rythmic vs BeatStride
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
rythmic
This music utility app offers a minimalist metronome with polyrhythmic capabilities and a chromatic tuner. It features interchangeable sounds, a beautiful design, and premium options like dark mode and background playback.
- Polyrhythmic metronome
- Chromatic and standard guitar tuner
- 9 interchangeable metronome sounds
- Minimalist and beautiful design
- Dark mode
- Background metronome playback
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Rythmic is the best looking, minimalist (polyrhythmic) metronome and a tuner on the AppStore. Features: - Metronome with a tap tempo functionality - Tuner with chromatic and guitar modes - 9 sounds - Ad-free clean design inspired by sheet music - Tap on parts of sheet music to edit them Premium Features (accessible via in-app purchase): - Dark mode - Polyrhythmic metronome - Accent first note - Play in the background - Change app icon
BeatStride
Create personalized running playlists by connecting to your Spotify account. The app matches song tempo to your running pace and helps you discover new music. Save generated playlists directly to Spotify.
- Create running playlists
- Connect to Spotify
- Match playlist length to pace
- Discover new music
- Save playlists to Spotify
- Trending artist suggestions
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The app to create running playlists. Connect your Spotify, see your trending artists, search for you favourite songs and we'll create your perfect running playlist. - Enter your pace and we'll match the length of your run to your playlist. - Find your perfect music to run to. - Discover new music on your runs. - Automatically save your playlists to Spotify. We'll generate you 3 playlists for free, then if you like what we do; to generate unlimited playlists you'll have to purchase a subscription! Terms of use - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: BeatStride at fortnightly against rythmic's every 3 months. BeatStride also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). rythmic's advantage is ratings volume (13 vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. rythmic sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and BeatStride sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
BeatStride holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: rythmic has 13 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
rythmic ships an update every 3 months, BeatStride fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | rythmic | BeatStride |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Quassum MB | Rhys Kentish |
Customer experience
rythmic
BeatStride
In-app purchases
rythmic
- Premium Features$14.99
BeatStride
- Unlimited Access$3.991 Month
- Unlimited Access$34.991 Year
