Comparison

Metronome vs Set Wizard

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

Head to head
About

Metronome

This app provides a highly accurate and reliable metronome designed by professional musicians. It offers a wide tempo range, multiple sound sets, and unique features like intonation drones and live sound drum loops for practice and performance.

Highlights
  • Intonation Drones
  • Live Sound Drum Loops
  • CD Quality Recording
  • Slow Motion Playback
  • Wide Tempo Range (30-280)
  • Variable Beats per Measure
  • Subdivision to 16th notes
  • Tempo Tap In
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PRACTICE SMARTER. PLAY WITH BETTER TIME. Metronome Plus was created by a musician and educator for the way musicians actually practice. A metronome can tell you where the beat is. A great practice tool should help you develop better time, master difficult passages, and eventually need the metronome less. PRACTICE WITH A PURPOSE Slow difficult music down to where you can play it correctly, then gradually build toward your goal tempo. Instead of simply repeating a passage and hoping it gets better, turn it into a series of achievable steps. Accuracy first. Speed follows. BUILD TIME YOU CAN TAKE ONSTAGE Following a click isn’t the goal. Developing a reliable internal pulse is. Use Metronome Plus to recognize where you rush or drag, strengthen rhythmic consistency, and become more confident maintaining the pulse on your own. MAKE THE METRONOME FIT THE MUSIC A scale, orchestral excerpt, jazz chart, technical exercise, and ensemble part don’t necessarily need the same kind of click. Metronome Plus gives you the flexibility to shape the beat around what you’re practicing and the problem you’re trying to solve. FOR MUSICIANS AT EVERY LEVEL From students developing their first sense of steady time to experienced musicians preparing for tonight’s performance, Metronome Plus is designed to stay useful as your musicianship grows. Practice time is valuable. Spend less of it mindlessly repeating and more of it actually improving. METRONOME PLUS Practice with purpose. Play with confidence.

About

Set Wizard

Easily create and manage song repertoires, setlists, and gig schedules for your band. Import music from your device, organize songs, and export setlists as PDFs or plain text. Includes performance view with notes and automatic scrolling.

Highlights
  • Create and manage setlists
  • Import songs from device library
  • Export setlists as PDF/text
  • Playback songs directly
  • Performance view with notes
  • Share repertoire and gigs
Features
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Get in control of your repertoire, gigs and set lists - Create setlists easily on your iPhone or iPad - Import songs from iPhone/iPad Music Library - Create setlist as PDF or plain text - Playback songs from your iPhone library directly from your repertoire and setlist - Set loop points and access lyrics directly from Set Wizard - Performance view with notes and automatic text scrolling. Jump to next/previous song by the press of a flic button The requirements for Set Wizard were put together by the members of a real band, The Norwegian Beatles. The need for a simple and fun way to create the evenings setlist gave birth to Set Wizard. Actually the first set of requirements were written down on the Notes application on my iPhone in a band-bus on the way to a gig in August 2010. "Often we find ourselves backstage minutes before the concert, without a proper setlist, trying to put something together on a piece of paper. These last minutes you would rather spend on other activities, like warming up your voices, rather than struggling with the setlist." **Import songs from the iPhone/iPad Music Library Get started with creating your bands repertoire by importing songs from the iPhone/iPad Music Library. In many cases you already have the songs your bands are playing on your iPhone/iPad. Import them into your bands repertoire in Set Wizard with a few clicks. The songs are then directly ready to be used by Set Wizard to form set lists. Of course you can also add songs manually to the repertoire. **Create setlists for your next gig by easy pick and select from the repertoire or by a one-click copy from a previous gig Set Wizard lets you easily pick songs from the repertoire to form the set. If a song is previously picked, either in this set or another set in this gig, it will be greyed out. Anyway, you can still pick it. Set Wizard keeps track of the length of your set as you add or delete songs so you always know when to stop. You can alter the order of songs by drag and drop. **Move songs easily between sets You would sometimes want to move songs between sets. With Set Wizard it is a breeze. **Print directly or e-mail your setlist as PDF-attachment or plain text. SMS is also supported Control the font-size and song attributes to be included on the setlist. In most cases you would prefer to have the songs for one set on one page only. Dependent on the number of songs and the song attributes you would like to print, the font-size can easily be altered to achieve this. **Share repertoire, gigs and sets with your band-mates Set Wizard support easy export and import of band data. By the click of one button, a special Set Wizard xml file including all data is generated ready to be sent as an e-mail attachment. Receivers can then just as easy import this file into Set Wizard and thus merge the data with existing data. This file also serves as an additional backup of your data. **Interface towards iPhone/iPad Music Player for playback of songs. Play songs from repertoire and set lists directly with one-click only **"Now Playing" view for rehearsal with possibilities to set loop points in song and link to song lyrics from your favorite lyrics website **Performance view for displaying lyrics and chords during performance. Automatic text scrolling

Screenshots

Metronome4 screens
Set Wizard3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Metronome at 85% against Set Wizard's 25%. Metronome also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.8) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). Set Wizard's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.6). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Metronome costs $1.99 and Set Wizard $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Metronome holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Metronome has 48 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Metronome's written reviews are positive against 25% of Set Wizard's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Metronome ships an update every 2 weeks, Set Wizard every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Metronome versus Set Wizard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMetronomeSet Wizard
Price$1.99 — better$5.99
Rating4.5 (48 ratings) — better2.8 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews85.5% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings48 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB2 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperGil EstesVegar F. Johansen

Customer experience

Metronome

All ratings48 ratings
Positive89.6%
Neutral4.2%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews55 reviews
Positive85.5%
Neutral3.6%
Negative10.9%

Set Wizard

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Metronome

No in-app purchases

None

Set Wizard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Metronome free?
Metronome costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Set Wizard free?
Set Wizard costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Metronome or Set Wizard?
Metronome is rated higher. Metronome averages 4.5 out of 5 from 48 ratings, while Set Wizard averages 2.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Metronome or Set Wizard have ads?
Neither Metronome nor Set Wizard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Metronome or Set Wizard?
Metronome ships an update every 2 weeks, and Set Wizard every 3 months. Most recently, Metronome was updated on September 26, 2026 and Set Wizard on June 5, 2026.

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