Bounce Metronome Pro vs True Metronome

Bounce Metronome Pro is a visual metronome for musicians practicing time, rhythm, and tempo. Its rhythm options include odd time signatures, flexible subdivisions, swing, drum rudiments, polyrhythms, additive rhythms, and rare rhythms. Tempo controls include tap tempo, fractional BPM, gradual changes, silent intervals, speed drills, and automatic switching between tempos and rhythms. Musicians can follow bouncing visuals, conducting patterns, and beat or sub-beat counts, or use silent metronome mode. Pro also includes accents, selectable instruments, chord accompaniment, stereo panning, and MIDI output for VSTi and sound fonts. The maker describes accessibility features for blind, visually impaired, and deaf musicians. The download includes a full-featured 30-day Pro trial that users can start when they choose. After that, animations pause every few seconds and audio times out after a few minutes unless an unlock key is purchased. Pro costs $29.99, paid once for Windows desktop; the current download can run on Linux using Wine.

True Metronome is a metronome app for musicians, with a pendulum display, Italian tempo markings, and natural reverb sound. It supports tempos from 20 to 400 BPM, custom time signatures, and subdivision control. Its frame-accurate audio engine is designed for precise timing, while practice tracking displays daily, weekly, and monthly progress. Beat Detection uses a microphone to identify tempo from an audio source in real time. The maker says this processing happens on the device and audio is never recorded, stored, or transmitted. The web version works in modern browsers without a download and includes tap tempo and pendulum animation. The free version requires no account and has no ads during practice, but free users can use Tap Tempo up to five times per day. Free includes two skins and one bell accent. True Metronome Pro costs 9.99 USD once and adds unlimited Tap Tempo, a Tempo Trainer, live tempo detection, presets, more subdivision patterns, and other features. A special skin costs 0.99 USD once. The app is available on Android, iOS, macOS, and web.