Comparison

Metronome vs Odd Metronome

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

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Metronome4 screens
Odd Metronome3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Metronome at every 2 weeks against Odd Metronome's every 40 months. Metronome also leads on ratings volume (48 vs 16). Odd Metronome's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.6). On price, review sentiment, ads 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

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Odd Metronome holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 48 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Metronome's written reviews are positive against 88% of Odd Metronome's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Metronome ships an update every 2 weeks, Odd Metronome every 40 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Metronome versus Odd Metronome: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMetronomeOdd Metronome
Price$1.99$1.99
Rating4.5 (48 ratings)4.7 (16 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.5% of reviews88.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings48 — better16
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 40 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.611.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGil EstesTony Overwater

Customer experience

Metronome

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

Odd Metronome

All ratings16 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral6.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive88.2%
Neutral5.9%
Negative5.9%

In-app purchases

None

Metronome

No in-app purchases

None

Odd Metronome

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Metronome free?
Metronome costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Odd Metronome free?
Odd Metronome costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Metronome or Odd Metronome?
Odd Metronome is rated higher. Metronome averages 4.5 out of 5 from 48 ratings, while Odd Metronome averages 4.7 from 16 ratings.
Do Metronome or Odd Metronome have ads?
Neither Metronome nor Odd Metronome shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Metronome or Odd Metronome?
Metronome ships an update every 2 weeks, and Odd Metronome every 40 months. Most recently, Metronome was updated on September 26, 2026 and Odd Metronome on September 23, 2026.

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