PASIC vs Tempi
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PASIC
Navigate the Percussive Arts Society International Convention with this app. Browse the full schedule, save your preferred sessions, and get directions within the Indiana Convention Center. It's your essential guide to the world's largest event dedicated to drums and percussion.
- Browse full event schedule
- Save favorite sessions
- Navigate convention center
- Information on drums and percussion
- Details on all genres and forms
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Browse the full PASIC 2026 schedule, save the sessions you want, and find your way around the Indiana Convention Center. The Percussive Arts Society International Convention, or PASIC®, is the largest event of its kind – exclusively focused on drums and percussion in all its forms and from all genres – in the world.
Tempi
This app provides real-time beat detection and tempo analysis for musicians. It measures your band's tempo live while playing and allows for post-performance analysis to identify areas for improvement. It can also be used as a metronome alternative for individual practice.
- Real-time BPM detection
- Live tempo analysis
- Post-performance recording analysis
- Tap for tempo functionality
- Save and export recordings
- Nighttime theme option
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Tempi is a live BPM counter and beat tracking app. Think of it as a reverse metronome — instead of keeping time for you, it listens to the music and detects the tempo in real time. Whether you're a musician, DJ, or VJ, Tempi gives you a real-time tempo tracker that follows along as you play, with remarkable accuracy across every genre. * Listens while you (or your entire band) play * Reports the BPM (beats per minute) of your performance in real time with remarkable accuracy * Analyze your sessions to pinpoint and improve problem areas * Flash the screen on the beat with BeatSync * Sync pedals, loopers, and apps to the beat via Ableton Link * Tap for Tempo to quickly get a BPM reading at any time * Switch themes for easy nighttime use or just to suit your style * Save recording sessions for later analysis * Sync lighting, VFX, and other devices to the beat via Ableton Link * Graphs the BPM of tracks in your set over time * Includes an EQ visualizer * Fine-tune responsiveness, frequency filters, and detection sensitivity
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tempi at 72% against PASIC's 0%. Tempi also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 61 months). PASIC's advantage is price (Free vs $6.99). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
PASIC is free to download; Tempi costs $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PASIC ships an update every 61 months, Tempi every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PASIC | Tempi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $6.99 |
| Rating | — | 4.7 (336 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 72.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 336 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 61 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PAS (Percussive Arts Society) | Made by Windmill, LLC |
Customer experience
PASIC
Tempi
Bugs and requests
PASIC
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Tempi
Reported bugs
21 issues- Temple kept going down when playing faster
- Said playing 75 when clearly playing 104
- Said playing 120 when playing slow song at 60
- Freezes up after a minute
- Loses track of bpm and needs reset
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- App keeps saying 80 bpm when changed to 120
- Player stops when recording starts
- App stops when player app turns on
- Doesn't measure from players on same device
- Tempo detection is all over the place
- Doesn't work when playing audio from the same phone
- Manual tapping feature is terrible
- Listening feature doesn't know what sounds it's listening to
- Tempo changes drastically with simple audio changes
- Doesn't record longer than 30 seconds
- Incorrect BPM readings
- Suddenly changes BPM without variation
- Doesn't work with metronome
- Doesn't work with known dance music tracks (except Tango)
- Doesn't detect beat rate above 240bpm
- Doesn't understand syncopation
Requested features
17 requests- AUv3 support for MIDI rate
- Ability to send MIDI rate to other apps
- Listen to live drummer and sync other apps
- Calculate mean and standard deviation BPM
- Longer time frames on graph
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- More responsive to large tempo changes
- Turn off recording feature by default
- Shazam integration
- Add a sample and tell BPM
- Route BPM info to wireless mixer app
- Visual bar that changes color for tempo deviations
- Built-in metronome
- Option to not record
- Minimize app while using others
- Landscape mode support
- Longer free recording time
- MIDI Timecode or MIDI Clock output
In-app purchases
PASIC
No in-app purchases
Tempi
No in-app purchases
