Flying Beat vs Rhythm+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flying Beat
Develop your musical rhythm skills with a vast library of patterns. Practice at your own pace with real-time feedback and adjustable difficulty. Improve sight-reading and rhythmic recognition for any instrument.
- Thousands of rhythm patterns
- 26 time signatures
- 8 difficulty levels
- Adjustable speed
- Real-time performance feedback
- Look ahead mode
- Instrument selection
- Both Hands mode
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This app is to train and develop your ability to read and perform musical rhythms accurately. You can practice almost all the rhythm patterns you may encounter, no matter what level of your music skills are. These countless patterns are arranged in increasing difficulty levels. Simply follow the animation and metronome to tap, and you will see how well you are playing in real-time. Make good use of this app, you can definitely improve your ability of sight-reading and rhythmic recognition. Features: • Practice rhythm by playing a game—scores and performance feedback keep every session engaging • thousands of rhythm patterns to explore • 26 types of time signature and 8 difficulty levels for each • allow adjusting the speed to be at your comfortable pace and conquer difficult patterns • intuitive real-time response to show how well you play for each note • “Look ahead” mode makes your eyes always ahead of your hands • various instruments to select just in case you get bored with any of them • Challenge “Both Hands” mode if you play two-hand instruments such as piano • More features are coming…
Rhythm+
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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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Flying Beat at $2.99 against Rhythm+'s $8.99. On update cadence, 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
Flying Beat costs $2.99 and Rhythm+ $8.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Flying Beat ships an update every 3 months, Rhythm+ every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flying Beat | Rhythm+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 — better | $8.99 |
| Rating | 3.5 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 22.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Plearn LLC | Berserk Software AS |
In-app purchases
Flying Beat
No in-app purchases
Rhythm+
No in-app purchases
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