EQ Trainer vs Tempus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
EQ Trainer
This app helps musicians and audio engineers train their ears to identify specific frequency bands. It uses sine waves or pink noise to improve recognition for better mixing, recording, and production.
- Frequency band training
- Sine wave playback
- Pink noise playback
- Improve mixing skills
- Enhance recordings
- Boost productions
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Train your ears to recognize specific frequency bands to improve your mixes, recordings and productions with EQ Trainer. EQ Trainer plays frequency bands using either Sine waves or Pink Noise to train your mixing ear and recognize specific frequencies in a mix.
Tempus
Calculate delay times and sample re-pitch amounts with a tap-tempo metronome. Preview delay sounds and determine BPM changes for your DAW. This tool helps musicians fine-tune audio effects.
- Tap-tempo metronome
- Specify beat count for metronome
- View and preview delay times
- Calculate sample re-pitch amounts
- Calculate BPM changes
- Supports Re-Pitch Warp modes
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Tempus is a tool for calculating Delay Times and sample Re-Pitch amounts / BPMs! - Tap-tempo Metronome with the ability to specify the # of beats - View Delay Times & preview what each Delay sounds like - Calculate sample Re-Pitch amounts / BPMs when changing the BPM in your DAW & using Re-Pitch Warp modes
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Tempus at 4.6 against EQ Trainer's 3.8. Tempus also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 50%). EQ Trainer's advantage is iOS requirement (11.2 vs 13.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Tempus holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of EQ Trainer's written reviews are positive against 83% of Tempus's.
EQ Trainer ships an update every 3 weeks, Tempus every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | EQ Trainer | Tempus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (9 ratings) | 4.6 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.2 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wilson Desimini | Marcos Kohler |
Customer experience
EQ Trainer
Tempus
In-app purchases
EQ Trainer
No in-app purchases
Tempus
No in-app purchases
