Perfect Timing vs Clavitudo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Perfect Timing
This music app helps users improve their rhythm and timing with a metronome, beat counter, and rhythm trainer. It allows users to record their playing and evaluate precision, with a free version offering limited daily use and a full version unlockable via in-app purchase.
- Metronome with beat count and divisions
- Rhythm trainer with random beat patterns
- Timing evaluator with recording
- Drum pattern player
- Customizable metronome sounds (full version)
- No play time limit (full version)
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* Metronome with beat count, divisions and shuffle mode * Rhythm trainer with random beat patterns * Timing evaluator: record your playing and evaluate the precision in Advanced mode * Drum pattern player: drum patterns of various music styles The free version has a play time limit of 2 minutes per day. Full Version Benefits (in-app purchase): * No play time limit * Presets * Custom beat patterns * Playing statistics * Customise metronome sounds
Clavitudo
This app acts as a host for instrumental sample sets, allowing users to play them via connected MIDI keyboards on iOS and macOS devices. Users must install their own instruments to utilize the functionality.
- MIDI keyboard support
- Instrumental sample set playback
- iOS and macOS compatibility
- User-installed instruments
- Napo framework integration
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Building on the Napo framework, Clavitudo is a container app that allows you to play various supported instrumental sample sets by MIDI keyboards connected to your iOS or macOS device. The instruments have to be installed by the user. For more information, please consult the app support page https://polaron.de/Clavitudo/ . For a quick start, read https://polaron.de/Clavitudo/Manual/Quickstart/ . The standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA, see https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ ) apply to this app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Clavitudo at 5.0 against Perfect Timing's 2.5. Clavitudo also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months) and device support (4 vs 2). Perfect Timing's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 83%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Perfect Timing sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Clavitudo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Clavitudo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 7 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Perfect Timing's written reviews are positive against 83% of Clavitudo's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Perfect Timing ships an update every 4 months, Clavitudo monthly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Perfect Timing | Clavitudo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 83.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matthias Santer | Markus Sigg |
Customer experience
Perfect Timing
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In-app purchases
Perfect Timing
- Perfect Timing Full Version$9.99
Clavitudo
- Monthly Subscription$3.001 Month
- Yearly Subscription$35.001 Year
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