Metronome Beats vs Tempo by Frozen Ape

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.

Tempo by Frozen Ape is a metronome app for Android and iOS, with free Lite editions and paid versions. The iOS app supports tempos from 10 to 800 BPM and lists 35 time signatures, six rhythm patterns for simple meters, and three for compound meters. Users can save presets in setlists and share them by email as Tempo files or text; Android setlist files also work with iOS. On iOS, practice tracking can count bars or elapsed time and stop playback when a chosen limit is reached. The listed audio and display options include 14 sound sets, voice counting, vibration, stereo panning, pulsating LEDs, and full-screen display. The app also lists support for external input devices such as AirTurn, iRig BlueBoard, PageFlip Cicada, and headphone remotes. Tempo Lite is free on both platforms, with in-app purchases; the Android Lite edition contains ads. The paid Android app costs $1.49, paid once, and the iOS version costs $2.99, paid once. Both paid editions include in-app purchases.