Comparison

Keep Time vs Flashy Metronome

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

Flashy Metronome

This application offers a unique visual metronome experience with dynamic color bursts that pulse with the rhythm. It provides high-precision timing and adjustable settings to enhance musical practice. An optional camera flash can also be used for visual cues.

Highlights
  • Flashing color bursts for visual rhythm
  • High precision timing
  • Tempo tap functionality
  • Adjustable tick frequency
  • Meter settings
  • Optional camera flash
Features
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In trying other Metronome Apps, I found that the visuals were always lacking. Especially at a faster tempo, a basic animation like a moving box or a light that comes on briefly with each tick fails to give the sense of meter that I was looking for. Flashy Metronome uses flashing bursts of color that move around the screen in a metered pattern, each fading naturally. This creates an organic look that feels like rhythm, unlike visual effects that can confuse the eye. Other Features: -High precision timing, powered by AudioKit. -Tempo tap -Adjustable tick frequency -Meter -Optional use of camera flash

Screenshots

Keep Time4 screens
Flashy Metronome3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Flashy Metronome at 5.0 against Keep Time's 4.0. Flashy Metronome also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). Keep Time's advantage is review sentiment (90% vs 50%) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 17 months). On price, ads, 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. Keep Time sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Flashy Metronome asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Flashy Metronome holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flashy Metronome has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 90% of Keep Time's written reviews are positive against 50% of Flashy Metronome's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Keep Time ships an update every 4 months, Flashy Metronome every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Keep Time versus Flashy Metronome: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKeep TimeFlashy Metronome
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews90.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings17 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 17 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJustin OkunRobert Olieman

Customer experience

Keep Time

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

Flashy Metronome

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Keep Time

One-time1
  • Feature Pack$1.99
None

Flashy Metronome

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Keep Time free?
Keep Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Flashy Metronome free?
Flashy Metronome is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Keep Time or Flashy Metronome?
Flashy Metronome is rated higher. Keep Time averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Flashy Metronome averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do Keep Time or Flashy Metronome have ads?
Neither Keep Time nor Flashy Metronome shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Keep Time or Flashy Metronome?
Keep Time ships an update every 4 months, and Flashy Metronome every 17 months. Most recently, Keep Time was updated on October 6, 2026 and Flashy Metronome on October 7, 2026.

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