Metronome Beats vs PolyMetronome

Metronome Beats plays a regular beat at a chosen tempo, mainly to help musicians keep time while practising or playing. The web app lets users set BPM, beats per bar, and clicks per beat, and adjust tempo in one- or five-BPM steps. It supports varied time signatures, including compound time, and beat subdivisions that do not assume every beat is a quarter note. Mobile apps add tap tempo and a speed trainer that changes tempo gradually by bars or seconds. The app also includes programmable drum patterns, multiple kits, and mixer controls. Pro adds setlists, songs with configurable sections, and a Live mode for moving through songs during practice or performance. The maker also describes uses for running, golf practice, and breathing exercises. Metronome Beats is available on Android, iOS, macOS, and the web. The free app costs nothing and contains ads and in-app purchases. The listed iOS Pro purchase costs 8.99 USD once; Android and iOS purchases are separate. The free Android version displays personalized ads.

PolyMetronome is a metronome for musicians building practice around complex rhythms. Simple Mode covers time signatures from 2 to 32 beats, tap tempo, subdivisions, and visual beat indicators. Poly Mode runs two metronomes together, with separate beat counts, volumes, stereo positions, and sounds. Alphabet Mode provides 32 subdivision patterns for 16th-note and triplet figures, with notation and multi-bar loops. Score Mode lets users assemble multi-section compositions with individual tempos, repeat counts, and speed-training settings, then organize scores in folders and sync them. Bar Muting can silence beats in cycles or randomly at an adjustable probability; Speed Trainer moves from a starting BPM to a target through linear or stepped changes. Practice Log records dates, notes, BPM, and duration. The app includes 13 sounds, beat flashes, vibration, beat-position indicators, two themes, and six languages. It runs on Android, iOS, and the web; the web app supports Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge. The free plan is free and includes Simple Mode.