Comparison

Poly Metronome vs StringView

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

Head to head
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. 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.

About

StringView

Features
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StringView is a visual fingerboard trainer for bowed and fretted string players. Choose your instrument, pick a scale, and explore the fingerboard as a clear, colorful map of notes, intervals, and scale degrees. 

Explore 16 scales and modes (more to come) StringView includes a complete set of essential scales and modes: • Major / Ionian • Dorian • Phrygian • Lydian • Mixolydian • Natural Minor / Aeolian • Locrian • Chromatic • Melodic Minor • Harmonic Minor • Pentatonic Major • Pentatonic Minor • Diminished (Whole-Half) • Diminished (Half-Whole) • Whole Tone • Augmented You can choose any root note and decide whether to display alterations as sharps or flats, so the view matches your musical background and preference. Notes, intervals, degrees, and shapes Display note names, intervals, or scale degrees on the fingerboard. Each scale degree has its own distinctive shape, and each note has its own consistent color to make patterns easier to recognize. Shapes and labels can be toggled independently, so you see exactly what you need. Harmonics and fret markers A dedicated harmonics mode highlights natural harmonic positions on the fingerboard. Fret markers, numbers, and octave zones offer multiple display modes so you can customize the view to your level and focus. Pinch to zoom Zoom in to focus on a few frets, or zoom out to see the full range — up to 36 frets across the entire fingerboard. Designed for practice Dark glass-themed interface with haptic feedback. Works on iPhone and iPad in portrait and landscape. Your instrument, scale, and display settings are saved automatically between sessions. This visual approach helps you internalize scales, understand the layout of your instrument, and discover new fingerings and melodic ideas — whether you already read music or prefer to learn by sight and pattern.

Screenshots

Poly Metronome4 screens
StringView4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Poly Metronome at Free against StringView's $2.99. Poly Metronome also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). StringView's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). On 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

Poly Metronome is free to download; StringView costs $2.99 up front. Poly Metronome sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. StringView asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Poly Metronome ships an update every 5 days, StringView every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 4, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Poly Metronome versus StringView: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPoly MetronomeStringView
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.3 (203 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews23.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings203 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperImre ViragRobin Dupuy

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Poly Metronome

One-time1
  • Pro Version$4.99
None

StringView

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Poly Metronome free?
Poly Metronome is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is StringView free?
StringView costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Poly Metronome or StringView have ads?
Neither Poly Metronome nor StringView shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Poly Metronome or StringView?
Poly Metronome ships an update every 5 days, and StringView every 3 weeks. Most recently, Poly Metronome was updated on September 4, 2026 and StringView on September 21, 2026.

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