Poly Metronome vs METRONOME Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Subdivisions per beat
- Polyrhythm creation
- Programmable setlists
- Coach Trainer with mute
- Automator tempo progression
- Visual, flash, and vibrate modes
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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.
METRONOME Connect
This app provides a metronome with advanced features like saving presets, unlimited playlists, and tempo setting via microphone. It also includes a built-in tuner and allows for synchronous playback across multiple devices.
- Synchronous playback on multiple devices
- Save and manage presets
- Unlimited playlist creation
- Tempo setting via microphone
- Built-in chromatic tuner
- Create clicktracks with tempo changes
- Polyrhythm support
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"Metronome Connect" is a metronome application with a connection function for synchronous playback on multiple devices. Main functions: - Saving presets; - Unlimited playlists; - Set the tempo using the microphone; - Creating a clicktrack with different tempos and sizes, there is a slowdown / acceleration; - Print playlist; - Built-in tuner; - Synchronization of presets in iCloud; - Ability to upload your own metronome sounds; - Polyrhythm; - Working together with "PLAYBACK With Metronome". Happy using! ;)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: METRONOME Connect at 74% against Poly Metronome's 23%. METRONOME Connect also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Poly Metronome's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (204 vs 34). On price and ads 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. Poly Metronome sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. METRONOME Connect asks for nothing beyond the download.
METRONOME Connect holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Poly Metronome has 204 ratings behind it against 34, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of Poly Metronome's written reviews are positive against 74% of METRONOME Connect's.
Poly Metronome ships an update every 5 days, METRONOME Connect every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Poly Metronome | METRONOME Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (204 ratings) | 4.8 (34 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.6% of reviews | 73.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 204 — better | 34 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 9.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Imre Virag | Ivan Cherepanov |
Customer experience
Poly Metronome
METRONOME Connect
User reviews
Poly Metronome
From 204 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great tool for rhythm practice
- 💡 Unique visual interface
- 👍 Easy to set up and convenient
- 👍 Best metronome app with polyrhythms
Room to improve
- 💰 Misleading pricing and paywalls
- 🥁 Uneven or inaccurate beats
- 😩 Frequent crashes and freezes
- 📢 Annoying pop-up ads
- 🔇 Sound not working
METRONOME Connect
From 34 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 🚀 Accurate tempo and reliable
- 💡 Visual bars for reference
- 💰 Free with no ads or subscriptions
- 🎶 Customizable click sounds
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and crashes reported
- 🔋 Drains battery in background
- ⚠️ Confusing interface for some
- 🎛️ Presets disappear when Sync is selected
- 🔊 Default volume set to max
Bugs and 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
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- 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
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- Ability to disable beat 1 sound
- Tuner feature
METRONOME Connect
Reported bugs
15 issues- Metronome has no sound on USB speakers if beat 1 and 3 are off
- Crashes when accessing tuner or setup modes
- Presets disappear when Sync is selected
- In polyrhythm mode, changing speed while active does nothing
- Changing speed disconnects metronome on all devices when connected to server
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- Sound disappears on Mac until output interface is switched
- App crashes on startup
- App drains battery significantly when running in background
- 6/8, 9/8, 12/8 pulse defaults to quarter instead of dotted quarter
- Custom sound import not working
- App crashes on opening
- Default volume set to max on first play through earphones
- On iPhone SE 1st gen, phone reboots randomly when app is running
- Sound disappears until tuner button is clicked and closed
- App crashes a couple of times
Requested features
10 requests- Plugin to work within and sync to Logic Pro
- Visual metronome when sound is not audible
- Add increment by interval up to 20 BPM
- Allow pressing any key on Mac keyboard for tap feature
- Add sixteenths and more complicated rhythms
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- Fix speed trainer to stop at requested tempo
- Add validation for custom sound uploads
- Allow landscape mode on tablets
- Add a manual/instructions for some options
- Improve custom sound import functionality
In-app purchases
Poly Metronome
- Pro Version$4.99
METRONOME Connect
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Poly Metronome free?
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