Metronome: Tempo Lite Reviews

by Songbirdie123

I realize there is a paid upgrade available, but it’s really annoying that I cannot open Metronome without going through their ads for their own upgrade. I’m a pro musician so I use my this app app frequently but there are several with the features I need and I’m approaching the frustration level where I may make a switch. If they were less aggressive about the upgrade, I would look into it on my own time and consider it, but when it greets me multiple times throughout my practice day and gets in the way of my work it comes off the wrong way.

by Azulcat500

There’s this glitch in Metronome where when I’m trying to change tempos by holding down the arrow, instead of systematically cycling by 10s through the numbers, it just speeds ahead and flips through super quickly into oblivion. It makes the function useless since I have to tap the arrow bit by bit to get from for example 70bpm to 100bpm. 30 taps is ridiculous.

by MV110

Middle school band teacher - I love Metronome and use it every day with my students. My greatest frustration is when you hold the “+” or “-“ to advance the tempo by 10’s, it rapidly goes through all of the tempos either up to 400 or down to 10, only stopping if you hit the button again. This makes it tough to get to your desired tempo quickly. I’m hesitant to pay for the full version for fear that it will have this same bug.

by WhiplashZamboniMan

Tested with VoiceOver on the lite version and upgraded to paid. There are just a few features that aren't accessible like altering the volume in app and the mode switcher. Changing tempo is also a little awkward at the moment. Overall, it's a great app with everything I could ask for. I hope they choose to make Metronome fully accessible in the near future but in the meantime it is still more than usable.

Update: There is a setting for modes and if you turn off all the modes except the one you want it will default to that mode.

by Pacosa Cattan

I’ve been using Metronome for a month now. I picked it because of the integration with the Apple Watch and now I’m going to try the paid version mainly because of the playlist mode for I gig I have. Its quite reliable, but sometimes phone and watch don’t synchronize well. It would be an outstanding app if that sync was fixed; and also if you sync the headphone’s play and pause buttons! Playing the drums doesn’t give you much personal space to hang the cellphone and coming back to it every single time is very tiring. Those details are the reason the user decides to stick to apps at the end.

by OptomisticGal

Every time I open Metronome an update pops up and it is super annoying
I wish it would ask that every other week not every day
Otherwise I love Metronome
The sound quality is good and I can easily count rhythms now!! Plus the tapping the beat you want it to be, that is a bonus!
Love it!! (｡◕‿◕｡)

by Some Tuna

All this app apps click. Metronome, Tempo, has a few added features that help me with practice: You can display an indicator for each beat in a measure. E.g. for 4/4 time you see four dots that flash in sequence. The second is the ability to auto increment the bpm. For example increase by 2 bpm every 30 sec.

It also has a feature to make presets that define a starting bps with an auto incrementor. Unfortunately there is no way to edit the preset. So if you gradually improve and want to change a preset from 100 bps to 110 bps for example, you can’t! You need to make a new preset. I hope this a bug or a bad UI that hides the ability to edit a preset, but in either case it mars a nice app.

by Sail33811

I like the sounds and the ability to change the subdivisions. I don’t like that you can’t rename a song in your set list... OR if you can... it’s not intuitive. I also think it’s confusing if you want to edit a song. It would be easier if they would just give you an “edit” button and a “save” button or option.

by Bassmanben5

So I purchased this because I like the fact that you can have a count down timer. Really helps with practice time and organizing how long you spend on each exercise. So I liked it so much I got the premium one and the setlist function is great! I put in what my exercises are and keep track of the bpm that way and over time crank it up. Plus you can customize the skin of it so I made my own of one of my favorite anime.

by MickeyDee's22

One of the best metronomes I’ve used in a very long time. One thing I like about it is that you can change between notes and BOMs while all still being able to listen to it with your phone (or iPad) is off!

by HaHeuHeaw

This is the best app and has been improving my piano skills. Without Metronome, I would never be able to catch up with the original speed. But I would like a speed faster than 800 please.

by Augerspring

I've used it for a couple years on both iPhone and iPad. It is stable and has an intuitive interface. Easy to program unusual meters, and easy to program set lists. Highly recommended!

by Joeq/

I’ve never used one, & now see the difference!!! Our group will start using it regularly at practice to build a natural timing routine!!!
Thank you, great purchasing items that are practical!!👍🎶

by Jasneskis

I’ve used it for a year and it allows me to start practice slow and correct and then gradually increase speed to play eventually at the correct bpm for the song.

by Cactusjack52

Nicely done. Clear, clean interface. Useful intelligent features.
I love that it goes up to 400 bpm as it gives me the choice
to not have to play double time because the this app can’t
go fast enough. Thanks for your generosity in offering this for
Free to all musicians.

by 이뿌냥

I play the flute, and I am always having trouble keeping the tempo of the music, especially playing new music. But while using Metronome, I have no more problems. Metronome also is very easy to use and self explanatory from the beginning. It’s also free! I would definitely recommend this.

by Perc1954

My students and I have been using Metronome for years. It is versatile, easy to use, and reliable, especially now in it recent stages of development. I am grateful to the developers for Metronome and hope that they have gotten something substantial out of its development: certainly, my musician students and I have. Greenville, South Carolina.

by Mix T

To be able to set up practice lists for rudiment exercises is one of the best things for me. I have various playlists set up that will take me either through a variety of beats per minute or for a set time. I also use it as a click during rehearsals. I have tried many free and a few paid apps. Tempo is the only one left on my phone. 😎

by Revkelly

It is made to be used, use it and your playing will improve.
Easy to work with, good sounds to play with, decent selection of meters to work with. With my conga playing and most percussion I use the standard 4/4. However I play a lot of Middle Eastern percussion so the 6/8 and 9 are vital to staying on track.
Recently started snare drumming, and being able to set number of measures for practice is awesome.

by Music Time Person

I’ve been using this for 5+ years and it works great. Lots of amazing features and super user-friendly.

A note for developers: The compound time signatures could use some work. I tend to use different accents for meters such as 12/8 or 9/8 and I wish it would let us use any type of grouping that we want. I also think there should be an option for x/16 time signatures such as 9/16, 13/16, etc.

by A Curious 7th Grader

I’ve been using it with headphones because as a 7th grade trumpet player I get off tempo sometimes and it really makes my teachers mad! Metronome is so fun, the only thing that bothers me is the premium membership ad they always pop up but overall amazing

by Rose🤪😬

It’s exactly what I was expecting and it is easy to use and usually when I download an app it takes me awhile to figure out how it works but with Metronome it only took me a few minutes this is a very good app to use

by Sneezy Mcsneeze

Every now and then, I hear that the this app skips a beat if it plays too long. Maybe I’m just hearing things, but I definitely heard it skip a beat very clearly. Other than that, it’s a great app!