Comparison

Flying Beat vs Flash Metro

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Thousands of rhythm patterns
  • 26 time signatures
  • 8 difficulty levels
  • Adjustable speed
  • Real-time performance feedback
  • Look ahead mode
  • Instrument selection
  • Both Hands mode
Features
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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…

About

Flash Metro

A beautifully designed metronome app offering high-quality sounds and customizable colors. Control tempo, sounds, and colors with Siri Shortcuts and manage it from your lock screen with a dynamic widget.

Highlights
  • High-quality sound options
  • Customizable color themes
  • Siri Shortcuts integration
  • Dynamic lock screen widget
  • Tap tempo functionality
  • Fullscreen flash mode
  • Background audio support
Features
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Flash Metro is a simple beautifully designed metronome with high quality sounds and gorgeous colors. Flash Metro fully supports iOS Shortcuts. Use iOS Shortcuts to create presets to control Flash Metro from lock screen, or with Siri. Colors: Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Purple White Sounds: High Woodblock Mid Woodblock Low Woodblock High Cowbell Low Cowbell Hi-hat Snare Drum Kick Drum iOS Shortcuts Toggle Metro Toggle Flash Toggle Mute Set Tempo Set Click Set Color Simple Design Simple Controls Tap Tempo Fullscreen Flash Tempo Range of 1 - 999 BPM Clicks with 22µs Accuracy Adaptive Layout Flawless Background Audio

Screenshots

Flying Beat4 screens
Flash Metro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Flash Metro at 4.2 against Flying Beat's 3.5. Flash Metro also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (50% vs 22%). Flying Beat's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Flying Beat costs $2.99 and Flash Metro $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Flash Metro holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of Flying Beat's written reviews are positive against 50% of Flash Metro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flying Beat ships an update every 3 months, Flash Metro weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Flying Beat versus Flash Metro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlying BeatFlash Metro
Price$2.99$1.99 — better
Rating3.5 (4 ratings)4.2 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews22.2% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings46 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPlearn LLCExistential Audio

Customer experience

Flying Beat

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive22.2%
Neutral22.2%
Negative55.6%

Flash Metro

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

None

Flying Beat

No in-app purchases

None

Flash Metro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Flying Beat free?
Flying Beat costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Flash Metro free?
Flash Metro costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Flying Beat or Flash Metro?
Flash Metro is rated higher. Flying Beat averages 3.5 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Flash Metro averages 4.2 from 6 ratings.
Do Flying Beat or Flash Metro have ads?
Neither Flying Beat nor Flash Metro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flying Beat or Flash Metro?
Flying Beat ships an update every 3 months, and Flash Metro weekly. Most recently, Flying Beat was updated on October 8, 2026 and Flash Metro on October 24, 2026.

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