iReal Pro vs Odd Metronome
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iReal Pro
This app provides a virtual band accompaniment for musicians to practice with, offering realistic sounding instruments and a variety of styles. It also functions as a digital chord chart book, allowing users to create, edit, and share their own song charts.
- Virtual band accompaniment
- Create, edit, and share chord charts
- Thousands of downloadable songs
- Chord diagrams and scale recommendations
- Practice exercises and transposition
- Export charts and audio
- Cloud synchronization
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iReal Pro is two things musicians love in one app: a realistic backing band that plays along with you, and a huge free library of chord charts you can pull up anytime — at practice, at a jam session, or on a gig. Need to transpose a song for a singer? Done. Want to practice with a full rhythm section behind you? Hit play. Named one of TIME Magazine's 50 Best Inventions and trusted by thousands of students, teachers, and pros at schools like Berklee College of Music — iReal Pro has been helping musicians get better since 2008. BAND • 50 accompaniment styles — Swing, Bossa Nova, Blues, Funk, Rock, Bluegrass, Reggae, Latin, Gypsy Jazz, Country, and more • Customize each style with acoustic or electric piano, Fender Rhodes, guitars, upright or electric bass, drums, vibraphone, organ • 40 additional styles — blues, salsa, Brazilian — available as in-app purchases BOOK • Download thousands of free chord charts shared by the iReal Pro community • Create your own charts in minutes with the built-in editor • Organize charts into playlists for gigs, sets, or lessons PRACTICE • Adjust tempo, loop difficult sections, transpose to any key • Automatic tempo increase and key cycling for focused practice • Global Eb, Bb, F, and G transposition for horn players REFERENCE • Guitar, ukulele, and piano fingerings for any chord • Tap any chord in your chart to see how it's played • Scale suggestions for improvisation SHARE • Share charts and playlists with other iReal Pro users • Export charts as PDF or MusicXML • Export backing tracks as audio or MIDI files • Sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac with iCloud FOR TEACHERS • Create playlists of exercises or tunes for students • Use in the classroom, over live stream, or while screen-sharing lessons We're a small team of musicians who built this app because we needed it ourselves. We hope you enjoy using it as much as we do.
Odd Metronome
This app allows musicians to create and practice complex rhythmic patterns in any meter. It offers visual feedback and multiple sound sets for an immersive practice experience, designed by professionals for professionals.
- Create any rhythmic pattern in any meter
- Visual cursor to follow rhythm
- Multiple sound sets for different styles
- Save custom rhythms
- Precise timing technology
- Intuitive and clean design
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A revolutionary new metronome built by and for professional musicians. The Odd Metronome is the ultimate study companion. Create any rhythmic pattern in any meter with three different sounds (low, medium, high). Just tap the note-values on the screen and the Odd Metronome will build the rhythm, calculate the meter and play it instantly. The Odd Metronome offers you a wide array of possibilities: from a simple quarter note click to a complicated 47/8 rhythm. It’s up to your creativity. The moving cursor will let you follow the rhythm visually, so you never get lost. The Odd Metronome offers various Latin, Arabic and metronome rhythms and you can easily create your own patterns. It uses standard rhythmical notation. This will also allow you to construct your rhythms using the popular Long-Short Method which creates rhythms from groups of two or three eight notes. Three high quality sound samples deliver a low, medium and high beat and give an acoustic feel, making it very comfortable to play with. The Odd Metronome comes with six different sound sets: metronome, cajon, darabuka, drums and tabla, for studying various musical styles. The design is intuitive and clean with only those options and buttons that you really need, leaving you to do what you intended to do, study your instrument. *) Easy to use by intuitive design. *) Precise timing technology. *) No latency regardless of BPM rate. *) Create any odd meter. *) Follows the playing rhythm visually. *) Presets with different styles of rhythms: metronome, Arabic, Turkish, Ottoman, Latin. *) Save your own rhythms. *) Different sound sets for different styles: classic metronome, oriental percussion, drum set, tabla, cajun. *) Built by and for professional musicians.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Odd Metronome at $1.99 against iReal Pro's $21.99. Odd Metronome also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.6). iReal Pro's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 40 months) and ratings volume (11K vs 16). On rating, review sentiment, ads 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
iReal Pro costs $21.99 and Odd Metronome $1.99 up front. iReal Pro sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Odd Metronome asks for nothing beyond the download.
iReal Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iReal Pro has 11K ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of iReal Pro's written reviews are positive against 88% of Odd Metronome's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
iReal Pro ships an update every 3 weeks, Odd Metronome every 40 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iReal Pro | Odd Metronome |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $21.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (11K ratings) — better | 4.7 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | 88.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11K — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 40 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #5 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 179 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Technimo LLC | Tony Overwater |
Customer experience
iReal Pro
Odd Metronome
Bugs and requests
iReal Pro
Reported bugs
3 issues- Occasional skipping or timing issues with playback
- Trouble with registration and login process
- Compatibility issues with newer devices or operating systems
Requested features
7 requests- Add ability to write rhythm notation
- Integrate with Real Books
- Improve sound quality and add more instrument options
- Add melodies and lyrics support
- Improve chord editing and customization
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- Add more styles and grooves
- Improve sync and backup functionality across devices
Odd Metronome
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
iReal Pro
- Blues style backing tracks$6.99
- Salsa style backing tracks$6.99
- Brazilian backing tracks$6.99
Odd Metronome
No in-app purchases
Questions
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