Comparison

Time Guru Metronome vs FiveLoop

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

Head to head
About

Time Guru Metronome

This app strengthens your internal sense of rhythm by periodically going silent, testing your ability to maintain tempo. It offers random and patterned muting, complex meter sequences, and gradual tempo changes for comprehensive practice.

Highlights
  • Random and patterned muting
  • Complex meter sequences
  • Gradual tempo changes
  • Practice timer
  • Customizable sound sets
  • Voice counting
Features
Currently charting
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**Strengthen your internal sense of rhythm.** Time Guru is the only metronome that periodically goes silent—randomly, in patterns, or both—so you discover whether you rush, drag, or lose your place. **Random & Pattern Muting** Set any percentage of random muting to test your timekeeping. Or create sequenced muting patterns. Or combine both. You'll quickly learn where your time falls apart—and strengthen it. **Complex Meter Sequences** Build unlimited chains of shifting meters: 4/4 -> 7/8 -> 3/4 -> 11/16 -> 4/4 -> 3/8. Meters go up to 16/x, patterns have no length limit, and you can rearrange them with drag-and-drop. **Gradual Tempo Changes** Automatically speed up or slow down over time—perfect for building technique. **Practice Timer** Set the metronome to stop after a specified duration. **Also includes:** • 35 loud, clear sound sets • Drum machine-style rhythmic patterns • Voice counting in English, Chinese, French, German & Russian • Tap tempo (5–300 BPM) • iCloud backup and sync • Light and dark themes • Full VoiceOver accessibility • Rock-solid timing via custom audio engine Developed by Avi Bortnick and Adam Bellard

About

FiveLoop

Enhance your music learning with a tool that allows you to slow down, loop, and repeat sections of online video tutorials. It also offers AI-powered audio analysis to split songs into stems, detect chords and BPM, and generate transcriptions.

Highlights
  • Loop any video section
  • Adjust playback tempo
  • Handsfree MIDI/Bluetooth control
  • AI song stem separation
  • Chord and BPM detection
  • Note-for-note transcriptions
Features
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Practice Music Smarter with FiveLoop Turn online music lessons and songs into focused practice sessions. Slow down difficult passages, repeat precise A B loops and control playback without taking your hands off your instrument. Learn from the platforms you already use FiveLoop works with most online video platforms, including YouTube, Vimeo, TrueFire and many more. Practice at your own pace • Set exact loop points and repeat any passage • Adjust playback speed in 5% steps • Play, pause, rewind and fast forward • Control playback hands free with MIDI or a compatible Bluetooth foot controller Discover FiveLoop Studio Import a song and use powerful AI audio analysis tools to understand and practice every detail. • Separate music into drums, bass, vocals and other instruments • Isolate or mute stems to focus on the part you want to learn • Detect chords, key and BPM automatically • Practice with a metronome matched to the song • View note transcriptions for bass, vocals and other stems Made for every musician FiveLoop helps beginners, advanced players, guitarists, bassists, drummers, singers, pianists, teachers and students learn more effectively from video and audio. Tested and recommended platforms • YouTube • TrueFire • learnpracticeplay.com • gitarrenlehreronline.de • fingerfux.de Is your favorite platform not supported? Contact us at mail@duechtel.com Terms: https://www.fiveloop.io/terms.html Privacy: https://www.fiveloop.io/pricacypolicy.html

Screenshots

Time Guru Metronome4 screens
FiveLoop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: FiveLoop at Free against Time Guru Metronome's $2.99. FiveLoop also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). Time Guru Metronome's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks). On rating, review sentiment and ads 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

FiveLoop is free to download; Time Guru Metronome costs $2.99 up front. FiveLoop sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Time Guru Metronome asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Time Guru Metronome against 4.4 for FiveLoop. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Time Guru Metronome has 450 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of Time Guru Metronome's written reviews are positive against 84% of FiveLoop's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Time Guru Metronome ships an update weekly, FiveLoop every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Time Guru Metronome versus FiveLoop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTime Guru MetronomeFiveLoop
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (450 ratings) — better4.4 (19 ratings)
Positive reviews79.1% of reviews83.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings450 — better19
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#70 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB730 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperAvi BortnickStephan Duechtel

Customer experience

Time Guru Metronome

All ratings450 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral2.7%
Negative8.4%
Written reviews177 reviews
Positive79.1%
Neutral5.1%
Negative15.8%

FiveLoop

All ratings19 ratings
Positive78.9%
Neutral15.8%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive83.7%
Neutral14.0%
Negative2.3%

Bugs and requests

Time Guru Metronome

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Skipping beats and glitching
  • Unable to delete saved rhythms
  • Incompatibility with newer devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to rearrange rhythm patterns
  • Option to assign different sounds to beats
  • Gradual tempo increase/decrease
  • Higher quality sound options
  • More time signature options beyond 7 beats

FiveLoop

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Time Guru Metronome

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

FiveLoop

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$44.991 Year
One-time1
  • Fullversion$3.99

Questions

Is Time Guru Metronome free?
Time Guru Metronome costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is FiveLoop free?
FiveLoop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Time Guru Metronome or FiveLoop?
Time Guru Metronome is rated higher. Time Guru Metronome averages 4.5 out of 5 from 450 ratings, while FiveLoop averages 4.4 from 19 ratings.
Do Time Guru Metronome or FiveLoop have ads?
Neither Time Guru Metronome nor FiveLoop shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Time Guru Metronome or FiveLoop?
Time Guru Metronome ships an update weekly, and FiveLoop every 6 weeks. Most recently, Time Guru Metronome was updated on October 1, 2026 and FiveLoop on September 30, 2026.

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