Comparison

Metronome vs Jamsync

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

Head to head
About

Metronome

This app provides a precise and stable metronome with customizable beat accents and multiple visual, vibration, and flash modes. It includes advanced features like subdivision modes and a rhythm trainer, making it suitable for musicians of all levels to sync with their team.

Highlights
  • Customizable beat accents (strong, weak, mute)
  • Multiple subdivision modes (triplets, dotted notes)
  • Visual, vibration, and flash modes
  • Background play mode
  • Rhythm trainer
  • Save tempos to playlists
  • Customizable tempo-change practice
Features
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Metronome App is a metronome designed specifically for iPhone. Its features are sufficient for almost all instrumentalists. The metronome interface allows you to easily set the tempo. Additionally, Professional Metronome offers up to 7 metronome tones. Based on self-developed audio technology, its rhythm is extremely precise and stable. Now you can also customize the accent of each beat. Unlike other metronomes, Professional Metronome provides four modes: "strong", "secondary strong", "weak", and "mute". In addition, you can use the Subdivision function. We offer various subdivision modes, including triplets, dotted notes, etc. Professional Metronome is a metronome that goes beyond a metronome. You can have visual, vibration, and flash modes simultaneously. The visual mode allows you to not only hear the beats but also see them; the vibration mode helps you find the tempo in noisy environments. With the screen and high-brightness camera LED flash, whether you are a bassist, guitarist, drummer in a band, or even a musician in an orchestra, Professional Metronome allows you and your team members to easily sync beats! Professional Metronome also offers many other settings, such as background play mode, in-app volume settings, timer, rhythm trainer, saving tempos to playlists, and supporting customizable tempo-change practice. With a carefully designed interface, Professional Metronome is powerful, easy to use, and accessible to everyone. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Jamsync

Features
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JamSync – Make Music Together Music was never meant to be solo. JamSync turns you and your friends into a real-time creative collective. Powered by AiFi, multiple phones become one perfectly synchronized sound system — locked in, aligned, and ready to build something powerful. Start a jam in seconds. Invite others instantly. Every device joins the rhythm, blending into a rich, immersive soundscape that grows bigger with every participant. Real-Time Sync No lag. No drift. Just tight, perfectly aligned sound. Create Anywhere Living room, park, party, studio. If you’ve got phones, you’ve got a jam. Instant Connection Scan, join, and start playing. JamSync keeps it simple so creativity flows. Immersive Sound Multiple devices merge into one dynamic experience. The more friends, the bigger the sound. JamSync doesn’t just play music. It lets you make it — together. Download JamSync and start your next session.

Screenshots

Metronome4 screens
Jamsync3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Jamsync at none against Metronome's 8. Jamsync also leads on ads (none vs shown). Metronome's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Metronome sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Jamsync asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Metronome ships an update weekly, Jamsync every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Metronome versus Jamsync: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMetronomeJamsync
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS14.3 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB355 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer杭州掌上读科技有限公司Sounddimension

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Metronome

Subscriptions7
  • Weekly Plan3 Days trial$0.997 Days
  • Monthly Plan3 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Weekly Plan3 Days trial$4.997 Days
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  • Annual Plan3 Days trial$6.991 Year
  • Monthly Plan3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Annual Plan3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Annual Plan3 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Version$12.99
None

Jamsync

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Metronome free?
Metronome is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Jamsync free?
Jamsync is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Metronome or Jamsync have ads?
Metronome shows ads; Jamsync does not.
Which is updated more often, Metronome or Jamsync?
Metronome ships an update weekly, and Jamsync every 3 months. Most recently, Metronome was updated on October 30, 2026 and Jamsync on October 25, 2026.

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