Cycle Music Timer 2 vs Vibrato Trainer

CycleTimer2 is a free app that runs on iPads and iPhones and is particularly useful for spin class teachers. It displays playlists, tracks, a music player, and your own custom exercise drills that are easily read from a stationary bike when your iPad or iPhone is over on the stereo stack. The large time display counts down from the track's maximum duration to zero. On an iPad, CycleTimer2 runs in landscape orientation. On an iPhone, CycleTimer2 runs in portrait orientation. The app presents the playlists from the Apple device's music library. Choose a playlist and the app shows the tracks within that playlist. Each track has a time, in blue, showing the remaining minutes and seconds in the playlist, counting this track. Choose a track and the app shows the music player. Beneath the countdown timer there is a large area where you can create, edit, and save exercise drill notes. The drill notes can be copied and pasted into other tracks drill notes using standard iOS touch editing methods.

Vibrato Trainer is the only metronome built around a new understanding of how vibrato actually works. Based on original research by Michael Van Bebber, Vibrato Trainer reveals that vibrato is not a fixed speed — it is a rhythmic subdivision of the musical pulse. As tempo changes, the correct vibrato subdivision changes predictably across six distinct tempo zones. This app maps that relationship for you automatically. Set your tempo, and Vibrato Trainer shows you exactly which subdivision your vibrato should follow — and lets you hear and feel it in real time. Features: - Tempo-synced vibrato metronome from 50–400 BPM - Automatic vibrato subdivision mapping across 6 tempo zones - Tap tempo - Time signatures: 4/4 · 12/8, 3/4 · 9/8, and 2/4 · 6/8 - Separate volume controls for beat click, vibrato click, and pitch tone - Piano keyboard for pitch reference (C3–C6) - Four waveforms: sawtooth, square, triangle, sine - Visual dot animation synced to vibrato rhythm For singers, string players, wind players, brass players, and jazz musicians.