v5.7 | Sat, Aug 22, 2026

Thanks for using Drum Notation by Beat Note!

NEW FEATURES

Stacked articulations: add more than one articulation to a single note, so you can write flam accents, cheeses (flam diddles), accented diddles and ghosted diddles the way you actually play them. Tap a note in the beat editor, then pick the second articulation from the row that appears on top. Stacked notes play back and travel with your beat everywhere it goes: audio, PDF, image and video exports, and shared links. Available on snare, toms, hi-hat and ride, with the most combinations on the snare. Thanks to everyone who voted for this one on the roadmap!

IMPROVEMENTS

Beats sync more reliably, especially after editing while offline.

BUG FIXES

Fixed rhythm counts appearing in exported PDFs where there is no note. Thanks to Andi for reporting this!
Fixed a triplet or other tuplet number overlapping a rest in exported PDFs.
Fixed beats coming back after you deleted them.
Fixed a crash that could happen when opening a beat in Practice right after the beat list refreshed.
Fixed a crash that could happen while scrolling quickly through Discover.
Fixed icons looking washed out or greyed, including the Play button, the tempo controls, the Edit Score menu and the My Beats card actions. This was most noticeable with Increase Contrast turned on in your iOS accessibility settings.

Remember to check out the Beat Note roadmap under the Settings screen to learn about upcoming features and vote on user-requested ones. As always, thank you for your support. This update also includes general bug fixes and performance improvements. Have feedback? Tap Settings → E-mail Derek. I'd love to hear from you!