Comparison

Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer vs SilentFlash Metronome

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

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About

Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer

Master rhythmic accuracy with instant feedback and graduated levels. Practice diverse rhythms, from beginner to professional, with customizable exercises and multiple input methods. Improve your musicality faster than traditional practice.

Highlights
  • Instant feedback on timing accuracy
  • Graduated levels from beginner to professional
  • Diverse exercises with common and rare rhythms
  • Thousands of random and fixed exercises
  • Rhythm editor for customization
  • Practice and test modes
  • Microphone and MIDI input support
Features
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Accelerate your sight reading skills with instant feedback on timing accuracy. Our carefully graduated levels, from beginner to professional, allow you to start at your optimal skill level and progress at your own pace. You'll improve more rapidly than practicing solely on your instrument. Practice anytime and anywhere. Many advanced features. KEY FEATURES DIVERSE EXERCISES - Explore common and rare rhythms from 2 to 12 beats per bar (2/2, 3/2, 4/2, 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 7/4, 3/8, 5/8, 6/8, 7/8, 9/8, 12/8). - More than 200 fixed exercises (100 (longer ones) on iPad). - Thousands of random exercises. - Suitable for absolute beginners as well as professionals. - Challenge yourself with exercises involving rests, ties, syncopations, duplets, triplets, quadruplets and quintuplets. - Add swing to quarter note meter exercises with varying degrees of swing intensity. - Automatic count-off with one or two bars. - Longer (random) exercises in landscape orientation. PRACTICE & TEST MODE - Practice mode: listen or tap along while the rhythm is played. - Test mode: hear the metronome and read/tap the rhythm. - Visual feedback instantly displays accuracy with each tap (color and position). - Easily adjust metronome tempo by sliding or keypad. - Two tap buttons for higher tempos or tapping with alternating fingers. RHYTHM EDITOR - Edit any exercise to suit your preferences. - Intuitive editor with minimal taps. - Includes an editor for ties. - Unlimited undo. - Add your exercises to favorites. - Share exercises with others. EXTRA CHALLENGES - Expert mode: higher default tempo and more accuracy required. - Endurance test (continuous reading). - Speeding-up tests. - Left- and right-hand independence: tap the beat and rhythm with two buttons. - Note duration test. - Count 6/8 in two (dotted quarter as the beat). - Ear training function for rhythmic dictation. - Maintain rhythm focus while notes from a chord progression are played. REPORTING - View a frequency chart of your tap results. - Access progress reports for fixed and random exercises. - Share your results, such as a 100% score graphic or progress reports, via email. SOUNDS - Choose from various percussive instruments for app player, metronome, and taps. - Play chord progressions with guitar, e-piano, marimba, or bass. - Optional stereo sound with taps in the right ear and metronome/player in the left ear. - Optional beat-counting voice function. MICROPHONE - Utilize the microphone for an alternative to tap buttons. - Play rhythms with hand claps, finger-snaps, or an instrument. - Adjust sensitivity settings. - Supports external microphones. MIDI - Receive taps from a Midi device connected via Apple USB camera adapter or USB-C (e.g., keyboard, guitar, drum kit). - Automatic device detection. - Touch-sensitivity support. - Export any exercise as a MIDI file. OTHER FEATURES - Experience very low latency with instant response. - Support for left-handed tapping. - Choose between classical and flat interface themes. - Support for dark mode (iOS13+). - Universal app (iPhone, iPhone Duo and iPad). - Supports all screen sizes. - Tested on iOS and iPadOS 27.

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SilentFlash Metronome

Features
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Keep perfect time when sound is not an option. SilentFlash Metronome shows every beat with a clear visual pulse, supports Tap Tempo and common time signatures, and lets you save synced presets with iCloud across iPhone and iPad. No sound, no vibration, no clutter—just tempo when silence matters.

Screenshots

Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer4 screens
SilentFlash Metronome4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is chart position: Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer at #115 against SilentFlash Metronome's unranked. SilentFlash Metronome's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $3.99) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.6). On ads, in-app purchases 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

Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer costs $3.99 and SilentFlash Metronome $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer versus SilentFlash Metronome: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRhythm Sight Reading TrainerSilentFlash Metronome
Price$3.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.8 (125 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews91.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings125 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#115 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRolfs AppsManabi Mate LLC

Bugs and requests

Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashes when tapping the 'i' button for info
  • Metronome beep timing not intuitive

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to practice on headphones
  • Increase size of tapping area
  • Add more options for time signatures beyond even meters
  • Implement side-scrolling mode for sight-reading practice
  • Allow creating longer, multi-measure exercises

SilentFlash Metronome

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer

No in-app purchases

None

SilentFlash Metronome

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer free?
Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SilentFlash Metronome free?
SilentFlash Metronome costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer or SilentFlash Metronome have ads?
Neither Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer nor SilentFlash Metronome shows ads.

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