Super Time vs Clockworks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Super Time
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A metronome that plays real drum grooves as well as a click. Set a tempo, tap Play and start practicing. Speed Trainer can raise the tempo a few BPM at a time while you keep playing. 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 - Variation moves ghost notes and hi-hat accents from bar to bar - Fills every 4, 8 or 16 bars THE CLICK - Timed on the audio clock, so the beat doesn't drift - Tap tempo, and tempo to a tenth of a BPM (93.4) - Nine click sounds, including woodblock, clave, ride, 808 and snare - Tap a beat to accent it. The beat flash and haptics land with the sound SPEED AND TIMING - Speed Trainer raises the tempo by your chosen step every few bars - Gap Practice mutes bars so you can hear whether you held the time - One- or two-bar count-in - Practice Plan sets a daily goal in minutes, with an optional reminder 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 together - Chain polyrhythms into a looping sequence, for example 3:2, then 4:3, then 5:4 DRONE - Hold a drone on any root note, chord and octave for scales, intonation and long tones 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, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Both include every groove and feature. The yearly plan 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. 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/
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.
- 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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Super Time sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Clockworks asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Super Time | Clockworks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DONNCHA OTOOLE | Dylan Cantor |
In-app purchases
Super Time
- Super Time Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- Super Time Pro Annual7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- Super Time Pro Lifetime$59.99
Clockworks
No in-app purchases









