Comparison

RhythmBot vs Setronome

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

Head to head
About

RhythmBot

This app serves as a personal music coach, offering tools for sight-reading practice, rhythm creation, and metronome functionality. It helps musicians master complex rhythms and enhance their creativity through customizable exercises and performance tracking.

Highlights
  • Infinite rhythm generation
  • Customizable rhythm parameters
  • Sight-reading practice mode
  • Play-along accuracy tracking
  • Advanced metronome functions
  • Stepwise rhythm trainer
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RhythmBot is your personal sight-reading coach, creative tool, and metronome. Master complex rhythms and become more creative on your instrument. RhythmBot creates infinite new rhythms according to the parameters you set, which include complexity, tempo, time signature, subdivision, playback sound, swing percentage, and more. *READING MODE: An infinite scroll of sight-reading practice at your complexity level. *PLAY ALONG MODE: RhythmBot measures your accuracy and longest streak as you tap the rhythms. - Start simple and increase complexity. - See your stats after each attempt. - Push yourself by drilling rhythms that you missed. METRONOME - Tempo control - Tap tempo - Innovative outer wheels for subdivision and signature - Practice timer - Individual click volume control - Individual click accent or rest - *Gap click - *Stepwise trainer (increase, decrease, alternate) - *Save to setlist *Upgrade to RHYTHMBOT PRO to unlock: - Sight-reading mode - Play along mode - Playback sound controls - Subdivision controls - Time signature controls - Presets - Swing percentage - “Add space” slider - Metronome setlist, gap click, and stepwise trainer

About

Setronome

Features
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The metronome built for the stage, not the practice room. Manage your repertoire, build setlists, run your show. The click keeps running even when you switch apps. Count-ins, transitions and guide tracks: everything you need to keep a band tight on stage. REPERTOIRE, SETLIST, SHOW Every song carries its own tempo, time signature and notes. The setlist puts them in order for the night. Show mode plays them and moves on to the next song by itself after the bar count you set, either immediately or at the end of the bar. On stage you stop tapping anything. GUIDE TRACK The guide track editor lays out the arrangement bar by bar: section markers, time signature changes, tempo jumps, tempo ramps across a whole passage, and tempo bands for breathing between two values. Twelve sections are spoken into your ear: intro, verse, prechorus, chorus, post-chorus, bridge, solo, instrumental, interlude, rap, vamp, outro. The editor itself runs on iPad only, because of the screen it needs. Finished guide tracks play on iPhone just the same. MEDLEYS Several parts, one continuous click. Tempo and time signature change sample accurately at the transition, with a count-in or a spoken transition cue if you want one. A part can stay open and loop until you move on. CLICK TRACK AS WAV For the DAW: click alone, cues alone, or both as a stereo mix with click left and voice right. 48 kHz at 24 bit or 44.1 kHz at 16 bit. Calculated rather than recorded, so there is no drift and the file is ready in seconds. IN-EAR Click and voice can go out on separate channels, click left and every cue right. At the desk that becomes two mono sends, and everyone sets their own ear. SCAN A SETLIST Your setlist as a PDF, as a photo, or straight from the camera. Titles, tempos and artists arrive as songs in the archive. Text recognition uses Apple's own components and runs entirely on the device. HEAR THE TEMPO Hold the device towards the music and Setronome names the tempo. Half time and double time sit next to it as equals, because either one can be the right answer. SONG DIRECTORY A directory of 5.3 million recordings from 1970 to 2026 with their tempos can be downloaded once and is then fully searchable offline. Optional, the app works without it. TIME SIGNATURES 3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 7/4 as well as 6/8, 5/8 and 7/8 with their own grouping. Subdivision in eighths, triplets or sixteenths. Individual bars may step out of line inside a guide track. FOOTSWITCH Ordinary Bluetooth pedals that identify as a keyboard control start, stop and song changes. Key assignment is yours to choose, and a key test shows what actually arrives. TIMING The click runs on a dedicated audio engine rather than a timer, with sample accurate scheduling. The technical page in settings shows the measured output latency of your device, so you know where you stand. NO ACCOUNT No login, no sign-up, no ads, no analytics, no tracking. Your songs, setlists and guide tracks stay on the device. The app works without a signal, because it has to work on stage. On first launch you will find example songs, an example medley and an example setlist. A guided tour explains the seven areas, if you want it.

Screenshots

RhythmBot4 screens
Setronome4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: RhythmBot at Free against Setronome's $12.99. Setronome's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). 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

RhythmBot is free to download; Setronome costs $12.99 up front. RhythmBot sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Setronome asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RhythmBot ships an update every 2 weeks, Setronome every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
RhythmBot versus Setronome: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRhythmBotSetronome
PriceFree — better$12.99
Rating5.0 (147 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews96.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings147 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJean-Pierre BouvetIgor Lier

Bugs and requests

RhythmBot

Requested features

2 requests
  • Include triplets, tuplets and ties
  • Expand rhythm generation capabilities

Setronome

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

RhythmBot

One-time1
  • RhythmBot Pro2 variants$4.99
None

Setronome

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RhythmBot free?
RhythmBot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Setronome free?
Setronome costs $12.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do RhythmBot or Setronome have ads?
Neither RhythmBot nor Setronome shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RhythmBot or Setronome?
RhythmBot ships an update every 2 weeks, and Setronome every 3 days. Most recently, RhythmBot was updated on November 8, 2026 and Setronome on November 12, 2026.

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