Time Guru Metronome vs Listen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Random and patterned muting
- Complex meter sequences
- Gradual tempo changes
- Practice timer
- Customizable sound sets
- Voice counting
Read full descriptionHide full description
**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
Listen
Read full descriptionHide full description
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
Verdict
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
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.
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.
| Parameter | Time Guru Metronome | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (455 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 80.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 455 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 50 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Best chart rank | #37 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Avi Bortnick | Steve 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
Time Guru Metronome
No in-app purchases
Listen
No in-app purchases









