Tachyo vs Pocket Metronome Plus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tachyo
This metronome app offers a clean interface with precise tempo control and clear beat visualization. Enjoy high-fidelity sound and essential features for free, with an option to upgrade for more advanced functionalities like custom sound choices and tempo markings.
- Precise tempo selection
- Clear beat visualization
- High-fidelity sound
- Tap to set tempo
- Customizable accents
- Background playback
- Lock screen controls
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Tachyo is a metronome that’s a pleasure to use, thanks to its meticulous design. Choose an exact tempo with ease, get a clear visualization of your beat and crisp, high-fidelity sound. Enjoy the essentials for free, with no ads or interruptions, and upgrade to unlock additional features: • Choose between 16 pleasant, high-quality sounds. • Tap a beat to set the speed to match. • Set an accent every 2–24 beats. • Select from a comprehensive menu of tempo markings. • Continue playback in the background and control it from the lock screen or Control Center. • Choose a color scheme to suit your taste.
Pocket Metronome Plus
This metronome app helps musicians practice with a consistent tempo. It offers features like tempo control, time signature adjustments, and accent customization. A practice mode gradually increases tempo, and users can tap to find the BPM of songs.
- Tempo control (10-300 BPM)
- Adjustable time signatures
- Beat accent customization
- Gradual tempo increase practice mode
- Tap to find BPM
- Unique subdivision setup
- Pentuplet subdivision support
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Have you ever wanted a free, powerful tool in your pocket that you could use to skyrocket your musicality? If so, you came to the right place! This metronome gives you everything you need to practice playing with a consistent tempo. With our practice mode, you can set up this metronome to gradually increase the tempo, so that you can get used to playing at faster speeds! Features: - 3+ controls to change tempo from 10 BPM to 300 BPM - Change time signature from 1/1 to 16/8 - Change which beats are accented in a measure in a user-friendly way - Free practice mode that most other apps charge money for - Tap to find the BPM of your favorite music pieces - A unique way to set up subdivisions, with subdivision customization not seen anywhere else - Only metronome that allows a pentuplet subdivision
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pocket Metronome Plus at none against Tachyo's 1. Pocket Metronome Plus also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (6 vs 2). On price, rating, ads 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
Both are free to download. Tachyo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pocket Metronome Plus asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Tachyo against 5.0 for Pocket Metronome Plus. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 6 respectively.
Tachyo ships an update every 5 months, Pocket Metronome Plus every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tachyo | Pocket Metronome Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Amar Sagoo | Antony Holshouser |
Customer experience
Tachyo
Pocket Metronome Plus
In-app purchases
Tachyo
- Enable All Features$0.99
Pocket Metronome Plus
No in-app purchases
