Dronometer vs Drone Wheel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dronometer
This app combines a metronome with a polyphonic drone synthesizer for musicians. It offers analog-sounding drones alongside a customizable metronome feature.
- Polyphonic drone synthesizer
- Configurable metronome
- Analog sound quality
- Music practice tool
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Dronometer is a metronome combined with a polyphonic drone synthesizer. Enjoy sweet analog sounds along with the configurable metronome.
Drone Wheel
Create sustained tones and chords in any key for practice, meditation, or songwriting. Offers a variety of sounds and scales, with a free version and an optional Pro upgrade for more features.
- Hold pure drones in 12 keys
- Play chords and inversions
- Deep sound library with synth and instrument tones
- Lock intonation against reference pitch
- Set scales and modes
- Build grooves with beat engine
- Metronome for timekeeping
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Drone Wheel is a looping studio built on a wheel. Hold a perfectly tuned drone, finger drum a beat, chop a sample, loop your voice, or mix a song. Five decks share one clock, so everything stays in time. • Drone in any key, with chords and scales • Drums with pitch and level on every pad • Chop any sound or video into twelve pads • Loop your mic right on the beat • Mix any song: sync it to your tempo and split out the vocals, drums or bass • Launch clips, mix, add effects, and record the session Your projects sync to your account and across your devices automatically. Free includes the drone, chords, a drum kit, the mic deck, SampleWheel with a starter library, and cloud backup. Pro adds every sound and kit, all scales and modes, your own samples and video, the Pro effects, and recording with export. Drone Wheel Pro: 3 day free trial, then $4.99 a month or $34.99 a year. Payment is charged to your Apple ID. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store settings. Questions? support@wheelverseaudio.com Privacy Policy: https://dronewheelprivacy.netlify.app/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dronometer at none against Drone Wheel's 2. Dronometer also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 40%). Drone Wheel's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 5 months) and rating (3.5 vs 3.3). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Drone Wheel sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Dronometer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Drone Wheel holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 8 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Dronometer's written reviews are positive against 40% of Drone Wheel's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Dronometer ships an update every 5 months, Drone Wheel weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dronometer | Drone Wheel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (11 ratings) | 3.5 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 300 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | tingjing.com | JOSEPH LEE ALLEN |
Customer experience
Dronometer
Drone Wheel
In-app purchases
Dronometer
No in-app purchases
Drone Wheel
- Pro Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Pro Yearly3 Days trial$34.991 Year
