Comparison

Multiple Polyrhythms vs Poly Metronome

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

Head to head
About

Multiple Polyrhythms

Enhance your rhythmic abilities by practicing multiple meters at once. This application allows for the simultaneous use of up to four distinct time signatures, offering a unique approach to polyrhythm training.

Highlights
  • Simultaneous meter practice
  • Up to four meters at once
  • Rhythm skill development
  • Polyrhythm training tool
Features
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Practice your polyrhythm-skills with this app! Unlike most other polyrhythm-apps, you'll be able to play up to four different meters simultaneously.

About

Poly Metronome

Master rhythm with a precise metronome offering advanced features like subdivisions and polyrhythms. Create complex patterns, save setups, and train your timing with built-in tools. Visual, flash, and vibrate modes ensure you stay on beat in any environment.

Highlights
  • Subdivisions per beat
  • Polyrhythm creation
  • Programmable setlists
  • Coach Trainer with mute
  • Automator tempo progression
  • Visual, flash, and vibrate modes
Features
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Poly Metronome is a precise, modern practice tool for musicians who want more than just a click. Set any time signature, shape odd meters with accent groupings, layer polyrhythms, then save your setups as presets and setlists — or build up speed with practice sessions that track your progress. A clean interface scales from iPhone to iPad, with a live pulse ring that shows every voice and accent at a glance — and stays in sync with the sound on the speaker, headphones, AirPods or AirPlay. FREE FEATURES • Studio-grade timing engine, 1–800 BPM • Any time signature: 1–32 beats per bar, counted in quarter or eighth notes — 5/4, 7/8, 9/8, 12/8 and more • Accents and groupings such as 2+2+3 for odd meters • Two-voice polyrhythms such as 3:2 or 4:7 • Count-in before playback • Tap tempo and manual BPM entry • Vibration and LED flash on the beat (iPhone) • Foot pedal and Bluetooth keyboard control • Siri and Shortcuts: start, stop and set the tempo hands-free • Lock Screen, Dynamic Island and Control Center controls • AirPlay and Bluetooth speakers, with a latency notice • Searchable user guide with live examples • Ad-free, with dark, light or system theme PRO FEATURES — one-time purchase, Family Sharing supported • Up to 5 polyrhythm voices, each with its own sound, color, accents and pattern • 18 sound banks (10 metronome + 8 polyrhythm) • 16 built-in rhythm patterns and a custom pattern editor with real notation — even a different subdivision on every beat • Presets: create, edit and duplicate, with notes such as the key or capo shown on stage • Setlists: songs in order, each with its own tempo, notes and auto-advance on the downbeat — the app reopens on the same song if it closes mid-gig • Practice sessions: Coach mutes bars to test your inner time, Automator ramps the tempo by bars or seconds, and session goals keep you on track • Practice log: day streak, minutes per day and your top-tempo progress • Siri and Spotlight for your presets, practices and setlists • iCloud sync across all your devices Ideal for drummers, guitarists, pianists, singers, dancers and any musician serious about timing.

Screenshots

Multiple Polyrhythms2 screens
Poly Metronome4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Poly Metronome at 4.3 against Multiple Polyrhythms's 3.7. Poly Metronome also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (204 vs 6). Multiple Polyrhythms's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (33% vs 23%). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Poly Metronome sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Multiple Polyrhythms asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Poly Metronome holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Poly Metronome has 204 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of Multiple Polyrhythms's written reviews are positive against 23% of Poly Metronome's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Multiple Polyrhythms ships an update every 3 months, Poly Metronome every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Multiple Polyrhythms versus Poly Metronome: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMultiple PolyrhythmsPoly Metronome
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (6 ratings)4.3 (204 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews — better22.6% of reviews
Number of ratings6204 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAudun Jørstad LillekjendlieImre Virag

Customer experience

Multiple Polyrhythms

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative50.0%

Poly Metronome

All ratings204 ratings
Positive82.8%
Neutral1.0%
Negative16.2%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive22.6%
Neutral9.7%
Negative67.7%

Bugs and requests

Multiple Polyrhythms

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Poly Metronome

Reported bugs

18 issues
  • Beats lag
  • App stops when changing settings
  • Cannot keep a steady tempo
  • Rhythm is not aligned
  • Feedback keeps bugging
Show 13 more
  • Pulsation is not regular
  • No sound
  • Rhythm is not even
  • App crashes or freezes
  • Tempo is not precise
  • App freezes above 300 BPM when switching modes
  • App stops when changing accents
  • Sound stops working
  • Metronome stops at 4 bars and shows ad
  • App has to be restarted multiple times
  • Polyrhythm does not work in parallel for the whole bar
  • Have to re-enter time signature when switching tracks
  • Tones of polys are not well-matched

Requested features

7 requests
  • Ability to save different presets
  • Easier saving of different sessions
  • Option to disable beat 1 sound
  • Save different presets
  • Save different sessions more easily
Show 2 more
  • Ability to disable beat 1 sound
  • Tuner feature

In-app purchases

None

Multiple Polyrhythms

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Poly Metronome

One-time1
  • Pro Version$4.99

Questions

Is Multiple Polyrhythms free?
Multiple Polyrhythms is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Poly Metronome free?
Poly Metronome is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Multiple Polyrhythms or Poly Metronome?
Poly Metronome is rated higher. Multiple Polyrhythms averages 3.7 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Poly Metronome averages 4.3 from 204 ratings.
Do Multiple Polyrhythms or Poly Metronome have ads?
Neither Multiple Polyrhythms nor Poly Metronome shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Multiple Polyrhythms or Poly Metronome?
Multiple Polyrhythms ships an update every 3 months, and Poly Metronome every 5 days. Most recently, Multiple Polyrhythms was updated on November 4, 2026 and Poly Metronome on November 2, 2026.

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