Comparison

Metronome with Player vs Underbeat

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

Head to head
About

Metronome with Player

Practice music with a metronome and audio playback simultaneously. Adjust tempo, rhythm patterns, and beat sounds. Features a music player with speed conversion and customizable backgrounds.

Highlights
  • Simultaneous metronome and audio playback
  • 16 rhythm patterns
  • Adjustable BPM (30-240)
  • Music speed conversion (50-200%)
  • Customizable backgrounds
  • Tap BPM setting
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This app can play a metronome and an audio file simultaneously. For example, you can check the rhythm of your favorite song with the metronome. The metronome part can graphically check various patterns. It uses note for each beat, and has plain design intuitively. [ Metronome ] 16 Rhythm Patterns * 1/Beat - 4/Beat * Son (3 : 2, 2 : 3) * Rumba (3 : 2, 2 : 3) * Son (3 : 2, 2 : 3) 6/8 * Rumba (3 : 2, 2 : 3) 6/8 * 6/8 * Samba (Partido Alto) * Bossa * Shuffle - Beat number ranges 2-8. (in the case of 1/Beat - 4/Beat) Setting of each beat - Switch note (rest) for rest (note) by tapping note. - Each note selects 2 patterns of beat sounds. BPM ranges 30-240. Set BPM by Tap. (Set beat sound ON/OFF by Tap.) Select many kinds of beat sounds. (16 sets, 32 types) [ Set List ] Each list parameter has BPM, pattern, beat number. Change the list at top screen. [ Other ] Music player - It is possible to simultaneously play music and metronome in the device. - Speed conversion of music. (50~200%) Select background color or image. (16 types) ================================================ Note : The song files that can be selected in the music player are listed under [Library] > [Downloaded] > [Songs] in the Apple's app "Music". This app can't read songs of the following formats. - Songs from iCloud, iTunes Match - Songs that are protected by digital copyright (DRM) ================================================

About

Underbeat

Features
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Underbeat is a metronome that plays alongside your music instead of interrupting it — for practising an instrument, and for running. Start a track in Spotify or Apple Music, start Underbeat, and the click sits underneath it. No ducking, no pausing, no switching apps. FOR MUSICIANS Practise to the recorded track rather than to a click in isolation. The Music group starts at 80, 120 and 90 BPM, in 4/4 and 3/4, and a warm wooden click. FOR RUNNERS Hold a cadence over a playlist for the length of a long run. The Running group starts at 160, 170 and 180 steps per minute, with a rim click chosen to cut through music in open air without being loud. One engine underneath both — the same timing, the same mixing. What differs is the preset group you switch to, and each carries its own sound and its own volume. PRESET TEMPOS Switch tempo with one tap. A piece that moves between sections, or an interval that changes pace, should not need you to drag a dial mid-bar. TRUE BACKGROUND MIXING The click mixes with whatever else is playing, and keeps going with the screen off and the app in the background — ninety minutes and beyond, uninterrupted. LOCK SCREEN CONTROL Start, stop and change tempo from the Lock Screen and the Dynamic Island. Your hands stay on the instrument, or keep moving. TAP TEMPO Tap out a few beats and Underbeat takes the tempo from you. BUILT FOR TIMING The beat grid is rendered ahead of time and played from a single buffer, so the interval between clicks does not drift over a long session. Every other feature depends on that. Underbeat has no accounts, no adverts and no analytics. It collects nothing and sends nothing anywhere.

Screenshots

Metronome with Player4 screens
Underbeat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Underbeat at none against Metronome with Player's 1. Underbeat also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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

Both are free to download. Metronome with Player sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Underbeat asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Metronome with Player versus Underbeat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMetronome with PlayerUnderbeat
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews62.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLoop-Sessions.LLC.DAH Optim Consulting SRL

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Metronome with Player

One-time1
  • Always remove banner ads.$2.99
None

Underbeat

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Metronome with Player free?
Metronome with Player is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Underbeat free?
Underbeat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Metronome with Player or Underbeat have ads?
Metronome with Player shows ads; Underbeat does not.

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