Comparison

SYNKD Metronome & Sequencer vs Poly Metronome

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

Head to head
About

SYNKD Metronome & Sequencer

This app is a powerful practice tool for musicians, blending a graphic sequencer with an advanced metronome. Create custom rhythm chains for skill development or download pre-made patterns to improve timing and learn new musical ideas.

Highlights
  • Graphic rhythmic sequencer
  • Advanced metronome
  • Custom rhythm chain creation
  • Save practice routines
  • Download pre-programmed rhythm chains
  • Skill development tool
Features
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Far more than a metronome, SYNKD is a revolutionary educational tool for all musicians. The app combines an easy-to-use graphic-based rhythmic sequencer with a highly advanced metronome. Build and save rhythm chains for practice routines and skill development. Download pre-programmed rhythm chains to maximize your practice time, learn new patterns, and perfect your timing, all from the palm of your hand.

About

Poly Metronome

Master rhythm with a precise metronome offering advanced features like subdivisions and polyrhythms. Create complex patterns, save setups, and train your timing with built-in tools. Visual, flash, and vibrate modes ensure you stay on beat in any environment.

Highlights
  • Subdivisions per beat
  • Polyrhythm creation
  • Programmable setlists
  • Coach Trainer with mute
  • Automator tempo progression
  • Visual, flash, and vibrate modes
Features
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Poly Metronome is a precise, modern practice tool for musicians who want more than just a click. Set any time signature, shape odd meters with accent groupings, layer polyrhythms, then save your setups as presets and setlists — or build up speed with practice sessions that track your progress. A clean interface scales from iPhone to iPad, with a live pulse ring that shows every voice and accent at a glance — and stays in sync with the sound on the speaker, headphones, AirPods or AirPlay. FREE FEATURES • Studio-grade timing engine, 1–800 BPM • Any time signature: 1–32 beats per bar, counted in quarter or eighth notes — 5/4, 7/8, 9/8, 12/8 and more • Accents and groupings such as 2+2+3 for odd meters • Two-voice polyrhythms such as 3:2 or 4:7 • Count-in before playback • Tap tempo and manual BPM entry • Vibration and LED flash on the beat (iPhone) • Foot pedal and Bluetooth keyboard control • Siri and Shortcuts: start, stop and set the tempo hands-free • Lock Screen, Dynamic Island and Control Center controls • AirPlay and Bluetooth speakers, with a latency notice • Searchable user guide with live examples • Ad-free, with dark, light or system theme PRO FEATURES — one-time purchase, Family Sharing supported • Up to 5 polyrhythm voices, each with its own sound, color, accents and pattern • 18 sound banks (10 metronome + 8 polyrhythm) • 16 built-in rhythm patterns and a custom pattern editor with real notation — even a different subdivision on every beat • Presets: create, edit and duplicate, with notes such as the key or capo shown on stage • Setlists: songs in order, each with its own tempo, notes and auto-advance on the downbeat — the app reopens on the same song if it closes mid-gig • Practice sessions: Coach mutes bars to test your inner time, Automator ramps the tempo by bars or seconds, and session goals keep you on track • Practice log: day streak, minutes per day and your top-tempo progress • Siri and Spotlight for your presets, practices and setlists • iCloud sync across all your devices Ideal for drummers, guitarists, pianists, singers, dancers and any musician serious about timing.

Screenshots

SYNKD Metronome & Sequencer4 screens
Poly Metronome4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Poly Metronome at Free against SYNKD Metronome & Sequencer's $9.99. Poly Metronome also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.5) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 12 months). SYNKD Metronome & Sequencer's advantage is review sentiment (45% vs 23%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). 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

Poly Metronome is free to download; SYNKD Metronome & Sequencer costs $9.99 up front. SYNKD Metronome & Sequencer sells 16 one-off in-app purchases and Poly Metronome sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Poly Metronome holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Poly Metronome has 204 ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 45% of SYNKD Metronome & Sequencer's written reviews are positive against 23% of Poly Metronome's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SYNKD Metronome & Sequencer ships an update every 12 months, Poly Metronome every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
SYNKD Metronome & Sequencer versus Poly Metronome: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSYNKD Metronome & SequencerPoly Metronome
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating3.5 (23 ratings)4.3 (204 ratings) — better
Positive reviews44.7% of reviews — better22.6% of reviews
Number of ratings23204 — better
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFlamadiddle Inc.Imre Virag

Customer experience

SYNKD Metronome & Sequencer

All ratings23 ratings
Positive60.9%
Neutral13.0%
Negative26.1%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive44.7%
Neutral13.2%
Negative42.1%

Poly Metronome

All ratings204 ratings
Positive82.8%
Neutral1.0%
Negative16.2%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive22.6%
Neutral9.7%
Negative67.7%

In-app purchases

16 purchases

SYNKD Metronome & Sequencer

One-time16
  • D’Addario Education CollectiveFree
  • Pack of Polyrhythm Chains$1.99
  • Pack of World Rhythm Chains$1.99
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  • Essential Odd Times 1$1.99
  • Over The Bar Line$1.99
  • Accents and Subdivisions 2$1.99
  • Pack of Timing Chains$1.99
  • Note Rate Combinations$2.99
  • Accents and Subdivisions 2$2.99
  • Pack of Timing Chains$2.99
  • Tuplet Transitions$2.99
  • Pack of Polyrhythm Chains$3.99
  • Pack of World Rhythm Chains$3.99
  • Between the Beats$3.99
  • Rhythm Basics - Modern Drummer$4.99
  • Stickings & Subdivisions$6.99
1 purchases

Poly Metronome

One-time1
  • Pro Version$4.99

Questions

Is SYNKD Metronome & Sequencer free?
SYNKD Metronome & Sequencer costs $9.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Poly Metronome free?
Poly Metronome is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SYNKD Metronome & Sequencer or Poly Metronome?
Poly Metronome is rated higher. SYNKD Metronome & Sequencer averages 3.5 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while Poly Metronome averages 4.3 from 204 ratings.
Do SYNKD Metronome & Sequencer or Poly Metronome have ads?
Neither SYNKD Metronome & Sequencer nor Poly Metronome shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SYNKD Metronome & Sequencer or Poly Metronome?
SYNKD Metronome & Sequencer ships an update every 12 months, and Poly Metronome every 5 days. Most recently, SYNKD Metronome & Sequencer was updated on October 29, 2026 and Poly Metronome on October 24, 2026.

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