Comparison

Dronometer vs Fifths

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

Head to head
About

Dronometer

This app combines a metronome with a polyphonic drone synthesizer for musicians. It offers analog-sounding drones alongside a customizable metronome feature.

Highlights
  • Polyphonic drone synthesizer
  • Configurable metronome
  • Analog sound quality
  • Music practice tool
Features
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Dronometer is a metronome combined with a polyphonic drone synthesizer. Enjoy sweet analog sounds along with the configurable metronome.

About

Fifths

This app helps musicians practice by creating custom drone progressions, exploring harmonic relationships, and turning video lessons into practice loops. It offers a metronome, a library of chord progressions, and various sound options to enhance ear training and improvisation skills.

Highlights
  • Create looping drone progressions
  • Explore harmony via circle of fifths
  • Turn YouTube lessons into practice loops
  • Built-in metronome synced to drones
  • Library of chord progressions
  • 100+ instrument sounds
  • Daily music theory questions
Features
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Fifths is built around one idea: practicing with musical context, not just isolated exercises. Create moving drone progressions, explore harmony through the circle of fifths, and turn YouTube lessons into focused practice loops. Build the exact practice environment you need for intonation, improvisation, fretboard awareness, phrasing, ear training, and learning real songs section by section. When you want a fixed reference, Fifths also works as a focused single-note drone, or a continuous tanpura for a rich harmonic center. And when your hands are on your instrument, just ask Siri: start a drone, load a preset, start the metronome, or answer today's question without touching your phone. Use Fifths to: - Build looping drone progressions for scale, melody, and improvisation practice - Create single-note or multi-note drone steps to outline changing harmonic centers - Hold a single drone when you want a stable key center for ear training or intonation work - Practice in time with a built-in metronome from 30 to 400 BPM, synced to your drone progressions, with subdivisions from eighths and triplets to swing, sixteenth patterns, quintuplets, and septuplets - Control Fifths hands-free with Siri and Shortcuts: start drones by key or preset, start the metronome, look up scale notes and intervals, check your practice streak, and hear and answer the Daily question - Load ready-made chord progressions from a library of pop, rock, minor-key, blues, jazz, and classical examples, organized around the circle of fifths - Turn YouTube lessons into saved practice loops, and share loops with other Fifths users - Slow down difficult sections, set rep targets, and let Fifths automatically ramp up speed as you progress - Fine-tune loop start and end points and adjust volume - Quickly search for a song's key and BPM while you practice - Explore the circle of fifths visually and hear key relationships instantly - See key signatures, relative keys, parallel keys, and scale notes at a glance - Train faster with daily questions, streaks, and multiple quiz difficulties - Add the Music Theory Daily widget to keep a fresh question on your Home Screen, and answer it right from the widget - Practice with 100+ sounds including strings, choir, organ, guitar, winds, pads, and synth textures - Save presets, favorite sounds, loops, and sounds tailored to your workflow - Customize the Drone screen by reordering or hiding sections, plus note naming, reference pitch, octave range, fade time, and quiz length - Keep practicing alongside other audio apps Fifths Pro unlocks unlimited saved loops, longer drone progressions, the full sample progressions library, the full sound library, and Medium and Hard quiz difficulty. Whether you are working on intonation, improvisation, key signatures, modes, intervals, songs, or general musicianship, Fifths gives you a practice tool that is immediate, musical, and built for repetition. Privacy Policy: https://fifthsdrone.com/privacy.html Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Dronometer1 screens
Fifths4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dronometer at 50% against Fifths's 0%. Dronometer also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (11 vs 1). Fifths's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.3) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 5 months). 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. Fifths sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Dronometer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fifths holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dronometer has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Dronometer's written reviews are positive against 0% of Fifths's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dronometer ships an update every 5 months, Fifths every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Dronometer versus Fifths: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDronometerFifths
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (11 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB75 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developertingjing.comRichard Chirino

Customer experience

Dronometer

All ratings11 ratings
Positive63.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative36.4%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral16.7%
Negative33.3%

Fifths

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Dronometer

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Fifths

Subscriptions2
  • Fifths Pro Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Fifths Pro Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Fifths Pro Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is Dronometer free?
Dronometer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fifths free?
Fifths is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dronometer or Fifths?
Fifths is rated higher. Dronometer averages 3.3 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Fifths averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Dronometer or Fifths have ads?
Neither Dronometer nor Fifths shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dronometer or Fifths?
Dronometer ships an update every 5 months, and Fifths every 8 days. Most recently, Dronometer was updated on September 19, 2026 and Fifths on October 10, 2026.

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