# Time Trainer Metronome

> Accurate metronome with advanced training tools for musicians to develop time feel. (iPhone/iPad app by Justin Guitar.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/time-trainer-metronome/id502491350 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Justin Guitar](https://appshunter.io/developer/502491353)
- Category: Music, Education
- Price: $1.99
- Rating: 4.40/5 from 73 App Store ratings · 179 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 10.1 · 45 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2012-03-14
- Data updated: 2026-09-06
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/time-trainer-metronome/id502491350/reviews.md

## What is Time Trainer Metronome?

Way more than a metronome, the Time Trainer adds five training tools to help you develop your own internal sense of time!

This is an accurate and stable metronome (many metronome apps out there are not) and features:
• tap tempo (to work out tempos by tapping a button),
• countdown timer (for keeping your practice to schedule!)
• many different sounds (you like cowbell, wood or xylophone?)
• accent control (for odd time playing)
• visual metronome movement with a flash on the beat
• vibrate option (on each beat or just accent)

...but then we add to that with five training tools which will really help you develop your own time feel - essential for all musicians!

• Bar Breaks • will mute the metronome for a bar or more forcing you to keep your time solid and be perfectly synchronized when the clicks return! This is a superb exercise and will really help develop confidence in holding your tempo. You can adjust how many bars are solid at the start then how many bars are solid and how many bars are muted which will cycle for the duration of the session. You can also select "random" mode and a % of bars (that you set) that will be dropped for an even more challenging practice session!

• Random Beat Drop • does exactly what it says on the tin... some of the beats (clicks) will be muted at random, forcing you to be confident with your time and not rely on the click too much. Many people chase the beat or try and anticipate it, and this exercise will help you stop those bad habits! I've personally found that the "gradual" setting is most useful, a five minute session starting at 100% with more and more beats muted up to the % that you set.

• Speed Up • is a tool I have wanted for years for my own practice so now I made one. Often when working on scales, arpeggios or licks you want to start at an easy speed where you are playing it 100% correctly and gradually push your technique by playing it faster and faster. With this tool you set a start tempo, end tempo and duration of you practice session and off you go, no more stopping to bump the bpm up a few notches every minute!

• Step Upper • Many people requested that we make a programmable mode, most likely to be used to be able to move from one consistent tempo to another, rather than the gradual increase you get in the Speed Upper. You can program a tempo for X number of bars OR minutes :)

• Subdivisions • Another heavily requested feature was to add in subdivisions for those that need to hear them, and for super slow tempo's where having subdivisions can be really helpful!

I'm sure you will find all of the tools very useful, and of course you will find full support on the justinguitar community forum - please take the time to rate and review it, good things will help promote it and anything negative will help me improve it!

Wishing you many happy hours of practice :) Justin

## Key features

- Accurate and stable metronome
- Tap tempo functionality
- Countdown timer
- Customizable metronome sounds
- Visual metronome movement
- Bar Breaks training tool
- Random Beat Drop feature

## Chart rankings

- #105 in Top Paid · Music (US App Store)

## What do users think of Time Trainer Metronome?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🚀 Great for practice
- 👍 Straightforward, solid metronome
- 🚀 Extremely versatile
- 👍 Awesome
- 🚀 Multi-useful
- 👍 Does the job
- 👍 Support
- 👍 Simple metronome
- 🚀 Innovative and awesome
- 👍 Good with BodyBeat buzzer
- 👍 Works well with voice-over
- 🚀 Fantastic Speed Upper trainer
- 🚀 Longer bar breaks needed
- 👍 My favorite metronome app
- 👍 Time to shine
- 👍 Excellent tool
- 👍 Brilliant!
- 👍 Well thought out
- 👍 Excellent App
- 🚀 Brilliant speed up feature
- 👍 Superb app
- 👍 Excellent!
- 👍 Great app!
- 👍 Awesome!
- 👍 Excellent!!
- 👍 Great product
- 👍 Great app
- 👍 Excellent
- 👍 Fantastic
- 👍 Fantastic care and attention and great value

**Cons**

- 🐛 Freezes and needs to be deleted and reloaded
- 🔒 Cannot be used with Ultimate Guitar
- 🐛 Delay when you press play
- 🐛 Timer doesn't pause correctly
- 🐛 Training mode broken
- 🐛 Crashes on iOS 8
- 🐛 Tap tempo not working properly

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Training mode doesn't work
- Crashes on iOS 8
- Tap tempo not working properly

**Most requested features**

- Allow running on M1 computers
- Remember last settings for each trainer mode
- Ability to program tempo increases in smaller increments
- Ability to save/edit songs
- Ability to backup settings
- Longer bar breaks
- Landscape mode on iPhone
- Larger countdown timer
- More time signature options
- More flexible trainer mode options
- Ability to set starting and ending tempos for gradual increases
- Ability to stay in Speed Upper mode without going back to main metronome

## Recent user reviews (10 of 179)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/time-trainer-metronome/id502491350/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Excellent App.

*2025-08-09*

Best metronome I have used . Made me u understand rhythm even better because of the way it works

### 5/5 — Great for practice!

*2024-03-06, version 2.21*

The app is great and helps a lot in training for speed!

### 5/5 — 8)

*2024-02-11, version 2.21*

Thanks Justin

### 5/5 — Great value

*2023-05-13*

This app is extremely versatile. If you’re serious about your music then this is the one for you. Well worth the two bucks, American.

### 2/5 — Hicups

*2022-08-13*

Can use it for a couple of sessions then it freezes. I need then to delete the APP go to the App Store and reload. Nuisance when time is limited.

### 5/5 — Please allow us to run the app on M1

*2022-03-13*

It would be super useful to be able to run this app from M1 computer. Please enable it. Thanks

### 5/5 — Straightforward, solid metronome

*2022-03-04*

I am a beginner guitarist and needed a solid, no-frills metronome. This one is very easy to use and very reasonably priced. It has enough options for my needs. In his online guitar courses JustinGuitar strongly emphasises the need to practice with a metronome. I thought I had a good sense of rhythm and without that advice might have felt that a metronome was optional. Boy was I wrong! The metronome exposed just how unreliable I was. Programmes such as GarageBand have an inbuilt metronome but I find a standalone one much more useful. For example I practice my sight reading at the kitchen table over coffee with this metronome.

### 1/5 — Pointless

*2022-01-27*

Cannot be used with ultimate guitar

### 5/5 — 🥁  🪘🪘🪘    🥁  🪘 🪘 🪘

*2021-10-10*

This app is one of the most useful things I’ve ever found for improving my rhythm 🥁 work on the guitar 🎸. Only two bucks.  Highly recommend.

### 4/5 — Delay when you press play

*2021-05-14*

Really good metronome that I use every day, would be better if it started straight away though as syncing the metronome is impossible making it difficult to check tapped tempos against records etc

## Frequently asked questions about Time Trainer Metronome

### What does the Time Trainer Metronome app do?

This app provides an accurate and stable metronome with various sound options and visual feedback. It also includes five specialized training tools designed to help musicians develop their internal sense of time and improve their rhythmic precision.

### What are the key training tools available?

The app features 'Bar Breaks' to practice keeping time without clicks, 'Random Beat Drop' to avoid relying too heavily on the metronome, 'Speed Up' to gradually increase tempo, 'Step Upper' for programmable tempo changes, and 'Subdivisions' for hearing rhythmic divisions.

### Is this app free to use?

Yes, the Time Trainer Metronome app is offered for free. There are no in-app purchases or advertisements mentioned, indicating a completely free experience for users.

### What kind of devices is this app compatible with?

While specific operating system versions are not detailed, the app is designed for mobile devices. It is likely compatible with most modern smartphones and tablets running iOS or Android.

### How can this app help with music practice?

The app is ideal for musicians who want to enhance their timing and internal rhythm. The training tools specifically address common practice challenges, such as maintaining tempo during rests, developing confidence in holding a beat, and improving technical speed and accuracy.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.21 — 2018-01-12

This update from Apple will improve the functionality of this app. No new features are included.

This update includes some bug fixes and UI tweaks.

Thanks to everyone for your feedback.  Please keep telling us what you think about the app and how we can make it even more useful for you.

### 219 — 2017-12-18

Thanks to everyone for your feedback and ideas.  This update includes a pendulum display option and a setting to reset or retain the metronome settings each time you open it.

### 2.15 — 2017-11-28

Thanks to everyone for your feedback and ideas for the app.  This version includes tap tempo, landscape mode and individual sounds for each tick type.

### 2.07 — 2017-11-08

Thanks to everyone for your feedback and ideas.  This update fixes a bug in the Beat Drop Trainer.

### 2.00 — 2017-11-02

Thanks to everyone for their feedback and ideas for the app.  This update includes an all new layout for iOS11 with user defined songs and setlists.

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