Beat Scribe

Nathan Street

In-app purchases

About this app

Beat Scribe is a rhythm sketchpad for drummers, music students, and music teachers. Write a groove on a clean manuscript staff, tap play, and hear it loop back instantly — no notation degree required.

Place notes by value and they line up left to right like a sequencer, so building a rhythm is fast and visual. Layer multiple tracks on a shared staff to stack kick, snare, hats and more, all locked in time.

FEATURES
• Manuscript-style staff — write rhythms the way they look on paper
• Notes, rests, triplets, and beamed figures
• Multi-track — layer voices on one shared timeline
• Tap play to loop; drag the tempo to scrub BPM
• Built-in metronome (digital or traditional click)
• Per-track mute and level faders
• Light and dark "aged manuscript" themes
• Save, load, and share your patterns

FREE & PRO
Free gives you snare + hi-hat and two tracks — enough to sketch a real groove. Beat Scribe Pro unlocks the full concert/jazz kit, more tracks, and saving, loading, and sharing. One-time purchase. No subscription, no ads.

Whether you're working out a fill, teaching subdivisions, or capturing an idea before it's gone, Beat Scribe keeps it as simple as writing it down.

What’s new

Enter BPM by tapping or scrolling it.
Some bug fixes.