Beat Scribe
A sketchpad for rhythm.
Beat Scribe is a composing tool for musicians. Sketch rhythm patterns on the staff in real note values — quarters, eighths, triplets, rests — layer drum parts, and hear your groove loop back as you shape it.
Out now for iPhone, iPad & Android.
What makes it different
Every other beat maker hands you a grid of cells or pie slices. Beat Scribe uses the actual rhythmic vocabulary — so it connects the symbol to the sound. It’s a beat maker that quietly teaches you to read.
Abstract cells. You never see — or learn — the rhythm you’re playing.
Real note values. Write it, see it, hear it loop. Symbol → sound.
What you can do
Quarters, eighths, sixteenths, dotted notes, triplets, and rests — straight onto the staff.
Hit play and your pattern loops back so you can feel it and lock in.
Stack grooves across snare, hi-hat, ride, bass drum, toms and cymbals on one staff.
Add swing or shuffle per part, and push or lay back the beat for a human groove.
4/4, 3/4, 5/4 and beyond, with a built-in metronome to keep time.
Save your patterns and share them with a tap — they open right back up in the app.
A look inside
For teachers & students
Because Beat Scribe works in real notation, it’s built for the classroom — practicing subdivisions, drilling sight reading and ear training, or composing a part. Generous and free for students; the full studio unlocks with a one-time purchase or a code.
Simple pricing
Enough to build and play a real groove.
No subscription. Pay once, keep it.