ScaleHelper vs Time Guru Metronome for iPad

Choose an exercise: see the notes and hear them played Play the exercise: get a score, see the notes you played and listen to your performance ScaleHelper is the fast way to improve your playing. With actual feedback based on what you played, ScaleHelper enables you to concentrate on the aspects of your playing that will help the most. ScaleHelper has 3 modes: 1. Play any scale: ScaleHelper determines the exercise you have played and scores your performance. Ideal for impromptu practise sessions. 2. Choose a scale: Choose the exercise you want to play and ScaleHelper listens and gives you a score. Ideal to improve a specific musical exercise. 3. Challenge me: ScaleHelper will ask you to play exercises from your challenge list that is based on your chosen syllabus. ScaleHelper will identify what you need to practise and make sure you get exam ready while having fun on the way. Ideal for practising a range of exercises. ScaleHelper contains everything you need for most of the instruments covered by the ABRSM, Trinity Guildhall, and MTB examining boards all the way from Grade 1 to Grade 8. ScaleHelper will be there for you every step of the way as you grow as a musician. ScaleHelper allows you to create your own syllabus from the exercises it supports: major scales; major arpeggios; harmonic minor scales; melodic minor scales; natural minor scales; minor arpeggios; chromatic scales; dominant sevenths; diminished sevenths; augmented arpeggios; scales in thirds; whole-tone scales; and pentatonic major scales. All exercises are available starting from every tonic over 1 octave, 1 twelfth, 2 octaves, 2.5 octaves and 3 octaves. There is a range of exercise lists for popular music exams available for download. Instruments supported include Violin, Viola, Cello, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Clarinet, Flute, Oboe, Saxophone, Bassoon, Recorder, Trumpet, Cornet, Trombone and Horn. A full list is available at www.ScaleHelper.com along with details of the rich feature set ScaleHelper has to offer. At less than the price of a single music lesson the guidance that ScaleHelper provides between your lessons builds on that teaching. You can dispense with the need to review scales by playing them in your lessons and instead reuse the time you gain to learn technique and perfect your pieces. ScaleHelper supports multiple users, keeping each user's history for each of their instruments. You can save recordings to study later or to show and play to your teacher and friends. You can also email recordings to share them with others. Have fun competing with your friends to see who can get the highest score or who can maintain the highest average.

The ultimate rhythm training experience, optimized for the iPad’s expansive display. Take advantage of the larger screen to build complex meter sequences and master your timing with the most advanced "gap click" metronome available. The "Gap Click" Revolution - Most musicians lean on the click; Time Guru lets you to own the beat. 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. It's like training wheels that lift off the ground. Designed for the iPad Canvas Building complex rhythms shouldn't feel cramped. Our iPad-specific interface allows you to view and edit unlimited chains of shifting meters without constant scrolling: • Expansive Sequencer: Build 4/4 → 7/8 → 3/4 → 11/16 with ease. • Intuitive Editing: Use the larger screen for precise drag-and-drop rearranging of meter patterns. • High Visibility: Perfect for use on a music stand; see your place in the sequence from a distance. Random & Pattern Muting Set any percentage of random muting to test your timekeeping, or create sequenced muting patterns. You'll quickly learn exactly where your timing falls apart—and strengthen your internal clock to fix it. Smart Practice Tools • Gradual Tempo Changes: Automatically speed up or slow down to build technical speed. • Practice Timer: Stay focused on your scales without glancing at the clock. • Pro Sound Sets: 35 loud, clear sounds with precise accent/unaccent balance control. • Voice Counting: English, Chinese, French, German & Russian. • Tap Tempo: High-responsiveness (5–300 BPM). • iCloud Sync: Your presets stay updated across iPad, iPhone, and Mac. • Full Accessibility: Robust VoiceOver support for visually impaired musicians. • Lock Screen control • Practice along with podcasts or YouTube What the press says: "This ingenious super metronome... an awesome learning, grooving, solidifying tool." — Guitar Player Magazine "If you're looking for a flexible, powerful metronome app for your iOS devices, I highly recommend Time Guru." — Sweetwater Developed by Avi Bortnick (touring guitarist with John Scofield) and Adam Bellard. Built for iPad and works on Apple Silicon Macs.