# Cadence Keeper: Run Metronome — Running & cycling metronome

> Running & cycling metronome (iPhone/iPad app by Cow Cow Technologies LLC.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cadence-keeper-run-metronome/id6773580694 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Cow Cow Technologies LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/924502488)
- Category: Health & Fitness
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 13 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Chinese (Simplified, China), European Spanish and 1 more
- Released: 2026-06-01
- Data updated: 2026-08-20
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cadence-keeper-run-metronome/id6773580694/reviews.md

## What is Cadence Keeper?

Cadence Keeper is a free, dead-simple cadence metronome for runners, cyclists, and anyone training to a tempo.

Dial in a target BPM (40–240), hit play, pocket the phone. The click sits on top of your music at full volume and keeps ticking with the screen locked — so you can hold your stride or pedal cadence without thinking about it.

Drive it from anywhere — every surface stays in sync, so you never wonder which one is right.

• Apple Watch app — full remote on your wrist. Big BPM readout, Digital Crown to dial the tempo, ±1 buttons, play/pause. The phone keeps the click; the watch just drives it.
• Smart Stack widget on Apple Watch — current BPM and play/pause at a glance.
• Home Screen widget — small shows current BPM at a glance; medium adds tap-to-control ± and play/pause right from the home screen.
• Lock Screen Live Activity — bump the BPM or pause without unlocking.
• Dynamic Island — same controls, one tap away.
• Control Center toggle — start and stop without ever opening the app. The icon flips to a pause state while playing so you can see what's going on.

Great for:
• Runners working on stride rate (~170–185 spm is the usual target)
• Cyclists holding a steady pedal cadence on climbs or flats
• Rowing, jump rope, lifting tempo work — anything tempo-driven
• Coaches who want a no-fuss beat for drills
• Anyone tired of metronome apps cluttered with subscriptions and modes

What you get:
• Sample-accurate tick that stays locked over long sessions — no drift
• Plays over your music at full volume, with the screen locked
• Slider + ± buttons for quick BPM changes
• Works fully offline — no account, no feed, no subscription

Free to download — no subscription, no account.

Set it. Pocket it. Run.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.4.0 — 2026-08-14

See the beat

- The play button can now show the beat: a ring around it fills once per tick, so your cadence stays visible even when the click is silenced. Switch it on under Display in Settings.
- The Dynamic Island shows a metronome while the click is running, so one glance tells you it is still going.
- Settings gives the visual controls their own Display section, and the new options are translated into all ten languages.

### 1.3.1 — 2026-08-12

Bug fixes and polish.

- Turning the click back on restores your last volume, so a slider at zero is no longer a dead end.
- Your Apple Watch gets the tick sound you actually kept, not one you auditioned and cancelled.
- Starting the metronome right after auditioning a sound no longer offsets the first few beats.
- The tick-sound tip waits for your first play, so it can't cover the play button.
- Better contrast on the tick-sound name in Settings.

### 1.3.0 — 2026-08-09

Pick the sound you run to.

• Twelve tick sounds instead of one — Click, Beep, Blip, Chirp, Clap, Clave, Cymbal, Drum, Pop, Snap, Tick and Tock. Tap the sound name right on the main screen, or find it in Settings.
• Hear each one before you commit: the picker plays every sound as you scroll it, and only keeps the one you choose.
• Change the sound mid-run and the beat keeps going — the new voice takes over on the next bar, so your tempo never skips.
• Your Apple Watch plays the sound you picked, too.
• A new Credits screen thanks the artists behind the samples.

Plus clearer controls on the main screen and better contrast throughout.

### 1.2.8 — 2026-08-04

Minor bug fixes and accessibility improvements.

### 1.2.7 — 2026-07-29

Minor bug fixes and accessibility improvements.

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All apps by Cow Cow Technologies LLC: https://appshunter.io/developer/924502488

## Related topics

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