Comparison

Flash Metro vs Audio Visualize

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

Head to head
About

Flash Metro

A beautifully designed metronome app offering high-quality sounds and customizable colors. Control tempo, sounds, and colors with Siri Shortcuts and manage it from your lock screen with a dynamic widget.

Highlights
  • High-quality sound options
  • Customizable color themes
  • Siri Shortcuts integration
  • Dynamic lock screen widget
  • Tap tempo functionality
  • Fullscreen flash mode
  • Background audio support
Features
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Flash Metro is a simple beautifully designed metronome with high quality sounds and gorgeous colors. Flash Metro fully supports iOS Shortcuts. Use iOS Shortcuts to create presets to control Flash Metro from lock screen, or with Siri. Colors: Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Purple White Sounds: High Woodblock Mid Woodblock Low Woodblock High Cowbell Low Cowbell Hi-hat Snare Drum Kick Drum iOS Shortcuts Toggle Metro Toggle Flash Toggle Mute Set Tempo Set Click Set Color Simple Design Simple Controls Tap Tempo Fullscreen Flash Tempo Range of 1 - 999 BPM Clicks with 22µs Accuracy Adaptive Layout Flawless Background Audio

About

Audio Visualize

Transform your music listening into a vibrant visual experience. This app creates dynamic displays of waveforms, spectrums, and patterns that pulse with your music's rhythm. Perfect for music lovers who want to see their favorite songs come to life.

Highlights
  • Dynamic music visualization
  • Customizable waveforms
  • Vibrant spectrum displays
  • Pulsating patterns
  • Transforms listening into sensory experience
Features
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Turn music into light that breathes. Audio Visualize brings immersive listening, moving visuals and music video creation together. From rolling musical landscapes and flowing ink to particles and vinyl turntables, find a new setting for your favorite music. Bring lyrics and album art into the scene, enjoy the moment and make the look your own. HEAR MUSIC, SEE LIGHT Explore 3D scenes, colorful light and particle effects. Travel through star fields and tunnels, watch audio rings rise and fall, and find a scene for gentle melodies or driving beats. Enjoy expansive landscapes in horizontal view or immerse yourself in portrait. A NEW WAY TO ENJOY YOUR SONGS Switch to a vinyl player with a turntable, tonearm and lyrics. Turn album art into particles or add depth with 3D lyrics. Browse songs, albums, artists and playlists, and manage your queue to keep listening flowing. YOUR MUSIC, DIFFERENT SCENES Import local audio without digital copy protection, play built-in tracks, or browse Apple Music and listen to available previews. Eligible Apple Music subscribers can play full songs. Use the microphone to let music from speakers and sounds around you animate the visuals. MAKE THE LOOK YOUR OWN Choose colors and adjust sensitivity, speed, glow and particles. Change the viewpoint, rotate and zoom in supported effects. Settings are remembered separately for each effect, ready for your next listening session. RECORD THE LIGHT AS A VIDEO Record and preview your visualizations. Upgrade to Pro to save and share them, giving your music a visual work of its own. Capture a melody or experiment with scenes and colors, moving naturally from listening to creating. LISTEN AT YOUR OWN PACE Enjoy playback history, repeat, shuffle, a sleep timer and visual effects linked to playlists. From choosing a song to setting your phone down to listen, enjoy music your way. USE AND PURCHASE INFORMATION • Some effects and advanced features require Pro, available through a subscription or lifetime purchase. Saving and sharing videos require Pro. • Full Apple Music playback requires the appropriate subscription and authorization. Music and preview availability vary by region and track. • Full Apple Music songs are digitally protected and cannot be recorded directly into videos. Their visuals can use microphone input or pre-analyzed rhythms. To record sound, use local audio, available previews or microphone mode. Feedback: proxima.centauri0@gmail.com Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Flash Metro4 screens
Audio Visualize4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Audio Visualize at Free against Flash Metro's $1.99. Audio Visualize also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly) and review sentiment (62% vs 50%). Flash Metro's advantage is rating (4.2 vs 3.6) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). On ratings volume 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

Audio Visualize is free to download; Flash Metro costs $1.99 up front. Audio Visualize sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Flash Metro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Flash Metro holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 9 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Flash Metro's written reviews are positive against 62% of Audio Visualize's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flash Metro ships an update weekly, Audio Visualize every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Flash Metro versus Audio Visualize: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlash MetroAudio Visualize
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.2 (6 ratings) — better3.6 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews61.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings69 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB96 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperExistential Audio Inc.博 彭

Customer experience

Flash Metro

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%

Audio Visualize

All ratings9 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive61.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative38.5%

In-app purchases

None

Flash Metro

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Audio Visualize

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly Subscription$1.997 Days
  • Monthly Subscription$3.991 Month
One-time1
  • Pro User$9.99

Questions

Is Flash Metro free?
Flash Metro costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Audio Visualize free?
Audio Visualize is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Flash Metro or Audio Visualize?
Flash Metro is rated higher. Flash Metro averages 4.2 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Audio Visualize averages 3.6 from 9 ratings.
Do Flash Metro or Audio Visualize have ads?
Audio Visualize shows ads; Flash Metro does not.
Which is updated more often, Flash Metro or Audio Visualize?
Flash Metro ships an update weekly, and Audio Visualize every 2 days. Most recently, Flash Metro was updated on October 2, 2026 and Audio Visualize on October 8, 2026.

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