Jamcorder vs Metric Modulator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Jamcorder
This app works with a physical device to automatically record everything you play on your digital piano. It offers years of storage, allowing you to track progress and build a personal archive of your music.
- Automatic play detection
- Effortless recording
- Over 25,000 hours of storage
- Track practice progress
- Build personal music archive
- Share recordings
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Have you ever thought, “wow, I wish I recorded that”? Now, it is. Jamcorder is a tiny device you attach to your digital piano that quietly captures everything you play — effortlessly, for life. With automatic play detection and over 25,000 hours of included storage, that’s 3 non-stop years of music, it turns everyday practice into visible progress and a growing personal archive to revisit and share. Requires Jamcorder hardware. Sold separately.
Metric Modulator
Design complex rhythms with a polyrhythm metronome and beat designer. Practice with touch, mic, or MIDI input, and analyze your performance to improve. Share your creations or upgrade for advanced features.
- Design grooves on up to 8 tracks
- Set time signatures and divide beats
- Practice with touch, mic, or MIDI input
- View beats in grid or notation
- Analyze performance for rushing/dragging
- Customize samples and instruments
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Metric Modulator is a polyrhythm metronome, beat designer, and drum practice tool. • Design a groove on up to 8 tracks, no limit on duration. • Set a time signature, divide beats up to 12x, repeat measures, set loop points, and modulate the tempo from one measure to the next. • Mark notes as LH or RH, add accents, flams, rolls, open hi-hats and cross sticks. • View beats in a grid layout or as traditional notation, with a bouncing-dot cursor to follow along. Tap any measure to play from there. • Practice playing with touch, mic or MIDI input. The mic learns the sound of your own drums. • Shows where you are rushing or dragging, tracks your progress and best score. • Ramp tempo gradually to master a groove, mute bars and random hits to add challenge, or let the beat wait for you at each note. • Play a beat a set number of times, then stop. • Share your beats as links and QR code images on social media, or turn a photo of a drum chart into a beat with your favorite AI assistant. • Customize samples and instruments, and balance tracks in the mixer. • Smooth 120 Hz display (on supported devices), sample-accurate audio engine, advanced on-device hit analysis, latency compensation. Developed by a jazz drummer and game programmer duo, this app has everything you need to design, practice, and master complex rhythms. Free, with no ads. A one-time Pro upgrade unlocks all eight tracks, unlimited saved beats, tempo ramps, dropout, wait mode, practice history, MIDI input, notation printouts, and custom samples.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Jamcorder at none against Metric Modulator's 1. Jamcorder also leads on ratings volume (67 vs 6). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Metric Modulator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Jamcorder asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Jamcorder against 5.0 for Metric Modulator. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Jamcorder has 67 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Jamcorder ships an update every 3 days, Metric Modulator every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Jamcorder | Metric Modulator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (67 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 67 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jamcorder | PlusZero |
Customer experience
Jamcorder
Metric Modulator
In-app purchases
Jamcorder
No in-app purchases
Metric Modulator
- Pro$9.99
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