Comparison

Keep Time vs Accelonome

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

Accelonome

Features
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Accelonome - Metronome An accelerated metronome app to make the best of your practice time! Set the start BPM, set the end BPM after which the cycle will repeat, set the jump BPM which is the amount to jump and the interval bar to decide after how many bars the jump will happen. Easy peasy - now start your practice! Features - 1. Ad Free 2. Drums (All time signatures to be added soon) 3. Accented Vibrations (Phone Specific) 4. Flash Flicker Per BeatMetronome app to make the best of your practice time!

Screenshots

Keep Time4 screens
Accelonome2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Keep Time at Free against Accelonome's $0.99. Accelonome's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months). On 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

Keep Time is free to download; Accelonome costs $0.99 up front. Keep Time sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Accelonome asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Keep Time ships an update every 4 months, Accelonome weekly. Both last shipped on October 6, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Keep Time versus Accelonome: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKeep TimeAccelonome
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews90.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJustin OkunAnanth Venkatesh

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Keep Time

One-time1
  • Feature Pack$1.99
None

Accelonome

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Keep Time free?
Keep Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Accelonome free?
Accelonome costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Keep Time or Accelonome have ads?
Neither Keep Time nor Accelonome shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Keep Time or Accelonome?
Keep Time ships an update every 4 months, and Accelonome weekly. Most recently, Keep Time was updated on October 6, 2026 and Accelonome on October 6, 2026.

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