In this article, we compare some of the best metronome apps for Android and Google Play users, from simple tempo references to more advanced practice tools.
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1. The Metronome App by Soundbrenner
Rating: 4.7 | Reviews: 54K | Downloads: 1M+ | Price: Free
Free:
- Highly reviewed metronome app on Android
- Visual indication
- Screen flash and visual beat indication
- 21 metronome sounds
- Tap tempo
- DAW connectivity
- Setlists
Pros:
- The core features of the Metronome app are free, with no distracting ads. Soundbrenner also makes haptic metronome hardware, including Soundbrenner Pulse and Soundbrenner Core 2.
You can also save setlists for rehearsals, practice routines, and live sets.
2. Pro Metronome by EUMLab – Xanin Technology GmBH
Rating: 3.6 | Reviews: 22K | Downloads: 5M+ | Price: Free with in-app purchases
Free version:
- 13 different time keeping styles, including a counting voice
- Real Time Playback technology for greater precision than a mechanical metronome
- Customize beat sounds, accents, etc.
- Tap tempo
Pro version:
- Access subdivisions and polyrhythm
- Triplets, dotted notes, odd time signatures
- Vibrations, flash, and visual modes
- Rhythm Trainer
Pros:
- It has an intuitive and good interface.
Cons:
- This metronome app has fewer features than other free metronome apps.
3. Tuner & Metronome by Soundcorset
Rating: 4.5 | Reviews: 171K | Downloads: 10M+ | Price: Free with ads and in-app purchases
- Chromatic tuner and metronome in one app, with adjustable A4 frequency
- One-touch practice recorder with visual feedback on your playing
- Flashlight, vibration, and visual metronome modes for loud environments
- Thousands of free sheet music pieces built in
- Selectable rhythm patterns and hands-free operation
- Supports transposed instruments such as B-flat clarinet and F horn
Pros:
- A genuine all-in-one practice companion: tuner, recorder, and metronome in a single app, trusted by one of the largest user bases in this list.
Cons:
- It is ad-supported and packed with extras, so the interface is busier than a dedicated metronome.
4. Metronome: Tempo / Tempo lite
Rating: 3.7 | Reviews: 1.8K | Downloads: 100K+ | Price: $1.49 (free Lite version available)
- Top selling paid metronome app
- 30 different time signatures
- 6 rhythm patterns
- Themes
- Pulsing LEDs
- Customize accents and beats
- Tap tempo
- 12 sound sets
- Save presets
- Setlists (cross-platform)
- Playback continues outside of app
- Control via Bluetooth
Pros:
- We love the attractive and comprehensive single-screen interface of this metronome app. Its flashing LEDs also serve as buttons to customize beats, enabling the creation of complex rhythms.
Cons:
- Some of its features are only available on the iOS version.
5. Metronome Beats by Stonekick
Rating: 4.8 | Reviews: 181K | Downloads: 10M+ | Price: Free/$3.99 for Pro version
- Speed Trainer
- Used for music but also to keep a steady tempo during running, dancing, etc.
- Visual beat indicators help you keep track of where you are in the bar
- Change pitch so you can hear the click easier over your instrument
- Timer function to stop the metronome
- Tap tempo
- Playback continues outside of app
- Subdivisions and accents
Pros:
- There is a button that links to their other music-related apps.
Cons:
- The Pro version has no extra features and only removes ads. For $3.99, we believe that other apps could offer more at a cheaper price.
6. Easy Metronome by Digipom
Rating: 4.9 | Reviews: 34K | Downloads: 1M+ | Price: Free with ads and in-app purchases
- Large visual beat display with up to 16 beats, each with adjustable emphasis or silence
- Tap tempo and precise tempo control
- Quick time signature and subdivision changes
- Wear OS smartwatch app with on-wrist control
- Home-screen widgets and a practice timer
- Themes with Material You color matching on newer Android versions
Pros:
- The highest-rated app on this list, and deliberately simple: you can start a steady click within seconds of installing, and the smartwatch support is unique here.
Cons:
- The simplicity cuts both ways: there are no setlists, polyrhythms, or programmable tempo sequences for advanced practice.
7. Metronomerous by Knoedelbart
Rating: 4.6 | Reviews: 10K | Downloads: 500K+ | Price: Free, no ads
- Subdivisions up to septuplets, including triplets and quintuplets
- Accents and individual volume for any sixteenth or triplet note
- Speed trainer with automatic tempo increments
- Silence mode that mutes bars to test your internal timing
- Programmable multi-section arrangements you can save and share
- Tempo by slider, tap, or numeric input, with Italian tempo names
Pros:
- The deepest rhythm programming of any app on this list, and it is completely free with no ads or in-app purchases.
Cons:
- All that power comes with a utilitarian interface that takes time to learn; even the developer admits it is not the prettiest.
8. Smart Metronome & Tuner by Ihara
Rating: 4.7 | Reviews: 8.4K | Downloads: 500K+ | Price: Free with ads and in-app purchases
- Three modes: Normal, Repeat (tempo increases automatically with each repetition), and Program (scripted tempo and time-signature sequences)
- Accelerando and ritardando within programmed sequences
- Natural sounds recorded from real metronomes and percussion
- Drum machine and loopable measures
- Tuning meter plus reference tones
- Full screen-reader compatibility for blind and low-vision musicians
Pros:
- The Repeat and Program modes are purpose-built for disciplined practice: it can walk a difficult passage up in tempo automatically or follow an entire piece's tempo map, and its accessibility support is the best on this list.
Cons:
- The tuner is basic, offering reference tones and a simple meter rather than a full chromatic tuner.
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