Comparison

Stezza Music Player vs Metronome M1 Pro

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

Head to head
About

Stezza Music Player

This application offers a streamlined and visually appealing method for accessing and enjoying your existing music and video library. It provides essential playback features within an intuitive interface designed for ease of use.

Highlights
  • Adaptive album themes
  • Custom color themes
  • Video playback
  • Accessibility support
  • Simple interface
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Stezza is the music player where your record collection and Apple Music share the same stage. Equal billing, no second-class library tab. For years your library has been the also ran, buried behind algorithmic feeds and endless suggestions. Stezza puts it back front and centre, and puts Apple Music right beside it. Two tabs at the top. Same player. Same queue. Your records and your streaming, finally on level ground. Playback • Your music library and Apple Music in one player, and in one queue • Beautiful mesh backgrounds drawn from your album art • Floating glass mini player, reachable from every screen • Full screen player with big buttons Search • Unified search, scoped to your library or Apple Music • Songs, albums, artists and playlists are grouped into one result view • Recent searches remembered, because who remembers! Apple Music • Rich artist pages with Play, Shuffle, Station, top songs, full discography, related artists • Album detail with track list, Play, and Shuffle Design • If you got this far, just know its been painstakingly designed • Like every pixel • Full accessibility support Built by one developer who still listens front to back. Indie developed.

About

Metronome M1 Pro

This app provides a versatile metronome for musicians, supporting a wide tempo range and various time signatures. It offers tap tempo functionality, customizable note values, and haptic feedback to aid practice and improve aural skills.

Highlights
  • Wide tempo range (10-300 BPM)
  • Supports various simple and compound time signatures
  • Customizable time signatures
  • Tap Tempo feature
  • Adjustable note values for tempo marking
  • Haptic feedback on beats
Features
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Metronome M1 supports a wide tempo range between 10-300 BPM, ranging from Grave to Prestissimo covering all popular styles including Lento, Largo, Adagio, Andante, Moderato, Allegro, Vivace and Presto. The "Tap Tempo" feature lets you quickly set your desired tempo with the ease of tapping a button. Metronome M1 supports the following common Time Signatures and more. Simple time signatures: - 2/4 (duple): Commonly used for polkas or marches. - 3/4 (triple): Used widely for waltzes, minuets, scherzi, country & western ballads, R&B. Also occasionally used in pop. - 4/4 (quadruple): Also known as common time, this is used widely in most forms of Western popular music. It is also the most common time signature in rock, blues, country, funk, and pop. Most students start practicing with this time signature. Compound time signatures: - 6/8 (duple): This compound time signature is used in double jigs, polkas, sega, salegy, tarantella, marches, barcarolles, Irish jigs, loures, and some rock music. - 9/8 (triple): Also known as compound triple time, this is used in triple jigs. - 12/8 (quadruple): Commonly used in slower blues (where it is called a shuffle) and doo-wop; also used more recently in rock music. With the latest update, you can now set any time signature you want. You also have the ability to set any of these note values for the tempo marking - Quarter note, Dotted quarter note, Half note, Dotted half note, Eighth note. You can also get haptic feedback on metronome beats. Now you no longer have to give an excuse for practicing without a metronome as you can have this app on your mobile device all the time. Make metronome your best friend and always practice with it. Moreover, practicing with metronome is proven to improve your aural skills.

Screenshots

Stezza Music Player4 screens
Metronome M1 Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Stezza Music Player at Free against Metronome M1 Pro's $2.99. Metronome M1 Pro's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 3.9) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On review sentiment, 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

Stezza Music Player is free to download; Metronome M1 Pro costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Metronome M1 Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 136 and 68 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 74% and 74% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Stezza Music Player versus Metronome M1 Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStezza Music PlayerMetronome M1 Pro
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating3.9 (136 ratings)4.6 (68 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.8% of reviews74.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings136 — better68
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFoobar CreativeBijoy Thangaraj

Customer experience

Stezza Music Player

All ratings135 ratings
Positive75.6%
Neutral3.0%
Negative21.5%
Written reviews325 reviews
Positive73.8%
Neutral9.2%
Negative16.9%

Metronome M1 Pro

All ratings68 ratings
Positive88.2%
Neutral4.4%
Negative7.4%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive74.2%
Neutral9.7%
Negative16.1%

In-app purchases

None

Stezza Music Player

No in-app purchases

None

Metronome M1 Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stezza Music Player free?
Stezza Music Player is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Metronome M1 Pro free?
Metronome M1 Pro costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Stezza Music Player or Metronome M1 Pro?
Metronome M1 Pro is rated higher. Stezza Music Player averages 3.9 out of 5 from 136 ratings, while Metronome M1 Pro averages 4.6 from 68 ratings.
Do Stezza Music Player or Metronome M1 Pro have ads?
Neither Stezza Music Player nor Metronome M1 Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stezza Music Player or Metronome M1 Pro?
Stezza Music Player ships an update every 2 months, and Metronome M1 Pro every 2 months. Most recently, Stezza Music Player was updated on November 1, 2026 and Metronome M1 Pro on November 1, 2026.

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