Comparison

DreamLive Pro vs GrooveMeter

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

Head to head
About

DreamLive Pro

Manage background music and up to four performance tracks with automatic crossfading for live events. Import your own audio files and control playback seamlessly, even when the screen is locked.

Highlights
  • Background music control
  • 4 performance track slots
  • Automatic crossfading
  • Custom audio import
  • Progress tracking
  • Background playback
Features
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DreamLIVE! is a live performance controller designed for event hosts, DJs, and stage managers. Seamlessly manage background music and up to four performance tracks with smooth automatic crossfading. FEATURES: - Background Music Control — Select and loop BGM tracks to keep the atmosphere alive between performances - 4 Performance Slots — Queue up to four individual performance tracks, each with independent volume control - Automatic Crossfading — When a performance starts, BGM smoothly fades out. When it ends, BGM fades back in automatically - Progress Tracking — Seek through tracks with a visual progress bar and time display - Performance Counter — Track how many performances have been completed - Custom Audio Import — Load your own audio files (MP3, WAV, M4A, OGG, FLAC) directly from your device - Background Playback — Audio continues playing even when the screen is locked or the app is in the background - Works on iPhone and iPad DreamLIVE! is built for real-world live events where you need reliable, one-tap audio management without fumbling through a music player.

About

GrooveMeter

This app provides real-time BPM tracking for musicians to improve their timing. It listens to your playing and displays your tempo, offering visual feedback and session recording for practice analysis.

Highlights
  • Real-time BPM detection
  • Confidence indicator for tempo accuracy
  • Scrolling BPM history graph
  • Target BPM feedback with color cues
  • Tap tempo functionality
  • Practice session recording with audio and BPM
  • Session export with audio and PDF report
Features
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GrooveMeter is a real-time BPM (Beats Per Minute) meter and practice tool for musicians who want to improve their timing. It listens to your playing through the microphone and continuously detects your tempo, making it easy to see how steady you really are. GrooveMeter runs as a stand-alone app or as an AUv3 plug-in inside compatible AUv3 hosts such as Logic Pro, AUM or GarageBand. Simply open the app, grant microphone access, and start playing. Within seconds, your tempo appears on screen and updates in real time. The main BPM display shows a smoothed tempo reading alongside a confidence indicator, so you can tell when the detector is certain about what it hears. When the audio is unclear or too quiet, GrooveMeter's confidence indicator will let you know by dropping to a lower percentage. A scrolling BPM history graph visualizes how your tempo changes over time. You can adjust the visible time window and set a target BPM to get immediate feedback on how close you are to the desired tempo. Color cues show whether you are on target, slightly off, or drifting significantly. Tap tempo is built directly into the graph. Tap in time to get a quick read on your tempo manually, which is useful when you want to compare live playing against a tempo in your head rather than relying on audio detection. GrooveMeter can record practice sessions, capturing both mono audio and a BPM snapshot every second. After recording, you can scrub through the session, see the tempo at any point, and review overall statistics such as median BPM and tempo stability. All recorded sessions are stored locally and accessible through the session browser. Each session includes clear statistics like duration, median BPM, minimum and maximum tempo, and a stability percentage that reflects timing consistency. Sessions can be exported as a zip archive containing the raw audio recording and a PDF practice report. The report includes a BPM timeline graph, summary statistics, and a written assessment of your timing with practice-oriented feedback.

Screenshots

DreamLive Pro3 screens
GrooveMeter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DreamLive Pro at none against GrooveMeter's 1. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. GrooveMeter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. DreamLive Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for DreamLive Pro against 5.0 for GrooveMeter. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
DreamLive Pro versus GrooveMeter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDreamLive ProGrooveMeter
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoshua LinJan Maes

Customer experience

DreamLive Pro

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

GrooveMeter

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

DreamLive Pro

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

GrooveMeter

One-time1
  • GrooveMeter activation$4.99

Questions

Is DreamLive Pro free?
DreamLive Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GrooveMeter free?
GrooveMeter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, DreamLive Pro or GrooveMeter?
DreamLive Pro and GrooveMeter are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do DreamLive Pro or GrooveMeter have ads?
Neither DreamLive Pro nor GrooveMeter shows ads.

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