TechnoBuddy vs MagicBPM

Ever been on the dancefloor wondering what BPM the DJ is playing? Or how loud it actually is? TechnoBuddy gives you the answer — just open the app and hold up your phone. LIVE BPM DETECTION See the tempo of whatever is playing, updated in real time. Switch between genre presets — Techno, House, Drum & Bass, and Ambient — each tuned to the right BPM range. Or tap along manually with tap tempo. FREQUENCY SPECTRUM Watch the music come alive as a real-time frequency visualization. See the bass, mids, and highs broken down across the spectrum. Adjust smoothing to get the look you want. SOUND LEVEL METER Check the decibel level around you with clear zone indicators — Quiet, Moderate, Loud, and Danger. Know when to grab earplugs. BOOTH MODE Switch to a deep-red color scheme that won't ruin your night vision. Perfect for dark clubs and outdoor raves. MADE FOR THE DANCEFLOOR • Retro CRT-style interface with phosphor glow and scanlines • Works in portrait and landscape • No internet required — everything runs on-device • No ads, no tracking, no data collection • Haptic beat pulse — feel the tempo without looking at your phone Whether you're deep in a warehouse set or vibing at a festival — TechnoBuddy is your pocket music nerd.

Know the tempo of what's playing. And its name. MagicBPM listens through your iPhone's microphone and measures the BPM (beats per minute) of whatever's playing, in real time. Point it at a speaker, an instrument, or a record, and watch the tempo lock in. Tap Identify song and Apple's music recognition puts a name to the track. When you need to keep time yourself, switch to the built-in metronome, on the phone or on your wrist. FIND THE TEMPO • Live BPM detection: tuned for music with a steady beat, with an indicator for when the reading is solid. • Precise: a second reading, taken from the last 15 seconds your iPhone heard and shown with the beats it found. When it finds no steady beat (speech, a quiet room), it says No steady beat. It runs on your iPhone, with Apple's music analysis on iOS 27 and MagicBPM's own model before that. Phones too slow to run it are not offered Precise. • Half and double tempo: some songs can be felt two ways. Flip the reading to half or double time with one tap, and MagicBPM hints which is likelier. • Live tempogram: a scrolling heatmap of tempo over time. See the beat strengthen, drift or shift between sections at a glance. • Tap tempo: nothing playing? Tap along and MagicBPM averages your taps into a steady BPM. NAME THE SONG • Tap Identify song while you listen: the title, artist and cover art appear right next to the live BPM, and a tap opens the song in Apple Music. KEEP THE BEAT • Built-in metronome: set a tempo by tapping, typing, or nudging it ±1, then press play for a rock-steady click. Eight time signatures with an accented downbeat, and it keeps playing even with the ringer on silent. • Keeps going in your pocket: the click carries on when you leave the app or lock the screen, and a Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island starts it, stops it, and nudges the tempo without unlocking. • Subdivisions: practice against eighths, triplets, or sixteenths, with the in-between clicks pitched under the beat. Free for everyone. • Compound time that counts properly: 6/8, 9/8 and 12/8 group in threes, and 7/8 lets you pick 2+2+3 or 3+2+2. • Vibrate on beat: feel every tick as a haptic tap, with a firmer pulse on the downbeat. ON YOUR WRIST • Apple Watch metronome: every beat is a tap you feel, not a click the room hears. Set the tempo by tapping the number in time or turning the Digital Crown, then drop your wrist and it keeps tapping. Included free with the iPhone app. FREE, WITH AN OPTIONAL PRO UPGRADE MagicBPM is free and supported by ads. MagicBPM Pro is a single one-time purchase. No subscription, ever. Pro adds: • Live song detection: songs are identified automatically as they play. Hands-free, no tapping. • Detected Songs history: every song you identify is saved on your iPhone with its BPM and artwork. Pro unlocks the list and opens any track in Apple Music. • Precise in History: as you listen, each song gets its precise BPM and a tempo curve, and on iOS 27 its key. • Twelve metronome sounds: woodblock, claves, cowbell, hi-hat, shaker, triangle and more. Preview any of them before you buy. • Ad-free: removes every ad from the app. Restore your purchase anytime on any device signed in to your Apple Account. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Tempo detection happens entirely on your iPhone. Your microphone audio is analyzed in real time and discarded. It is never recorded or uploaded. • Song identification, when you use it, sends a compact acoustic fingerprint of the sound, never the audio itself, to Apple's Shazam service to name the track. • Songs you identify are saved on your iPhone. Pro also syncs them through your own iCloud. Never sent to us. Clear them any time, Pro or not. • Anonymous usage and crash reports tell us which features get used and which devices struggle to hear a beat. They never include your audio or the songs you play, and Share usage data in Settings turns them off. • No account, no sign-in. Questions or feedback? Email support@magicbpm.com.