Comparison

Ticks vs Haptic Metronome

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

Head to head
About

Ticks

This professional metronome helps musicians maintain rhythm with high accuracy and diverse settings. It offers customizable setlists, various time signatures, subdivisions, and quality sounds, along with visual cues like a full-screen flash for silent practice.

Highlights
  • 11 time signatures
  • 8 subdivisions
  • 10 high-quality sounds
  • Tap tempo function
  • Setlist creation
  • Full-screen flash
  • Background audio support
Features
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The new must-have metronome for musicians. The Ticks professional metronome will help you stay in the correct rhythm during practices or performances in an easier and more enjoyable way. With all the professional functions included, this metronome still maintains its utmost simplification of design and excellent accessibility. Ticks have a MIDI clock of high accuracy, with diversified time signatures, speeds, and subdivisions, and there are ten built-in quality sounds for you to choose from. In addition, the time meter can be set countdowns or bars counting, which makes the practices more convenient. You can still keep the tempo even in a mute mode with the full-screen flash function. More surprises! We have an excellent design of setlists, with which personalized lists can be created. You can also store your frequently-used presets in the setlists for use at any time and in any place, no matter you are practicing or giving a performance. Features: • 11 different time signatures • 8 Subdivisions • 10 High-Quality Sounds • Tap tempo function • Track number of bars played or time • Store presets in multiple setlists • Full-screen flash • Classical tempo markings • Colorful themes • Support background audio • Support external MIDI controller Specifications: • Beat: 1/4, 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 3/8, 5/8, 6/8, 7/8, 9/8, 12/8 • Tempo Range: 30~300 BPM • Rhythm: Quarter, Eighth, Triplets, Triplets with inner beat omitted, Triplets with the third beat omitted, Quadruplets, Quadruplets with middle beats omitted, Quadruplets with the third and fourth beats omitted • Metronome Sound:Clave, Cowbell, Woodblock, Digital, Hihat, Rimshot, Snap, Shaker, Tambourine, Bongo -------- Ticks+ Subscription • Free for the first 7 days • $1.49(USD)/Month or $9.99(USD)/Year after trial ends Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase. PRIVACY POLICY: https://sonarmusic.app/ticks/privacy/ TERMS OF USE: https://sonarmusic.app/ticks/terms/

About

Haptic Metronome

This app provides a visual and haptic metronome for musicians. It offers customizable beat groupings with accents and allows for tempo control via tap tempo. Audio can be optionally disabled for a silent practice experience.

Highlights
  • Visual beat pulses
  • Haptic feedback patterns
  • Optional audio metronome
  • Customizable time signatures
  • Tap Tempo feature
  • Beat grouping with accents
  • Spotlight search integration
Features
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Haptic Metronome is a visual/haptic first digital metronome. It pulses beats with both a visual reference and a haptic feedback pattern. You can optionally switch on/off the audio. It offers a very convenient and straightforward setup for your time signature, tempo (both by selecting a specific tempo, or using the Tap Tempo feature). It is very easy to setup groupings of beats by enabling an *accent* per each beat so that it pulses stronger and creates the perfect pattern you need for your music. It is currently available for iOS and iPadOS. *I'm currently working on bringing the experience on watchOS and macOS* Haptic Metronome supports Spotlight research, it exposes few presets to start a metronome with home screen quick actions. It also supports handoff between the two platforms so that you can continue a session on the other device with the same settings you had set on the previous one. Enjoy your playing! And, please send me any kind of feedback at [Luca Strazzullo](mailto:lucastrazzullo86@gmail.com)

Screenshots

Ticks4 screens
Haptic Metronome4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Ticks at Free against Haptic Metronome's $0.99. Ticks also leads on ratings volume (239 vs 4) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 7 months). Haptic Metronome's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 56%) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). On device support and iOS requirement 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

Ticks is free to download; Haptic Metronome costs $0.99 up front. Ticks sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Haptic Metronome asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Haptic Metronome holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ticks has 239 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Ticks's written reviews are positive against 100% of Haptic Metronome's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ticks ships an update every 3 months, Haptic Metronome every 7 months. Both last shipped on November 11, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Ticks versus Haptic Metronome: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTicksHaptic Metronome
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.5 (239 ratings)4.8 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews55.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings239 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSonar MultimediaLuca Strazzullo

Customer experience

Ticks

All ratings237 ratings
Positive87.8%
Neutral3.4%
Negative8.9%
Written reviews72 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral9.7%
Negative34.7%

Haptic Metronome

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Ticks

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription7 Days trial$5.991 Year
None

Haptic Metronome

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ticks free?
Ticks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Haptic Metronome free?
Haptic Metronome costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ticks or Haptic Metronome?
Haptic Metronome is rated higher. Ticks averages 4.5 out of 5 from 239 ratings, while Haptic Metronome averages 4.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Ticks or Haptic Metronome have ads?
Ticks shows ads; Haptic Metronome does not.
Which is updated more often, Ticks or Haptic Metronome?
Ticks ships an update every 3 months, and Haptic Metronome every 7 months. Most recently, Ticks was updated on November 11, 2026 and Haptic Metronome on November 11, 2026.

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