Beater vs Carter Metronome
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Beater
This digital metronome offers comprehensive features for musicians, allowing for the creation of simple and complex time signatures. Customize individual beats, subdivide them, and practice polyrhythms with high accuracy.
- Customizable time signatures
- Beat subdivision
- Beat on/off selection
- Polyrhythm practice
- High audio sample accuracy
- Ad-free and in-app purchase free
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Built by a musician for musicians, Beater is a full-featured and compact digital metronome, containing all the features you need to build simple and complex meters. On the Time and Tempo screen, set the overall meter and tempo. Then for more customization, dive into the beats view, where you can select the sound of individual beats, subdivide beats into parts, and turn beats on and off. Beater is accurate down to a single audio sample. The current version of Beater was designed for practicing polyrhythms in addition to standard meters. By setting a fast tempo and 11 beats per measure for example, the user can use a variety of sounds and accents to practice a repeating meter of 4/4 followed by 3/8. Like all my apps, Beater will always be free of ads and in-app purchases!
Carter Metronome
This application provides a configurable metronome with adjustable BPM and beats per measure. It supports tap tempo for setting the beat and allows for the addition of extra notes like sixteenths and triplets to facilitate practicing complex rhythms.
- Adjustable BPM
- Tap tempo for beat setting
- Configurable beats per measure
- Add sixteenth notes and triplets
- Easy rhythm practice
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Carter is an easy to configure metronome app that allows you to easily change the metronome's BPM and beats per measure. It's also possible to set BPM through tap tempo. You can also easily add extra notes like sixteenth notes, and triples to make practicing several rhythms a breeze. Use of this app is subject to Apple's Standard Terms and Conditions (https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Carter Metronome at Free against Beater's $0.99. Beater's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (15.4 vs 26.0). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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
Carter Metronome is free to download; Beater costs $0.99 up front. Carter Metronome sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Beater asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Beater against 5.0 for Carter Metronome. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Beater ships an update every 12 months, Carter Metronome every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Beater | Carter Metronome |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 7 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.4 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael Geilich | donnywals.com BV |
Customer experience
Beater
Carter Metronome
In-app purchases
Beater
No in-app purchases
Carter Metronome
- Carter Pro Weekly$0.997 Days
- Carter Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
- Carter Pro Yearly$14.991 Year
