# The Metronome by Soundbrenner — user reviews > 2,114 indexed App Store user reviews of The Metronome by Soundbrenner by Soundbrenner, rated 4.70/5 from 47,685 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-metronome-by-soundbrenner/id1048954353/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-metronome-by-soundbrenner/id1048954353.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 39,902 · 4★ 4,767 · 3★ 1,413 · 2★ 452 · 1★ 1,151 ## What do users think of The Metronome by Soundbrenner? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Excellent metronome app - 👍 Easy to use and customize - 💡 Versatile features like subdivisions, time signatures, and sound options - 👍 Helpful for improving timing and rhythm skills - 👍 Great for practice and performance - 👍 Seamless integration with Soundbrenner wearable devices **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional crashes or glitches - 🐛 Connectivity issues with Soundbrenner devices - 🔒 Concerns about data collection and privacy - 🔒 Subscription model limits basic functionality **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes on startup - Metronome beats become desynchronized at higher tempos - Saved songs/playlists randomly deleted after updates **Most requested features** - Add ability to create custom songs/playlists with specific measures and tempo changes - Improve sync between app and Soundbrenner devices - Expand sound library and allow more customization - Add landscape mode support for iPad - Improve practice session tracking and analytics ## Newest reviews (17 of 2,114) ### 4/5 — Great *2026-09-03, version 1.43.0* It’s a great metronome app has dotted rhythms and it’s easy to use I definitely reccomend ### 4/5 — Click *2026-08-25, version 1.43.0* It clicks it good ### 5/5 — Extremely helpful *2026-08-22, version 1.43.0* Very well thought out and helpful software. Just what i wanted. The developers are a little chatty on the client communication side, emails and offers, they do have a good product so u wish then well. I am still using the free version, but will pay for it. ### 5/5 — A really great practice tool *2026-08-22, version 1.43.0* This metronome is straightforward but pretty comprehensive in its features. ### 5/5 — Metronome app is good *2026-08-21, version 1.43.0* Awesome metronome app! ### 5/5 — How I love your app *2026-08-21, version 1.43.0* I absolutely love this app and I use it almost everyday!!😄😄 ### 3/5 — Problem with incremental tempo increase *2026-08-20, version 1.43.0* I just paid for a years subscription in order to use the incremental feature. The last bar before the increase is cut short! This means there’s an awkward timing issue at each tempo change. Luckily I still have the first week trial, I’ll find another app ### 4/5 — Good *2026-08-20, version 1.43.0* THIS IS PRETTY GOOD THATS ALL I CAN SAY ### 5/5 — Ms. *2026-08-20, version 1.43.0* Excellent metronome ### 5/5 — Review *2026-08-19, version 1.43.0* Metronome is superb with practice ### 4/5 — အရင်းနှီးဆုံး *2026-08-18, version 1.43.0* နှလုံးသား ### 3/5 — Soundbrenner review *2026-08-17, version 1.43.0* Amazing app… although I would like the tuner to have a “trumpet b flat” option. As well as this I would love it if there were more things that are FREE. ### 4/5 — tuff *2026-08-16, version 1.43.0* It’s a great app but I wish you could turn off the advertisements for free ### 3/5 — Good *2026-08-16, version 1.43.0* My violin teacher picked this out and it’s so good and kind of annoying when you turn your phone of you can still hear it and also when I am playing I can’t hear it ### 5/5 — Plush , helps sort out the strangeness of 12 four and 6/4 feels *2026-08-14, version 1.43.0* Palmas examples in 12 four are easy to represent with this tool. I’m excited about watching my Library build. ### 5/5 — Simply the Best *2026-08-13, version 1.43.0* Soundbrenner is the best metronome out there. I use it daily. I also have the Soundbrenner Pulse, which is great. If you are a musician, you need Soundbrenner. ### 4/5 — . *2026-08-12, version 1.43.0* It’s a really good app but it’s very inconsistent like sometimes when I use the net it will slow down or speed up ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Battery leak *2026-09-06, version 1.43.0* The latest version of the application drains significant battery when the app is backgrounded and not being used. App is constantly topping the battery drain charts with all activity in the background. ### 1/5 — Plus *2026-08-18, version 1.43.0* Everything requires the subscription exept the core future but the core future is worse than other completely free metronomes ### 1/5 — Whatever *2026-08-16, version 1.43.0* Have not used it much ### 1/5 — 99% Ads 1% Metronome *2026-08-10, version 1.43.0* There’s not a single corner of this app without an ad. To hide a banner with advertisement on it you need to be a premium subscriber 😂 the page with metronome has ads for headphones 😂 to increase storage limits for whatever reason, you are required to create an account 😂 Y’all are a fin joke. ### 1/5 — Forced friction *2026-08-08, version 1.43.0* Not recommended. Wait a few seconds to open, close the promotional ads then you can use the metronome. ### 1/5 — Monthly paid metronome? Lol *2026-08-04, version 1.43.0* They made a full-on subscription service from a simple metronome. You can’t even find the metronome in the app easily because it’s full of slop. But the reason why I uninstalled was that the app was consuming all of my battery WHILE NOT EVEN RUNNING. I opened it for 2 minutes and minimized it, then it consumed 20% battery every time. ### 1/5 — Como chingan *2026-07-27, version 1.43.0* Quiero practicar y salen mil ventas , y que a fuerza haga correo , aunque haga correo nadie checa su correo no estamos en el 2001… déjenos usar el metrónomo agusto ### 1/5 — Lacks basic user functionality *2026-07-15, version 1.42.9* Screen orientation is locked to portrait. Requests for orientation functionality have fallen on deaf ears. I have sent suggestions to the developers to no avail. (Minus one star for this…) Other user functionality that is not addressed is the use of bluetooth pedals. I use AirTurn bluetooth pedals and they work on EVERY OTHER metronome app. Pedals work for a moment, and then it places a cursor in the BPM number on the metronome page. No way to get this “out” of the “edit” mode without touching the screen with your finger; hence, totally negating the reason for the pedals. (Minus one star for this…) The good is: it is a plan, so multiple users can use it to practice without passing a device around. Our church uses this for all drummers and all services. It has a great count in (although, it sometimes glitches), multiple time signature options, and easy recall from songs already in your “master” list (finally). Would I recommend it? Short answer: no. Long answer: if you don’t care about screen orientation or inability to use bluetooth pedals, yes. Good luck, and happy drumming! UPDATE 1/25/25: Still no landscape layout, still glitches (I automatically close the app and restart it every time I get on stage to avoid the “munchkin” count in glitch), and, lately, it doesn’t save songs in the “song list” when you create them- or maybe every once in a while at best. Still my least favorite temp app that is more concerned about you buying their accessories than listening to users. If it is ever up to me, we are ditching this app at our church… UPDATE 6/9/26: In grand Soundbrenner fashion, they continue to make trash apps. This lovely little gem seems to not be cross-platform friendly. As I am typing this from my MacBook Pro, I can’t even edit my setlist by searching my archive! I’m not even joking! It will NOT let me put a cursor into the search bar to type a song title…lol! I thought they couldn’t outdo themselves when they didn’t allow spaces between words when searching, but I stand corrected! This is by far the worst app I’ve ever been forced to use (church uses it). Well, I guess I’ll use my phone to make the setlist. Here’s crossing my fingers that my MacBook will sync…I’m guessing that’s the next thing to go…But, hey! You can change the color of the instrument! Yay… UPDATE 7/15/26: Absolute trash app. The whole update promise just is not happening. You can’t search your master list for song title; it is, literally, impossible to place the cursor in the search bar. I have to use a phone and then sync my MacBook in order to use it live. If you only want to use a phone or tablet, I’m sure this will be amazing - oh, wait! It won’t! There is a reason I started using this app on my MacBook because the Lollipop Guild from The Wizard of Oz sometimes counts off, the screen orientation prohibiting landscape mode, and well…being able to read the app is important are the main ones. If your church, group, etc. is considering this, don’t. There are free apps that are better than this, and I can’t say enough bad things about it. If I have ANY say in continuing with this awful app, we will ditch it as fast as we can… ### 1/5 — yet another jr swe app *2026-07-11, version 1.42.9* long hang on start trying to spy over the network connection severed (airplsne mode is on) followed by a crash- startup 5sec watchdog most likely fires ### 1/5 — Lacks basic user functionality *2026-06-10, version 1.42.9* Screen orientation is locked to portrait. Requests for orientation functionality have fallen on deaf ears. I have sent suggestions to the developers to no avail. (Minus one star for this…) Other user functionality that is not addressed is the use of bluetooth pedals. I use AirTurn bluetooth pedals and they work on EVERY OTHER metronome app. Pedals work for a moment, and then it places a cursor in the BPM number on the metronome page. No way to get this “out” of the “edit” mode without touching the screen with your finger; hence, totally negating the reason for the pedals. (Minus one star for this…) The good is: it is a plan, so multiple users can use it to practice without passing a device around. Our church uses this for all drummers and all services. It has a great count in (although, it sometimes glitches), multiple time signature options, and easy recall from songs already in your “master” list (finally). Would I recommend it? Short answer: no. Long answer: if you don’t care about screen orientation or inability to use bluetooth pedals, yes. Good luck, and happy drumming! UPDATE 1/25/25: Still no landscape layout, still glitches (I automatically close the app and restart it every time I get on stage to avoid the “munchkin” count in glitch), and, lately, it doesn’t save songs in the “song list” when you create them- or maybe every once in a while at best. Still my least favorite temp app that is more concerned about you buying their accessories than listening to users. If it is ever up to me, we are ditching this app at our church… UPDATE 6/9/26: In grand Soundbrenner fashion, they continue to make trash apps. This lovely little gem seems to not be cross-platform friendly. As I am typing this from my MacBook Pro, I can’t even edit my setlist by searching my archive! I’m not even joking! It will NOT let me put a cursor into the search bar to type a song title…lol! I thought they couldn’t outdo themselves when they didn’t allow spaces between words when searching, but I stand corrected! This is by far the worst app I’ve ever been forced to use (church uses it). Well, I guess I’ll use my phone to make the setlist. Here’s crossing my fingers that my MacBook will sync…I’m guessing that’s the next thing to go…But, hey! You can change the color of the instrument! Yay… ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — The best *2026-09-07, version 1.43.0* Does exactly what you need it to and a little more, big fan ### 5/5 — Great Job! *2026-09-02, version 1.43.0* This app is truly awesome. Thank you for so much! I use this as a percussionist and this has helped me keep up with my practicing. Thanks! ### 5/5 — This is the best metronome app *2026-09-02, version 1.43.0* I’ve been using this app for a long time, it’s reliable and easy to use, basically your ideal metronome app! ### 5/5 — Great Tool *2026-08-31, version 1.43.0* Love the watch. watchband replaced under warranty! Excellent support and backup up by Sweetwater! ### 5/5 — Plus *2026-08-31, version 1.43.0* Everything requires the subscription exept the core future but the core future is worse than other completely free metronomes Addendum to dev response: i get the subscription being there i just think the free version is worse than other free metronomes but I understand that the lack of adds helps make up for it and i can appreciate the Lack of adds im just a bit annoyed at the subscription being there because im cheap and stingy ### 5/5 — Great metronome right up front *2026-08-29, version 1.43.0* No gimmicks to get access to a nice metronome with good features for adjusting tone and skipping beats ### 5/5 — Great metronome app. *2026-08-28, version 1.43.0* Excellent app. Easy. Does everything I need. Haven’t seen any glitches — just works. ### 5/5 — It can’t do simple things only very complicated things *2026-08-27, version 1.43.0* Initially, I bought the core one the concept is great. The problem was it was very dependent. All I wanted was the thing to tap me on any tempo. I said it if I said it to 66 I just wanted to be on 66 And then I could set it to 70 or 80 or whatever simple simple simple But the core one could not do that. I had to use the app and get the app out to play with it if I wanted to set the exact tempo So I was told that the court too I could exactly as I want so I could see the number on the watch. You see the core one you can’t see the number on the watch you have to look at which just makes it way too much work for me and also because I’m trying to use a different music apps while I am so this stupid app was just creating traffic. I was told that the core too. I could just do the thing that I wanted to set it on the watch not use the app to send it to the number I want and be done with it But now that I’m watching these videos and these tutorials, I can’t do that. It’s complicated. So I’m sure for you people who wanna have apps going in earphones and sync your band together and little practice sheets, and you details is probably good for you But for a guy who just wants a metronome to tap his wrist it’s it’s terrible. So I don’t know if my two star review is fair I’ll give it but it really depends on what you want it for if you want complicated science project this is your thing ### 5/5 — Good free tuner *2026-08-26, version 1.43.0* Amazing ### 5/5 — Rb stone *2026-08-25, version 1.43.0* Great app --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-13.*