my pocket” ★★★★★ · jtc180, App Store review
Active practice tools, not passive video
Free on the App Store & Google Play
The ten timing drills — all free
A click tells you where the beat is. It will never tell you what to do about it — that is the part these ten add. Each aims the metronome at one specific weakness and drills it in reps, and every setting on these screens is yours to change.
All ten are free — no card, not a timed trial. See every drill explained.
Every drummer needs
a home base.
Learn from Drumeo. Practice with DrumShed.