Poly Metronome vs ORhythmic
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. Build complex rhythms with multi-voice polyrhythms, per-beat accents, and custom subdivision patterns, then save them as presets or setlists — or drill them with Coach and Automator. A completely redesigned interface gives you a clean, modern look that scales from iPhone to iPad in portrait and landscape, with a live pulse ring that shows every voice and accent at a glance. FREE FEATURES • Studio-grade timing engine, 1–800 BPM • Ad-free interface, dark / light / system theme • 18 built-in sound banks (10 metronome + 8 polyrhythm) • Tap tempo, manual BPM entry • Vibration + LED flash sync (iPhone) • Pedal / Bluetooth keyboard remote control PRO FEATURES • Up to 5 simultaneous polyrhythm voices, each with its own sound bank, color, accents, and pattern • 16 built-in rhythm patterns + custom pattern editor with real musical notation • Per-pulse accent editor (silence / piano / mezzo / beat) • Per-beat rhythm patterns: assign a different subdivision to each click — mix quarters, eighths, triplets, and sixteenths within a single bar • Count-in: audible countdown before every playback so you're always on time • Setlists: queue songs in any order, each with its own tempo, meter, and voice mix — auto-advance switches bar-aligned on the downbeat • Coach Trainer: Circle or Random mute bars to test your inner timing • Automator: gradual tempo climb by bar count or seconds, with start / stop bounds • Per-voice volume, mute, custom name • iCloud sync: presets and setlists stay up to date across all your devices automatically Ideal for drummers, guitarists, pianists, singers, dancers, and any musician serious about timing.
ORhythmic
This app transforms traditional metronomes into interactive rhythmic trees for practicing complex tuplets. It offers near-unlimited nested tuplets with intuitive editing and extensive BPM and time signature controls.
- Near unlimited nested tuplets
- Intuitive edit controls
- BPM controls (1-500)
- Flexible time signatures
- Interactive rhythmic trees
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For too long, metronomes have made practicing tuplets hard and clunky. ORhythmic turns traditional click-tracks into interactive rhythmic trees, allowing you to create structures previously confined to your innermost thoughts. Top features: - Near unlimited nested tuplets at the click of a button. - Intuitive edit controls without diving into complex menus. - BPM controls from 1 to 500. - Time signatures from 1/1 to 100/100. For iOS 17+ Privacy policy: https://prospero23.github.io/orhythmicsite/legal/privacy-policy.html Terms of use: https://prospero23.github.io/orhythmicsite/legal/terms-of-service.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ORhythmic at 100% against Poly Metronome's 23%. ORhythmic also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Poly Metronome's advantage is ratings volume (203 vs 5) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). 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
Both are free to download. Poly Metronome sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ORhythmic asks for nothing beyond the download.
ORhythmic holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Poly Metronome has 203 ratings behind it against 5, 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 100% of ORhythmic's.
Poly Metronome ships an update every 5 days, ORhythmic every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 4, 2026 and July 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Poly Metronome | ORhythmic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (203 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 203 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Imre Virag | Benjamin Eugene Eidson |
Customer experience
Poly Metronome
ORhythmic
In-app purchases
Poly Metronome
- Pro Version$4.99
ORhythmic
No in-app purchases









