Flying Beat vs Rhythm Training
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 Training
This app helps music students and teachers improve their rhythm skills through dictation and sight-reading exercises. It offers customizable parameters and multiple practice modes for various learning needs.
- Rhythm dictation practice
- Rhythmic sight-reading
- Customizable difficulty parameters
- Rhythm pattern library
- Multiple practice modes
- Ad-free experience
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Contact the developer: zxzdev0.feedback@gmail.com * “Rhythm Training” is a professional rhythm practice app designed for music teachers, students, and enthusiasts. It supports multiple practice modes, including rhythm dictation, rhythm sight-reading, notation, and playback. * Randomly generate rhythm scores and audio for dictation, sight-reading, or sight-singing practice. The built-in rhythm pattern library ensures musically reasonable results. * When you encounter a complex rhythm while learning a new score, enter and play it in Notation Mode to quickly confirm and understand the rhythm. * Freely generate anything from basic rhythms to complex rhythmic combinations, meeting the needs of beginners, advanced learners, and professionals alike. * Focused functionality, a clean interface, and no subscription. * Generation settings can be adjusted for different practice needs: 1. Time signature: 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 3/8, 6/8, … 2. Tempo: set the tempo and beat unit 3. Voices: choose one or two voices 4. Pattern Library: choose which rhythm patterns are used for random generation. All common rhythm patterns are included in the app. 5. Tuplet Library: provides common tuplet types, including triplets, 3 against 4, 4 against 3, 5 against 4, and more 6. Advanced Tuplet Library: provides tuplets containing internal rests and ties 7. Rest switch: when enabled, the first note of a rhythm pattern may be replaced with a rest 8. Tie switch: when enabled, the last note of one rhythm pattern may be tied to the first note of the next rhythm pattern 9. Swing: eighth-note swing and sixteenth-note swing 10. Other settings: pick-up bar, number of measures, and more * Includes 5 modes for different practice needs: 1. Reading Mode: practice sight-reading or sight-singing with randomly generated rhythm scores 2. Notation Mode: enter a rhythm score and play it, with Save & Load support 3. Dictation Mode: enter notes according to the rhythm you hear, and check the answer at any time 4. Stage Mode: progress step by step through different rhythm themes and difficulty levels 5. Exam Mode: complete rhythm dictation at a specified difficulty, then view your percentage correct after finishing
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Rhythm Training at 71% against Flying Beat's 22%. Rhythm Training also leads on price (Free vs $2.99) and rating (4.5 vs 3.5). Flying Beat's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On ads 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
Rhythm Training is free to download; Flying Beat costs $2.99 up front. Rhythm Training sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Flying Beat asks for nothing beyond the download.
Rhythm Training holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rhythm Training has 50 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of Flying Beat's written reviews are positive against 71% of Rhythm Training's.
Flying Beat ships an update every 3 months, Rhythm Training every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flying Beat | Rhythm Training |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.5 (4 ratings) | 4.5 (50 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.2% of reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 50 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 148 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Plearn LLC | 子潇 周 |
Customer experience
Flying Beat
Rhythm Training
In-app purchases
Flying Beat
No in-app purchases
Rhythm Training
- Sponsor$0.29
- Full Version$2.99
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