Desktop Metronome vs MagicBPM
Desktop Metronome
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| Figure | Desktop Metronome | MagicBPM |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 2 |
| Spec score · Metronome Apps | 8.0 (#8) | 8.1 (#7) |
| Purpose | Desktop Metronome is compact software for producing and displaying accurate tempos for musical practice. | MagicBPM listens through a microphone and measures music tempo in real time, with a built-in metronome and song identification. |
| Support | The support page invites questions and suggestions by email and says the maker will answer as soon as possible. | The maker accepts questions, bug reports, feature ideas, and purchase inquiries by email and says it reads every message. |
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In their own words
Desktop Metronome
Desktop Metronome has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
MagicBPM
MagicBPM listens through a microphone to measure music tempo in real time, with a metronome and song identification. Its BPM readout updates as music plays and shows a confidence indicator as the reading settles; a scrolling tempogram displays tempo changes over time. The metronome supports up to 300 BPM, eight time signatures, accented downbeats, and eighth-note, triplet and sixteenth-note subdivisions. It can listen while music plays aloud from services including Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube and Deezer. Tempo analysis runs on-device, and microphone audio is not recorded or uploaded. Song identification sends an acoustic fingerprint to Apple’s Shazam service, requires internet access, and is disabled on CarPlay and Bluetooth hands-free routes. The app does not import audio files: users measure microphone-captured sound or tap the beat. Apps are listed for Mac, iPhone, iPad and Android, with an Apple Watch metronome. The core app is free; iPhone and Android versions show ads, while the Mac app is ad-free.