Comparison

Time Guru Metronome vs Listen

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

Listen

Features
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Listen: enables audiences to participate in live performances and shared listening experiences through synchronised audio playback on their smartphones. Created for composer-musician Hilary Kleinig's The Lost Art of Listening, Listen: allows audience members to participate in performances by playing specially prepared audio in precise coordination with other audience members and performers. Listen: transforms audience devices into a distributed sound system, allowing people to become active participants in a collective sonic experience and can be used for music, sound art, theatre, public installations, educational projects, and immersive events. Using event-specific audio content, Listen: can coordinate playback across multiple devices, creating spatial sound environments. Whether used by composers, artists, performers, educators, or event organisers, the app supports experiences where sound is shared, distributed, and explored together. From intimate performances to large-scale audience participation projects, Listen: makes it possible to deliver audio directly to participants and integrate their devices into the creative work itself. Sounds may include music, field recordings, spoken word, soundscapes, electronic audio, interactive content, or other materials designed specifically for an event or project. Listen: is built around the idea that listening can be a collective act. By bringing together the sounds played from many individual devices, the app helps create immersive experiences that encourage attention, participation, curiosity, and connection. Features: • Synchronised audio playback across multiple devices • Event-specific and project-specific audio content • Simple and intuitive participant experience • High-quality audio playback • Suitable for live performance, sound art, education, exhibitions, and public events • Minimal setup required for participants Listen: is intended for use in participating events and projects. Available content and functionality may vary depending on the organiser, artist, institution, or performance using the platform. Listen together. Participate together. Experience sound in new ways.

Screenshots

Time Guru Metronome4 screens
Listen3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Listen at Free against Time Guru Metronome's $2.99. Listen also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). Time Guru Metronome's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 50 months) and chart position (#37 vs unranked). 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

Listen is free to download; Time Guru Metronome costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Time Guru Metronome ships an update weekly, Listen every 50 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Time Guru Metronome versus Listen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTime Guru MetronomeListen
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (455 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings455 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 50 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#37 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAvi BortnickSteve Berrick

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

Listen

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Time Guru Metronome

No in-app purchases

None

Listen

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Time Guru Metronome free?
Time Guru Metronome costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Listen free?
Listen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Time Guru Metronome or Listen have ads?
Neither Time Guru Metronome nor Listen shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Time Guru Metronome or Listen?
Time Guru Metronome ships an update weekly, and Listen every 50 months. Most recently, Time Guru Metronome was updated on November 1, 2026 and Listen on October 27, 2026.

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