Comparison

Super Time vs Clockworks

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

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About

Super Time

Features
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A metronome that plays real drum grooves as well as a click. Set a tempo, tap Play and practice. Super Time is for guitarists, bassists, drummers, pianists and singers. You don't need an account, and there are no ads. DRUM GROOVES - 140+ grooves built from recorded drums: rock, funk, soul, hip-hop, jazz, Latin, reggae, blues, country, metal, gospel and odd meters - Humanize adds the small timing and volume changes a live drummer makes, and Variation moves ghost notes and hi-hat accents bar to bar - Fills every 4, 8 or 16 bars THE CLICK - Timed on the audio clock, so it doesn't drift - Tap tempo, and tempo to a tenth of a BPM (93.4) - Nine click sounds, including woodblock, clave, ride and 808 - Click boost: Normal, Loud or Max, for a loud room - Tap a beat to accent it, again to mute it. Mutes are saved with the setup - Count out loud: 1 2 3 4, 1 e & a, or dance eights with a 5 6 7 8 lead-in TIMING - Output delay check for AirPods and Bluetooth headphones: tap along for eight bars - Gap Practice mutes bars so you can hear if you held the time - Show my timing marks each note the microphone heard early or late, such as "Back 23 ms late" - Speed Trainer raises the tempo by your chosen step every few bars - One- or two-bar count-in SETLISTS AND GIG MODE - Save songs with tempo, meter, sound and notes, then order them in setlists - Play live: a dark full-screen view with a large tempo, your notes, the next song and big buttons - Tempo and notes stay locked until you unlock them - A Bluetooth pedal moves between songs and starts the click - Stage view: a big beat and BPM you can read from across the stage TUNER - Chromatic tuner in Tools: note, needle and cents, reference 415 to 466 Hz - On headphones it listens while the beat keeps playing, and only while it's open RECORD ON IPHONE - Film yourself playing each part of a piece over your practice beat, one part at a time - Put two or four parts side by side in one vertical video, with level and reverb for each part in Mix - Plug in headphones so the click stays out of the microphone - Record comes with Pro, and the free trial includes it - Videos stay on your iPhone. SuperTime uploads nothing RHYTHM - Odd meters like 7/8, 5/4 and 12/8 - Subdivisions from quarters to 32nds, including triplets and sextuplets - Swing from straight to shuffle - Polyrhythm: 3:2, 4:3, 5:4 and more. Hear each side alone or both, or chain them into a looping sequence DRONE - Hold a drone on any root note, chord and octave for scales, intonation and long tones YOUR PRACTICE - Practice Plan sets a daily goal in minutes, with an optional reminder - Each song keeps its tempo history - Export your practice log as CSV, or back up to a file PLAYING WITH OTHERS - Play together: phones on the same Wi-Fi share tempo, meter and start/stop once you tap Join on one and Accept on the other - Practice Circle shares one tempo, meter and count-in with other phones over the internet, using an invite code - Ableton Link keeps tempo and start/stop in sync with Live, Note and other Link apps - Home Screen widget, Lock Screen and Dynamic Island controls, Siri and Shortcuts SuperTime is a yearly subscription with a one-week free trial for new subscribers, a monthly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. All three include every groove and feature. Each subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your practice settings and history stay on your phone. The tuner and Show my timing listen only while on. SuperTime never saves or sends that audio. Practice Circle stores your display name and a participant ID on your phone. The Circle service handles timing and presence only while a live session is running. Privacy Policy: https://supertimeultra.com/privacy-policy-ios Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Clockworks

Create complex polyrhythms visually by layering geometric shapes on a clockface. Explore diverse instruments, scales, and effects to generate intricate musical patterns without needing music theory knowledge. Export your creations as MIDI, audio, or sheet music.

Highlights
  • Visual polyrhythm creation
  • Layered shape system
  • 10 sampled instruments
  • Built-in drum kits
  • Dozens of scales
  • Scene-based arrangement
  • Export to MIDI, WAV, PDF
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Clockworks turns rhythm into geometry. Build polyrhythms by layering rotating shapes on a clockface — each shape's sides become evenly-spaced beats, so a triangle and a pentagon played together weave intricate cross-rhythms with zero math. • Layer multiple shapes, each its own voice • 10 instruments — sampled piano, e-piano, guitars, plus synth keys, organ, marimba, vibes and more • Built-in drum kits with a step sequencer • Dozens of scales across many categories for instant melodic results • Scene-based arrangement to evolve your loop over time • Pro FX: 3-band EQ and BPM-synced echo • Export to MIDI, audio (WAV), or sheet music PDF No theory required — just add shapes and listen.

Screenshots

Super Time4 screens
Clockworks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Clockworks at none against Super Time's 3. Clockworks also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Super Time sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Clockworks asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Super Time versus Clockworks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSuper TimeClockworks
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size148 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDONNCHA OTOOLEDylan Cantor

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Super Time

Subscriptions2
  • Super Time Pro Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Super Time Pro Annual7 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Super Time Pro Lifetime$59.99
None

Clockworks

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Super Time free?
Super Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Clockworks free?
Clockworks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Super Time or Clockworks have ads?
Neither Super Time nor Clockworks shows ads.

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