Comparison

Time Guru Metronome vs Harmonomics Ear Training

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
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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

Harmonomics Ear Training

This tool helps musicians of all levels improve their auditory skills. It offers a wide range of customizable exercises for identifying intervals, melodies, chords, and progressions, with detailed statistics and motivational achievements.

Highlights
  • 50+ customizable exercises
  • Extensive chord library with inversions
  • Creative exercises beyond basic identification
  • Detailed statistics and progress reports
  • Motivational achievements
  • Supports interval, melody, chord, and scale training
Features
Currently charting
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Harmonomics is a deep, flexible ear-training studio for musicians at every level—from first intervals to advanced harmony. Build real listening skills through more than 50 customizable exercises covering intervals, melodies, chords, chord progressions, scales, music theory, perfect pitch, and relative pitch. Harmonomics goes beyond basic identification with exercises for chord inversions, altered dominant chords, simultaneous pitches, scale degrees, root movement, and much more. PRACTICE YOUR WAY • Customize each exercise with focused, exercise-specific settings. • Choose Standard, Guest, or Hands-Free sessions—with spoken answers and automatic progression in Hands-Free mode. • Create your own exercises for the exact skills you want to develop. • Work with a large library of more than 35 chord types in multiple inversions. • Choose from multiple in-app color themes, with light and dark appearance options. • Use keyboard shortcuts on supported devices for fast, hands-on practice. SEE YOUR PROGRESS • Review accuracy, question counts, response time, and detailed results. • Explore your history for each exercise and see how your performance changes over time. • Stay motivated with daily goals and streaks. • Celebrate progress with interactive 3D achievements and personal records. • Revisit completed sessions in your reports archive. FROM FUNDAMENTALS TO ADVANCED HARMONY Start with essential interval, melody, and chord recognition, then move into advanced exercises that challenge you to hear inversions, chord tones, altered harmonies, multiple simultaneous pitches, and complex sequences. Every exercise can be shaped around your level, your instrument, and the music you want to master. Whether you are beginning ear training, preparing for school, sharpening your improvisation, or maintaining professional-level listening skills, Harmonomics gives you room to keep growing. From the creator of Metronomics.

Screenshots

Time Guru Metronome4 screens
Harmonomics Ear Training4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Time Guru Metronome at $2.99 against Harmonomics Ear Training's $9.99. Time Guru Metronome also leads on ratings volume (455 vs 30). Harmonomics Ear Training's advantage is chart position (#103 vs unranked) and device support (3 vs 1). On rating, review sentiment, update cadence 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

Time Guru Metronome costs $2.99 and Harmonomics Ear Training $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Harmonomics Ear Training holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Time Guru Metronome has 455 ratings behind it against 30, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Time Guru Metronome's written reviews are positive against 85% of Harmonomics Ear Training's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Time Guru Metronome ships an update weekly, Harmonomics Ear Training every 10 days. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Time Guru Metronome versus Harmonomics Ear Training: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTime Guru MetronomeHarmonomics Ear Training
Price$2.99 — better$9.99
Rating4.5 (455 ratings)4.7 (30 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.1% of reviews85.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings455 — better30
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#103 — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAvi BortnickJohn Nastos

Customer experience

Time Guru Metronome

All ratings450 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral2.7%
Negative8.4%
Written reviews196 reviews
Positive80.1%
Neutral5.1%
Negative14.8%

Harmonomics Ear Training

All ratings26 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive85.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.8%

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

Harmonomics Ear Training

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Time Guru Metronome

No in-app purchases

None

Harmonomics Ear Training

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Time Guru Metronome free?
Time Guru Metronome costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Harmonomics Ear Training free?
Harmonomics Ear Training costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Time Guru Metronome or Harmonomics Ear Training?
Harmonomics Ear Training is rated higher. Time Guru Metronome averages 4.5 out of 5 from 455 ratings, while Harmonomics Ear Training averages 4.7 from 30 ratings.
Do Time Guru Metronome or Harmonomics Ear Training have ads?
Neither Time Guru Metronome nor Harmonomics Ear Training shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Time Guru Metronome or Harmonomics Ear Training?
Time Guru Metronome ships an update weekly, and Harmonomics Ear Training every 10 days. Most recently, Time Guru Metronome was updated on November 1, 2026 and Harmonomics Ear Training on November 1, 2026.

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