Metronome Plus vs PolyMetronome

Metronome Plus is an iOS app for musicians’ daily practice, recording sessions, and live performance. It uses real-time audio technology and includes training, practice, recording, and other modes. Users can set tempo, time signature, subdivision, polyrhythm, and accents, then save rhythms in the playlist manager or upload new ones. The app provides 16 sound options, multiple themes and backgrounds, and AirPlay support. Subdivision control and polyrhythm support are available, but tap tempo is not. The Free plan costs nothing and includes ads with no background play. The Full version costs $2.99, paid once, removes ads, and enables background play. Nighp Software describes itself as an independent app studio making mobile apps since 2012 and lists [email protected] for support. Its privacy policy says Firebase Analytics records screen-open and default events. Advertising platforms may collect device identifiers, MAC addresses, IMEI, coarse location, and IP addresses. App-use logs are stored locally and may be attached to support emails, with editing or removal available.

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.