Leave a Review Time Trainer Metronome
Drummer’s Review
For me, this metronome app is almost there - it’s very close.
Back in the day, I had an Alesis HR16 which I programmed in steps so I could have a click starting slow and moving up in increments to a target speed. Then it slowed down back to the start speed. I used to have to work out the steps manually and it was a hassle, but great until the HR16 died.
The step-up function in this metronome almost brings my HR16 experience back again, but there’s one problem; if I choose to create steps of ascending BPMs they can only be done in minutes. For a gradual speed-up it would be great to be able increase in 5BPM increments and at 15 second time intervals. In fact, if the whole timer system on the app had a seconds option then that would be great across the board.
The next thing which could do with improvement is the saving/editing a song process. It’s not very intuitive and if something is altered in a song a * symbol appears, but there’s nothing to prompt the user to save or discard the changes or save ‘as new’.
The final thing would be the ability to back up the settings to cloud or even locally on the device so if could be uploaded to cloud storage independently of the app.
Other than the above points, I really recommend this from a drummer’s POV. Well done Justin for creating this, I would have paid £3.99 for it so don’t be afraid to tweak it and make modest price increases when appropriate.Show lessthedrumdoctor
Multi-Useful
With the integrated timer this utility is really multi-useful! I like using it to time by bpm chord changes. I use Justin’s chord change app too, but this is great for on the fly and allows me to control the parameters: BPM and time. Also am planning on using the trainer for scales.Spyke68
Does the job.
The older reviews talk about prior versions, I can only comment on the current version as of July 2020. I’m guessing it’s been updated as some of the features apparently removed are back such as the TAP function. It appears to be a solid app that does what it’s meant to. I’ll be using it more in future for sure.Show lessWhittaz85
Support
Great app and supporting Justin’s worthy mission.MarvoGing
A simple metronome
Very handy. Nothing much to say here.KK Slider Jr
Great Apps
This app is innovative and awesome! I love all the different choices. Everything you need to improve your rhythm and timing to perfection.
Whoever developed this was a genius!eunchee
Good
Does all as described and works well with BodyBeat buzzer!!Bo-Kral
Metronome
Justin rocks, a great teacher, great personality, great at explaining things and his metronome is the perfect tool to work on your timing.
Thanks Justin for all that you do and provide for me to be a better guitar player.
Jeff Dlefty slinger
Mr
Hi Justin, just to say this app is really great, I have tried other apps that don’t work very well, I am a blind user, and use voice-over which is a screen reader on the iPhone you can contact Apple for more information about this but this app works really well enjoy your lessons as well thanks once again. BrianShow lessBriz Cake
I adore the Speed Upper trainer. Thank you!!!
Been using the Speed Upper almost exclusively for as long as I've been using this handy app. Very, very helpful for learning to speed up passages gradually. Thank you so much for designing such a useful practice tool!!!
One suggestion for future versions: When picking BPMs for the Speed Upper, I have to scroll through a list of numbers and this is a bit of a hassle as I change these often in my practice (eg. 90-120 for a minute, then 110-150 for 3 minutes, then 130-180 etc to move my speed up). Is it possible to make a keypad so I can directly type in my desired BPMs instead of seeking it through a long scroll?
Also would be a lovely bonus (but not super important) if I can stay in the Speed Upper function full time:
Right now the app main page is the metronome. From the main page there is an option for Trainers, from there I have to select the Speed Upper and pick my BPMs, then exit into the Trainers list, and then exit out to the metronome main page in order to use the BPM training.
Since I use the Speed Upper exclusively, including as a generic metronome (eg. 270-271 over 5min because the metronome only goes up to 260 BPM), I would prefer if I can just use an interface where I pick my start and end BPMs and time and just hit Go, without having to go back to the metronome main page. I hope this makes sense. But not super important. I love this app anyway. Thank you!!Show lessepricot
