Comparison

Super Metronome GrooveBox Lite vs MusiClock

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

Head to head
About

Super Metronome GrooveBox Lite

This app functions as a powerful metronome and groove box, offering high-definition sounds and intuitive pattern creation. It allows users to build custom drum kits and rhythms for practice or performance. Ideal for musicians seeking a versatile rhythm tool.

Highlights
  • High-definition sounds
  • Customizable sound banks
  • Pattern Creator tool
  • Tap tempo
  • Visual tempo
  • Subdivision options
Features
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The best metronome for iPhone, is also an intuitive and powerful groove box / drum machine with high definition sounds. Free version. Very easy to use, you can set any measure, rhythm, drum loop or pattern quickly. A little versatile drummer in your phone. - Three sound tracks. - Create your own sound bank, percussion kit or drum kit. - High-definition multilayer quality sounds, samples from real instruments like acoustic metronome clicks, digital clicks, bass drums, snare drums, hi hats, rides ... - Tap tempo, detects the Beats per Minute by pressing a button. - Create your own rhythm patterns using the Pattern Creator tool, easier than a sequencer. - Combine these patterns to create grooves. - Combine all these rhythms and grooves with the HD high quality sounds. - Stays perfectly tight all the time - Visual Tempo. - Practice tempo in a musical way. - 20 to 300 Beats per minute. - Supermetronome GrooveBox uses audio files with Compact Disc resolution: 44100 Hz sample rate and 16 Bits. - Allow 5 Subdivision for Jazz swing feel. - 32 Continuous bars. The perfect tool for any guitarist, bassist, keyboardist, pianist, singer, drummer, percussionist or trumpet player. Now you can have a rhythm factory in your pocket. - Choose the number of beats and subdivisions. - Select a groove, a sound bank and a pattern to the vibrator moving the wheels. You can enable or disable the sound or vibration pressing the buttons, or edit each one with the editor. - Let's Rock * Long press on "Play" button to deactivate flashing light.

About

MusiClock

This app simplifies music theory and scales for guitar and piano players. It helps users practice improvisation, soloing, and jamming with interactive tools and backing tracks. Learn scales and transpose to different keys instantly, even without prior music theory knowledge.

Highlights
  • Scale charts for guitar
  • Interactive piano
  • 8 different scales
  • Professional backing tracks
  • Instant key transposition
  • Jamming and soloing practice
Features
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*** Featured by Apple in "Best New Apps" *** *** #1 Paid Music App in 9 countries *** *** #1 Prize in Expressing Category, Interaction Awards 2017, New York *** WHAT GLOBAL APP REVIEWERS SAY ABOUT MUSICLOCK: “This app is pure genius, and in my 20 years of playing music I have never seen anything like it.” - apptreasurehunter.com "Apple loves this music app. You will too." - MacLife "This is incredibly useful, it teaches you how to play in all the different keys and scales... Super duper idea, fabulous for jamming and great for learning as well.. brilliant" - thesoundtestroom "If you want to teach improvisation to students of any age, this is a wonderful app" - techinmusiced.com "Slice of genius – Musiclock nails making music theory and scales far more approachable, providing a helping first step for total beginners, and a useful resource tool for musicians to dip into" - TapSmart "The key to making music that sounds good (–) is rooted in first finding (and playing) all those correct notes. MusiClock can definitely help in this regard" - iPhoneLife "As a rock and blues guitar player whose idea of relaxation is just having a good noodle, Musiclock is a pleasure to use. It can give your practice sessions a little bit of structure but without it feeling like a classroom music theory session" - musicappblog.com ------ *The ultimate scale tool & jam buddy for guitar and piano players* MusiClock is an easy-to-use improvisation tool that makes it dead easy to practice scales, jamming and soloing with a guitar or piano. Our award-winning approach helps you to hit all the right notes so that you can get jamming within seconds without any prior music theory training. REVOLUTIONARY LOGIC MusiClock transforms the complexity of different notes, scales and keys into a simple and powerful jam tool.The beautifully simple MusiClock enables you to jam with piano or guitar right away without prior knowledge of music theory. With the help of the revolutionary design, you can master all the scales you need for jamming in no time. Practice and expand your playing skills easily to more challenging keys – just rotate the wheel and you can transpose your jam instantly to any key. PLAY THE LEADS WITH PROFESSIONAL BACKING TRACKS Practice and play along with professional backing tracks. MusiClock features multiple tunes from various genres. Choose your favorite from pop, rock, heavy metal and more. Start playing leads with your favorite musical style in seconds. SPICE UP YOUR GROOVE Create new melodies by mixing different scales and backing tracks together. How would those delicious blues licks merge with heavy metal? What about mashing up bepop melodies with pop? However you choose to explore your creativity, MusiClock takes your jamming to the next level. FEATURES - Over 1000 easy-to-read guitar charts (require iOS 8 or higher!) - Interactive piano - 8 scales: Major, Natural Minor, Major Pentatonic, Minor, Pentatonic, Melodic Minor, Harmonic Minor, Blues, Dominant Bepop - 12 different keys for every scale and backing track - Professional backing tracks (pop, rock, blues, metal, jazz, dance, classical) - Staff showing notes and scales - Intuitive & beautifully simple design Follow us on - Facebook www.facebook.com/mymusiclock - Twitter https://twitter.com/mymusiclock - Instagram https://instagram.com/musiclock/ - Website www.getmusiclock.com FEEDBACK What was your jamming experience like? Let us know! Feel free to send us any questions/feedback at hello@mymusiclock.com.

Screenshots

Super Metronome GrooveBox Lite3 screens
MusiClock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Super Metronome GrooveBox Lite at Free against MusiClock's $8.99. Super Metronome GrooveBox Lite also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.6) and review sentiment (87% vs 59%). MusiClock's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (7.1 vs 12). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Super Metronome GrooveBox Lite is free to download; MusiClock costs $8.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Super Metronome GrooveBox Lite holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Super Metronome GrooveBox Lite has 627 ratings behind it against 31, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Super Metronome GrooveBox Lite's written reviews are positive against 59% of MusiClock's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Super Metronome GrooveBox Lite ships an update every 3 months, MusiClock every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Super Metronome GrooveBox Lite versus MusiClock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSuper Metronome GrooveBox LiteMusiClock
PriceFree — better$8.99
Rating4.3 (627 ratings) — better3.6 (31 ratings)
Positive reviews87.4% of reviews — better59.5% of reviews
Number of ratings627 — better31
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS127.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB102 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLumbeatperTunes Oy

Customer experience

Super Metronome GrooveBox Lite

All ratings627 ratings
Positive86.1%
Neutral7.5%
Negative6.4%
Written reviews974 reviews
Positive87.4%
Neutral8.4%
Negative4.2%

MusiClock

All ratings31 ratings
Positive64.5%
Neutral9.7%
Negative25.8%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive59.5%
Neutral10.8%
Negative29.7%

Bugs and requests

Super Metronome GrooveBox Lite

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Tap button stops working
  • Compatibility issues on some devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • More drum kits and sounds
  • Ability to save custom patterns
  • Expanded free version with more features
  • Metronome with more subdivision options
  • Recording and export capabilities

MusiClock

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Super Metronome GrooveBox Lite

No in-app purchases

None

MusiClock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Super Metronome GrooveBox Lite free?
Super Metronome GrooveBox Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MusiClock free?
MusiClock costs $8.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Super Metronome GrooveBox Lite or MusiClock?
Super Metronome GrooveBox Lite is rated higher. Super Metronome GrooveBox Lite averages 4.3 out of 5 from 627 ratings, while MusiClock averages 3.6 from 31 ratings.
Do Super Metronome GrooveBox Lite or MusiClock have ads?
Neither Super Metronome GrooveBox Lite nor MusiClock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Super Metronome GrooveBox Lite or MusiClock?
Super Metronome GrooveBox Lite ships an update every 3 months, and MusiClock every 5 weeks. Most recently, Super Metronome GrooveBox Lite was updated on September 22, 2026 and MusiClock on September 23, 2026.

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