Comparison

My Little Rhythm HD vs Keep Time

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

Head to head
About

My Little Rhythm HD

This application helps users improve their basic musical skills, specifically focusing on rhythm and reading musical scores. It uses visual and acoustic perception to make learning more intuitive and engaging for all ages. The game aims to make players read rhythms faster and understand entire scores more easily.

Highlights
  • Improves basic musical skills
  • Focuses on rhythm and score reading
  • Uses visual and acoustic perception
  • Intuitive learning for all ages
  • Amusing musical game
  • Faster rhythm recognition
Features
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Just like our previous work “My Little Note”, “My Little Rhythm HD” is an iPad application for improving your basic musical skill. When studying how to read the musical score, people tend to focus only on “tunes “. But no musical note makes a piece of music without being played to right rhythms. “My Little Rhythm” surely is an amusing musical game, and playing it with repetition lets the player to read rhythms faster, and eventually the entire score easier. Unlike printed material, visual and acoustic perception help players to feel rhythms more intuitively. Let alone the acoustic education for children, this makes a perfect rhythm training tool for everyone, from children to grown-ups, and for those playing in a brass band, chorus group, as well as a rock band.

About

Keep Time

This application provides musicians with a visual metronome to enhance their playing. It offers adjustable tempo, customizable sounds and colors, and various subdivision options. Advanced features for rhythm simulation are available through in-app purchases.

Highlights
  • Adjustable speed with touch gestures
  • 4 metronome sound options
  • 7 color choices for visualizer
  • Sub-division options (8th, 16th, triplets)
  • Configurable visualizer beats per measure
  • Apple Watch remote tempo adjustment
Features
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Are you a musician who wants to improve your playing? Metronomes are a great way to work on your speed, timing, and accuracy, no matter what instrument you play! Keep Time is a free, fully functioning metronome with a strong visual component. Featuring: - Adjustable speed using touch gestures. You can tap the screen to synchronize it with your tempo. - 4 different metronome sounds - 7 different color choices for the visualizer and interface, including a "rainbow" option - Sub-division options such as: 8th notes, 16th notes, triplets, and shuffles - Visualizer configurable to display 2-8 beats per measure - Advanced features such as Auto Adjust and Simulate Human Rhythm available via In-App purchase - Support for iPad multitasking - Remote tempo adjustment using Apple Watch Directions: Keep Time is operated by using the menu at the bottom of the screen. Start and pause the metronome by using the "Play" button on the far left. Use the "Settings" menu to change the speed, sounds, and colors. Push the "Visualizer" button to remove the settings menu overlay. Finally, the "More" button provides technical information and links to the entire Okunarium Labs catalog.

Screenshots

Keep Time4 screens

Verdict

The call

My Little Rhythm HD and Keep Time both sit at 4.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 90% of Keep Time's written reviews are positive against 30% of My Little Rhythm HD's. Keep Time also leads on price (Free vs $2.99) and device support (4 vs 1). My Little Rhythm HD's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). On rating, ratings volume, 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

Keep Time is free to download; My Little Rhythm HD costs $2.99 up front. Keep Time sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. My Little Rhythm HD asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for My Little Rhythm HD against 4.0 for Keep Time. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 30% of My Little Rhythm HD's written reviews are positive against 90% of Keep Time's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

My Little Rhythm HD ships an update every 7 months, Keep Time every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
My Little Rhythm HD versus Keep Time: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy Little Rhythm HDKeep Time
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)4.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews30.0% of reviews90.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DevelopertokentokenJustin Okun

Customer experience

My Little Rhythm HD

Written reviews10 reviews
Positive30.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative60.0%

Keep Time

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%

In-app purchases

None

My Little Rhythm HD

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Keep Time

One-time1
  • Feature Pack$1.99

Questions

Is My Little Rhythm HD free?
My Little Rhythm HD costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Keep Time free?
Keep Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, My Little Rhythm HD or Keep Time?
My Little Rhythm HD and Keep Time are both rated 4.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do My Little Rhythm HD or Keep Time have ads?
Neither My Little Rhythm HD nor Keep Time shows ads.
Which is updated more often, My Little Rhythm HD or Keep Time?
My Little Rhythm HD ships an update every 7 months, and Keep Time every 4 months. Most recently, My Little Rhythm HD was updated on October 23, 2026 and Keep Time on October 24, 2026.

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