Easy Metronome vs MagicBPM
Easy Metronome
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| Figure | Easy Metronome | MagicBPM |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 6 | 2 |
| Spec score · Metronome Apps | 9.2 (#2) | 8.1 (#7) |
| Device support | The maker lists Android phones, tablets and Chromebooks, iPhone and iPad, Mac, Wear OS, and Apple Watch support. | The app supports Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android phones, and an Apple Watch metronome; listed minimums are macOS 15, iOS 18, iPadOS 18, watchOS 11, and Android 9. |
| Purpose | Easy Metronome provides a steady beat for music practice, lessons, and live performance. | MagicBPM listens through a microphone and measures music tempo in real time, with a built-in metronome and song identification. |
| Support | Google Play lists support at [email protected]. | The maker accepts questions, bug reports, feature ideas, and purchase inquiries by email and says it reads every message. |
Plans
Easy Metronome
- FreeFree
- Free appFree
- Drums & percussion pack$1.49, paid once
- Instrument pack$1.49, paid once
- Meditation pack$1.49, paid once
- Pro version$1.99, paid once
In their own words
Easy Metronome
Easy Metronome provides a steady beat for music practice, lessons, and live performance. Tempo ranges from 1 to 999 BPM and can be entered as a whole number or decimal, or set by tapping along. Beat controls allow 1–16 beats per bar, 12 time signature presets, subdivisions, and adjustable emphasis for each beat. Included sounds are digital, drum, metronome, sine, and wooden block; additional sound packs are optional in-app purchases.
The practice timer can run for up to 9 hours, 59 minutes, and 59 seconds. Visual options include up to 12 light and dark themes, with wallpaper-colour matching on Android 13 and later. The app is listed for Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows. The maker also lists support for phones, tablets, Chromebooks, Mac, Wear OS, and Apple Watch, plus tiles, widgets, and shortcuts. Playback can start via Bluetooth or ignore Bluetooth start requests. The maker says no account or sign-up is required and there are no interrupting ads. Easy Metronome was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Quebec, Canada.
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.