Comparison

DropSpin Metronome vs Drift

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

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About

DropSpin Metronome

A versatile metronome app designed for musicians, offering advanced features like custom count-ins, speed adjustments from 10% to 1000%, and loopable segments. It integrates with a suite of rehearsal products for comprehensive practice sessions.

Highlights
  • Customizable count-ins
  • Speed control (10%-1000%)
  • Loopable segments
  • "Last Time" auto-stop
  • MIDI playback
  • In-depth rehearsal analytics
Features
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DropSpin can be used as a standalone metronome or as a partner to our full suite of rehearsal products including bluetooth modules, score-reading software, rehearsal analytics tools, and much more. In depth rehearsal analytics Custom count-ins Rehearse from 10%-1000% speed "Last Time" auto-stop Halftime and other custom behaviors Loopable segments MIDI playback

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Drift

Features
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Most metronomes give you one tempo and hold it there. Music does not work that way, and neither does getting better at it. This one changes tempo while you play. RANDOM TEMPO Set a range — 70 to 140 BPM, say — and the tempo moves inside it. Every 30 seconds, every 8 bars, or at intervals it picks for itself. Cap how far it may jump for a gentle drift, or leave it uncapped and hold on. GAP TRAINER The click plays for a few bars, then goes silent while you keep the tempo yourself. When it comes back, you hear whether you drifted. The beat indicators go dark during the silence, so there is nothing to lean on. Tempo changes wait until the click returns, because a change you cannot hear would make the exercise meaningless. GLIDE Instead of jumping, the tempo can slide gradually into each new value over a few seconds. Good for practising a controlled accelerando. EVERYTHING ELSE Time signatures from 2/4 to 12/8, with the accent on beat one — or switch that accent off so every beat sounds identical Eighths, triplets and sixteenths Three click sounds, from a dry tick to a woodblock Tap tempo Shuffle straight to a new tempo, from the app or from your headphones Save your practice setups as presets Lock screen and headphone controls Keeps playing with the screen off, and can mix with a backing track BUILT AROUND THE TIMING Every click is scheduled ahead of time on the audio clock rather than fired by a timer. That is why the beat stays where it should be instead of slowly sliding, even at high tempos with sixteenths running.

Screenshots

DropSpin Metronome4 screens
Drift3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: DropSpin Metronome at none against Drift's shown. DropSpin Metronome also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
DropSpin Metronome versus Drift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDropSpin MetronomeDrift
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (66 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews81.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings66 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlex CrowleyMick Gelissen

In-app purchases

None

DropSpin Metronome

No in-app purchases

None

Drift

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DropSpin Metronome free?
DropSpin Metronome is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Drift free?
Drift is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do DropSpin Metronome or Drift have ads?
Drift shows ads; DropSpin Metronome does not.

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