Comparison

Keep Time vs haptik

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

Head to head
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.

About

haptik

This app provides a silent, haptic metronome for music practice, delivering beats through vibrations. It allows users to record ideas, sync with other devices for group practice, and customize their experience with themes. It also offers features like screen and camera flash options and tempo detection from songs.

Highlights
  • Silent haptic metronome
  • Always-on beat delivery
  • Record practice sessions
  • Link multiple devices for group sync
  • Customizable themes
  • Tempo detection from songs
Features
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haptik – a silent, beautiful, mesmerising yet simple haptic metronome for your music practice. WHY HAPTIK? haptik is for musicians who loves sound-less metronomes. While the beats are delivered through haptic touches, you can focus on your music without the beeping distractions. AT A GLANCE • Always-On haptic metronome, even if you turn your arm • Record your ideas and practice with a single tap • Connect your band by linking up multiple devices • Beautiful themes to customise your experience • Screen and camera flash option on iPhone • Shazam a song and get its tempo instantly FEATURES IN DEPTH Always-On haptic: You'll continue to receive the haptic beats, even if your Apple Watch goes on standby or when your arm turns away while playing a musical instrument. Link & Play Together: When you are rehearsing as a group, connect everyone’s devices using haptik-link. It runs on Bluetooth and with our specially designed algorithm, we make sure everyone is on the same “beat”. Record: haptik is also your handy recorder when you are practising, or writing your next big music idea. You might not know when the Eureka moment comes, but be well assured the record button is right at your fingertips. Your recordings are synchronized via iCloud on both Apple Watch and iPhone. Themes: haptik comes with different beautiful color options, each of them are handpicked for a mesmerising animation experience. We have no words for this, you have to feel this yourself – glaze your finger around the metronome on the iPhone. --- We're always listening for feedback, and love connecting with our users! Connect with us: Email: hello@digitalworkroom.co.uk Website: https://www.haptik.watch Facebook: https://facebook.com/haptik.watch/ X: @haptikwatch --- Terms of use & Privacy Policy: https://haptik.watch/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

Keep Time4 screens
haptik4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Keep Time at 90% against haptik's 31%. Keep Time also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.8) and device support (4 vs 2). haptik's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (401 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Keep Time sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and haptik sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 3 months. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Keep Time holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: haptik has 401 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Keep Time's written reviews are positive against 31% of haptik's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Keep Time ships an update every 4 months, haptik fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Keep Time versus haptik: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKeep Timehaptik
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings) — better3.8 (401 ratings)
Positive reviews90.0% of reviews — better31.2% of reviews
Number of ratings2401 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJustin OkunDigital Workroom Ltd

Customer experience

Keep Time

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

haptik

All ratings401 ratings
Positive65.8%
Neutral7.7%
Negative26.4%
Written reviews237 reviews
Positive31.2%
Neutral15.6%
Negative53.2%

Bugs and requests

Keep Time

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

haptik

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Tempo gets out of sync between iPhone and Apple Watch
  • Apple Watch app stops working when wrist is turned away
  • Inability to change tempo in free version
  • Frequent need to restore purchase on both devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add support for different time signatures
  • Allow adjustable haptic feedback strength
  • Implement numeric tempo input
  • Add set list and song tempo management features
  • Provide audio metronome option in addition to haptic

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Keep Time

One-time1
  • Feature Pack$1.99
3 purchases

haptik

Subscriptions1
  • Quarterly Subscription3 Days trial$5.993 Months
One-time2
  • haptik unlocked.$14.99
  • haptik unlocked$24.99

Questions

Is Keep Time free?
Keep Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is haptik free?
haptik is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Keep Time or haptik?
Keep Time is rated higher. Keep Time averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while haptik averages 3.8 from 401 ratings.
Do Keep Time or haptik have ads?
Neither Keep Time nor haptik shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Keep Time or haptik?
Keep Time ships an update every 4 months, and haptik fortnightly. Most recently, Keep Time was updated on October 24, 2026 and haptik on October 29, 2026.

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