Comparison

Tempo Magic vs PowerMusicNow

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

Head to head
About

Tempo Magic

Adjust the tempo of your music without altering the pitch. This app is ideal for runners, cyclists, DJs, and instructors who want to match their music to their activity or mood. Enjoy seamless playback and full control over your playlists.

Highlights
  • Change BPM without altering pitch
  • Plays unprotected audio files from iPod
  • Adjust tempo at any time
  • BPM Lock Mode for consistent tempo
  • Gapless playback
  • Hifi Mode for extreme tempo shifts
  • BPM Tapper for precise analysis
Features
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Change the BPM of your music! Perfect for Runners, Cyclists, DJs, Music Instructors and Dance Instructors or anyone who wants to move to their own beat. Accolades: • Featured by Apple as a Fitness Essential • Featured by Weight Watchers • Featured as a Top Shape-Up App by Health Magazine • Featured by Self Magazine • Featured as one of Eight Great Diet and Fitness Apps by CNN.com • Featured by IDEA as an essential app for Group Fitness Instructors The best fitness app just got even better. Tempo Magic lets you speed up or slow down the BPM (Beats Per Minute) of any song on your iPod without messing with the pitch. We won't ruin your favorite songs with high-pitched chipmunk lyrics or slowed down zombie vocals. Tempo Magic adjusts the music straight from your iPod app - no lengthy uploads or importing required. Just pick your playlist and go. Continuous play? No problem. Tempo Magic Pro features Gapless Playback for gapless albums and playlists so the beat never stops. Skip to any point in your playlist without stopping the music. Conceived and co-created by international fitness industry leader Petra Kolber and Yes! Fitness Music, the fastest growing fitness music company in the world. Features: • Change the BPM without touching the pitch • Plays all unprotected audiofiles straight from your iPod Library • Change tempo at any time • BPM Lock Mode allows you to take a playlist with multiple tempos and play it at the BPM of your choice! • Gapless Playback • Hifi Mode for slowing or speeding up by 50% • BPM Tapper to fine tune the analyzed BPMs of your tracks • Jump to any point in the track • Jump to any track in your playlist • Shuffle mode • Supports multitasking: Plays perfectly in the background • Compatible with Nike+ and Bluetooth Audio • Yes! Fitness Music Cloud Account Sync TURN ANY WORKOUT INTO THE PERFECT WORKOUT The key to the perfect workout is the perfect music. The right song with a high-energy beat can turn a grueling workout into a great one. But you don't just want any fast music, you want your favorite music. With just a slide of your finger, you can change the BPM (Beats Per Minute) of your favorite songs to perfectly match your feet on the road, your pedal stroke on your bike, the movements of your Group X Class, or anything else you can think of. KEEP THE PARTY HOPPING With BPM Lock Mode, you can make sure your party playlist never runs out of energy. Sprinkle on a little Tempo Magic, and you won't need to worry about a slower song clearing out the dance floor. ENJOY YOUR MUSIC, YOUR WAY Whether you want to match the music to your mood, or just play around with your favorite songs, Tempo Magic gives you control. Change the BPM of any song on your iPod with just a slide of your finger. You can even throw it into Ultra Shift if you really want to have some fun. System Requirements: Works with iPhone 3GS, 4, 4S, and 5, and iPad 2 or greater. We support iOS version 5.0 or better

About

PowerMusicNow

This app provides fitness instructors with a mobile music player that allows BPM adjustments, custom mix creation, and interval timers. It offers access to a vast library of music, choreography videos, and royalty-free tracks for live streaming.

Highlights
  • Adjust BPM without altering pitch
  • Create custom beat-mixed compilations
  • Build playlists with own and library music
  • Built-in Tabata and custom interval timers
  • Access choreography videos with PDFs
  • Royalty-free music for live streaming
Features
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Welcome to Power Music NOW where group fitness goes mobile. Power Music NOW is the #1 tool for group fitness professionals. It includes a music player with the ability to adjust the BPM of any song in your library on the go, as well as built-in tabata and custom interval timers. You can also access your purchases directly inside the app. As a Power Music NOW member, you will have access to unlimited Power Music albums, unlimited custom mixes, unlimited playlists, unlimited Royalty Free music for live stream classes, exclusive music releases available only in the app and unlimited choreography videos with corresponding music and educational PDF’s. Custom mixes give you the ability to create professional beat-mixed compilations using the individual songs found in our music library. You can add gaps between tracks if you’d like or have each song transition seamlessly into the next. Playlists give you the ability to choose single songs from our library and put them into a playlist with songs from your OWN library. You can also create playlists from Power Music albums or the music from Power Music Video products. FEATURES OF THE PLAYER: -Change your BPM without altering pitch (+/- 50%) -Gapless playback -Lock tempo either by BPM or % of original BPM -Audio scrub to fast-forward or rewind -Supports multi-tasking so it runs in the background while your phone is locked or you are working in other apps -Put a song or playlist on repeat -Put a playlist on shuffle SUBSCRIPTION FEATURES: -Free 30 day trial -Unlimited Power Music albums -Unlimited custom mixes (be your own DJ!) -Unlimited playlists -Monthly exclusive albums available only in the app -Unlimited Royalty Free music for use in live stream classes on social media and zoom -Unlimited Power Music Video choreography (complete with music and educational PDF’s) -All of our music inside the app is PPL and PPCA-free for subscribers SPECIAL APP FEATURES: -Make a copy of any custom mix or playlist, saving you tons of time if you want to make a small adjustment to a mix you love -See how many items you have in each MY MUSIC section including albums, created custom mixes and created playlists -Add individual tracks from any Power Music album to a playlist you want to create -”Favorite” items in the app for quick access later PURCHASES: If you’ve purchased music already you can access those purchases directly inside the app for free, no subscription required. Power Music NOW. Expand your instructor toolkit, save time prepping for class, teach to the beat, and create epic experiences for your class participants with the world’s #1 source for music and video choreography PLEASE NOTE: Requires iOS 10, 11, or 12 (or greater). Recommended iPhone 6 or newer. Older devices could suffer crashes due to inadequate RAM, system architecture, and chip set. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS: You can subscribe to Power Music NOW directly in the app using in-app subscriptions. Included are two options: monthly ($14.99/month) and yearly ($149.99/year), both with one month free trial periods. Payment will be charged your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. After purchase, subscriptions can be managed in the app and auto-renewal can be turned off as well. Any unused portion of the free trial period will be forfeited when the subscription is purchased. For further details, please see terms of use at http://www.powermusic.com/privacy-policy-cookie

Screenshots

Tempo Magic4 screens
PowerMusicNow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PowerMusicNow at Free against Tempo Magic's $5.99. PowerMusicNow also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.9) and ratings volume (3.2K vs 131). Tempo Magic's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (10.1 vs 15.6). On ads 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

PowerMusicNow is free to download; Tempo Magic costs $5.99 up front. PowerMusicNow sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Tempo Magic asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PowerMusicNow holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PowerMusicNow has 3.2K ratings behind it against 131, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of Tempo Magic's written reviews are positive against 57% of PowerMusicNow's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tempo Magic ships an update every 2 months, PowerMusicNow monthly. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Tempo Magic versus PowerMusicNow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTempo MagicPowerMusicNow
Price$5.99Free — better
Rating2.9 (131 ratings)4.8 (3.2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.2% of reviews57.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1313.2K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
Best chart rank—#113 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.1 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperloloPower Music, Inc.

Customer experience

Tempo Magic

All ratings130 ratings
Positive44.6%
Neutral4.6%
Negative50.8%
Written reviews206 reviews
Positive42.2%
Neutral13.1%
Negative44.7%

PowerMusicNow

All ratings3,184 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral2.7%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews197 reviews
Positive57.4%
Neutral9.6%
Negative33.0%

User reviews

Tempo Magic

From 131 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Smooth playback
  • 💡 Ability to change tempo without distorting pitch
  • 👍 Great for fitness classes and dance instructors
  • 👍 Useful for ballroom dancing and rehearsals

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Buggy after updates, with issues like skipping songs, changing BPM, and crashing
  • 🔒 Incompatible with Apple Music and DRM-protected tracks
  • 👎 Difficult to navigate and manage playlists
  • 👎 Inconsistent performance, with lag and delays when changing songs or BPM

PowerMusicNow

From 3.2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great music selection
  • 🔧 Ability to change BPM
  • 👍 User-friendly app
  • 💪 Helpful for fitness classes
  • 🎨 Variety of music genres

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches
  • 🔍 Difficult to navigate and use
  • 🔒 Login and account issues
  • 🔄 Playlists disappearing or not working
  • 🔊 Poor sound quality and remixes

Bugs and requests

Tempo Magic

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Songs skipping or restarting mid-playback
  • BPM lock not working as expected, with tempo resetting
  • Crashes and freezes, especially after updates
  • Compatibility issues with newer devices and iOS versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add shuffle option for playlists
  • Allow setting individual BPM for songs in a playlist
  • Improve playlist management with better search and organization
  • Integrate with Apple Watch for on-the-go tempo control
  • Add volume control and gapless playback

PowerMusicNow

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Songs not loading properly
  • Tempo changes not working as expected
  • Syncing and downloading issues
  • Frequent app crashes and freezes
  • Inconsistent performance across devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • More customization options for playlists
  • Better search and browsing functionality
  • Seamless integration with personal music libraries
  • Improved stability and reliability
  • More contemporary and diverse music selection

In-app purchases

None

Tempo Magic

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

PowerMusicNow

Subscriptions2
  • Power Music1 Month trial$14.991 Month
  • Power Music1 Month trial$149.991 Year

Questions

Is Tempo Magic free?
Tempo Magic costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is PowerMusicNow free?
PowerMusicNow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tempo Magic or PowerMusicNow?
PowerMusicNow is rated higher. Tempo Magic averages 2.9 out of 5 from 131 ratings, while PowerMusicNow averages 4.8 from 3.2K ratings.
Do Tempo Magic or PowerMusicNow have ads?
Neither Tempo Magic nor PowerMusicNow shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tempo Magic or PowerMusicNow?
Tempo Magic ships an update every 2 months, and PowerMusicNow monthly. Most recently, Tempo Magic was updated on November 1, 2026 and PowerMusicNow on November 1, 2026.

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