SYNKD Metronome & Sequencer vs RhythmBot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Graphic rhythmic sequencer
- Advanced metronome
- Custom rhythm chain creation
- Save practice routines
- Download pre-programmed rhythm chains
- Skill development tool
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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.
RhythmBot
This app serves as a personal music coach, offering tools for sight-reading practice, rhythm creation, and metronome functionality. It helps musicians master complex rhythms and enhance their creativity through customizable exercises and performance tracking.
- Infinite rhythm generation
- Customizable rhythm parameters
- Sight-reading practice mode
- Play-along accuracy tracking
- Advanced metronome functions
- Stepwise rhythm trainer
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RhythmBot is your personal sight-reading coach, creative tool, and metronome. Master complex rhythms and become more creative on your instrument. RhythmBot creates infinite new rhythms according to the parameters you set, which include complexity, tempo, time signature, subdivision, playback sound, swing percentage, and more. *READING MODE: An infinite scroll of sight-reading practice at your complexity level. *PLAY ALONG MODE: RhythmBot measures your accuracy and longest streak as you tap the rhythms. - Start simple and increase complexity. - See your stats after each attempt. - Push yourself by drilling rhythms that you missed. METRONOME - Tempo control - Tap tempo - Innovative outer wheels for subdivision and signature - Practice timer - Individual click volume control - Individual click accent or rest - *Gap click - *Stepwise trainer (increase, decrease, alternate) - *Save to setlist *Upgrade to RHYTHMBOT PRO to unlock: - Sight-reading mode - Play along mode - Playback sound controls - Subdivision controls - Time signature controls - Presets - Swing percentage - “Add space” slider - Metronome setlist, gap click, and stepwise trainer
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: RhythmBot at 96% against SYNKD Metronome & Sequencer's 45%. RhythmBot also leads on price (Free vs $9.99) and rating (5.0 vs 3.5). SYNKD Metronome & Sequencer's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). 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
RhythmBot is free to download; SYNKD Metronome & Sequencer costs $9.99 up front. SYNKD Metronome & Sequencer sells 16 one-off in-app purchases and RhythmBot sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
RhythmBot holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RhythmBot has 143 ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of SYNKD Metronome & Sequencer's written reviews are positive against 96% of RhythmBot's.
SYNKD Metronome & Sequencer ships an update every 12 months, RhythmBot every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SYNKD Metronome & Sequencer | RhythmBot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.5 (23 ratings) | 5.0 (143 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 44.7% of reviews | 96.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23 | 143 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Flamadiddle Inc. | Jean-Pierre Bouvet |
Customer experience
SYNKD Metronome & Sequencer
RhythmBot
Bugs and requests
SYNKD Metronome & Sequencer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
RhythmBot
Requested features
2 requests- Include triplets, tuplets and ties
- Expand rhythm generation capabilities
In-app purchases
SYNKD Metronome & Sequencer
- 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
RhythmBot
- RhythmBot Pro2 variants$4.99
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