Comparison

Patchrat vs TextMetronome

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

Head to head
About

Patchrat

This app helps music creators manage analog gear settings, manuals, and product specifications. It offers realistic GUIs for recall and a DAW-style workflow, supporting over 975 products from 200+ manufacturers.

Highlights
  • Support for 975+ products
  • Generic gear profiles
  • Touch-actuated recall GUIs
  • DAW-style workflow
  • Embedded product specs and manuals
Features
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An essential toolset for music-makers who need to keep track of analog gear settings, manuals, and more... Features include: • Support for 975+ products from 200+ manufacturers (and counting...) • Generic gear profiles for products not yet in the Patchrat database • Realistic, touch-actuated recall GUIs • A straightforward, easy-to-use DAW-style workflow • Embedded product specs and manuals and much more...

About

TextMetronome

Features
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TextMetronome is a rhythm practice tool built around a simple idea: type a rhythm, hear and see it immediately. Try it in your browser: https://textmetronome.peckels.com/ Instead of building patterns through menus and clicking, you enter them as text. A syntax such as 4q 4e can be entered in seconds, while fraction-based polyrhythms such as 3:2, 5:3x, 4:7e, 14:3, and 16:3 are also supported. Visual feedback helps you follow the cycle, either as a single circular view or through individual rhythmic pairings. This makes it fast to test note values, tuplets, dotted notes, rests, accents, and polyrhythmic relationships in a direct and flexible way. Whether you are practicing, teaching, composing, or checking an idea, TextMetronome helps you hear rhythmic structures quickly and clearly. # Features: - Text-based rhythm input - One single input field and one play button - Pattern Orbit Visualisation - Digital and sample based click sounds - Fast syntax such as simple patterns 4q 4e (q-uarter e-ight notes) and tuplets. up to 9 (t-riplets, etc.) - Support for fraction-based polyrhythms such as 3:2 14:3, and 16:3 but also precise ratios e.g.: 5:3t (5 clicks over 3 triplets) - Circular visualisation of rhythmic cycles - Alternative visualisation of individual rhythm pairs - Presets save - Built-in example presets - Light and dark themes

Screenshots

Patchrat4 screens
TextMetronome4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Patchrat at Free against TextMetronome's $2.99. TextMetronome's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Patchrat is free to download; TextMetronome costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Patchrat ships an update every 2 months, TextMetronome every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Patchrat versus TextMetronome: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPatchratTextMetronome
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.1 (21 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings21 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRats Nest Solutions, Inc.FunkyDrumTutor

In-app purchases

None

Patchrat

No in-app purchases

None

TextMetronome

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Patchrat free?
Patchrat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TextMetronome free?
TextMetronome costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Patchrat or TextMetronome have ads?
Neither Patchrat nor TextMetronome shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Patchrat or TextMetronome?
Patchrat ships an update every 2 months, and TextMetronome every 6 days. Most recently, Patchrat was updated on October 6, 2026 and TextMetronome on October 3, 2026.

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