Comparison

Music Theory Rhythms vs Rhythm+

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

Music Theory Rhythms

Enhance rhythmic and polyrhythmic skills with customizable exercises. Practice hand independence and improve sight-reading through a variety of note values, time signatures, and tempo settings. Save and print results for progress tracking.

Highlights
  • Rhythmic and polyrhythmic skill development
  • Hand independence exercises
  • Customizable time signatures and measures
  • Variety of note and rest values
  • Adjustable tempo with accuracy feedback
  • Printable grade book for saved results
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Teachers, students and professional musicians: Work on your rhythmic and polyrhythmic skills. Develop better hand independence with two lines of rhythms. From very simple to nearly impossible. Sight reading rhythms won't be a problem anymore. Includes a 'Grade Book' list of all saved results that you can print or send. Customize: • Time signatures: 2/4, 3/4, 4/4 or 5/4. • Number of measures: 4 to 16. • One or two lines of rhythms. • One, two, or three pitches per line. • With or without rests. • Any combination of note/rest values you want: Whole, Half, Quarter, Eighth, Sixteenth, Dotted Half, Dotted Quarter, Dotted Eighth, Triplet Half, Triplet Quarter, and Triplet Eighths. • Exclude grading note durations to better test percussionists or to focus on accuracy alone. • Listen to the rhythm before and after you attempt playing it. • Tempo 30 to 150 bpm. The required accuracy of attacks and sustains changes with the tempo selected, so if you slow down the rhythm, you need to be more accurate. Likewise, faster tempos will give you a bigger 'window' but it'll be going by faster. • On/Off scrolling line of current location. The Grade Book is filterable by name. Grades include the name, date and time the quiz was taken, all relevant settings (note values included, rests, length, etc.), and score (percentage and letter grade).

About

Rhythm+

Features
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Finally, Rhythm+ is here! After many years’ experience as musicians, we’ve never found a metronome that could do everything we wanted, therefore we are proud to present Rhythm+. Rhythm+ is an extremely accurate, user-friendly metronome packed with features and boasting a simple design. In Rhythm+ there is emphasis on easy accessibility, so no maneuvering through menu after menu cluttering up the screen. Offering everything the best professional metronomes do and more, Rhythm+ has a very intuitive ‘Pendulum Mode’ where you can make and adjust rhythmic figures. In pendulum mode as well as working with common beats and subdivisions you can access more advanced polyrhythmic functions, a unique feature to Rhythm+. What we consider to be perhaps the greatest strength of Rhythm+, (and where it differs from the best of the other metronomes), is the ‘Rhythmic Notation’ mode. In the rhythmic notation mode, you are not limited by a selection of ready-made rhythms, but with a clear ‘note keyboard’ you can input exactly the rhythms you want regardless of how complex. Working with up to 4 simultaneous staves (and as many bars as you want) you can easily input simple rhythmic patterns or complex polyrhythms. So, on the one hand you can input a drum groove (hi-hat, snare bass drum etc), alter the feel with flexible swing features add repetitions or even meter changes; and on the other hand, you can create your own time signatures to work with, create irrational rhythms, tuplets within tuplets and a myriad of other unique features. Regardless of the mode you work in, with Rhythm+ you can automate the tempo and select from a range of sounds with the added option of assigning different sounds and volume levels to each of the 4 tracks which you can then store in presets. In our view, Rhythm + is perfect as an educational tool. You can easily enter and play the rhythm you want to teach and or learn, without having to use complicated and expensive notation software. An especially useful feature of Rhythm+ for teachers is the ability to store and share exercises in the many levels of folders and sub-folders. Our ambition - to create the simplest, yet most powerful metronome on the market. So whether you are a seasoned pro or a new beginner we believe you will find Rhythm+ a most valuable tool. Enjoy! Key features: - Professional metronome - Rhythmic notation - Pendulum - Precise timing - Intuitive and easy to use - Huge sound library with programable presets - Practice mode with automated tempo changes - Tempo (tap/swipe) with range from 20 to 500 bpm - Advanced save/playlist with share functionality - In-app light and dark mode Pendulum mode: - Beats - Subdivisions - Polyrhythm Notation mode: - Easy to use notation keyboard - Note/rest values from 1/128 - double whole note - Dots, ties and marcato - Rhythmic notation in up to four staves and as many bars as you want - Navigation arrows with editing features like delete, insert or replace note/rest - Advanced time signature tool with 31 predefined time signatures and possibility to create advanced custom time signatures - Advanced adaptive tuplet tool that matches the most professional music notation software. Possibility for tuplets in tuplets. - Repeat tool - Advanced playback features: - Play click on/off with option to select click sound and click volume - Count in measure(s) - Swing 8th or 16th with possibility for continuous adjustment from light to hard swing. - Loop on/off with option to loop selected bars Playlist: - Save items with title and description text - Add or delete folders and sub folders - Reorder items in folders - Rename items/folders - Update saved items - Share items and folders(mail, airdrop) - Backup items/folders to iCloud

Screenshots

Music Theory Rhythms4 screens
Rhythm+4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Rhythm+ at every 2 months against Music Theory Rhythms's every 36 months. Rhythm+ also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). Music Theory Rhythms's advantage is price ($3.99 vs $8.99). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Music Theory Rhythms costs $3.99 and Rhythm+ $8.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Music Theory Rhythms ships an update every 36 months, Rhythm+ every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Music Theory Rhythms versus Rhythm+: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMusic Theory RhythmsRhythm+
Price$3.99 — better$8.99
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 36 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPatrick Q. KellyBerserk Software AS

In-app purchases

None

Music Theory Rhythms

No in-app purchases

None

Rhythm+

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Music Theory Rhythms free?
Music Theory Rhythms costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rhythm+ free?
Rhythm+ costs $8.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Music Theory Rhythms or Rhythm+ have ads?
Neither Music Theory Rhythms nor Rhythm+ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Music Theory Rhythms or Rhythm+?
Music Theory Rhythms ships an update every 36 months, and Rhythm+ every 2 months. Most recently, Music Theory Rhythms was updated on November 1, 2026 and Rhythm+ on October 25, 2026.

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