Metronome vs Practimo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Metronome
This app provides a precise metronome for musicians, offering customizable beat timing, accent shaping, and structured practice tools. It includes features like tempo training, gap training, and practice presets to enhance focused musical practice. Designed for reliability and ease of use, it works offline and without ads.
- Precise beat scheduling
- Tap tempo and quick BPM controls
- Customizable accents and mute
- Tempo and Gap Trainer
- Practice Presets and Sets
- Background playback
- Offline core features
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Build better timing with a precise metronome made for focused practice. Set your BPM directly, tap to find a tempo, shape the accents in each bar, or use structured practice tools that become more demanding as you improve. PRECISE METRONOME • Reliable, drift-resistant beat scheduling • Tap tempo and quick BPM controls • Common and odd time signatures • Per-beat accents and mute • Eighth-note, triplet and sixteenth-note subdivisions • Multiple click sounds, stereo panning and click volume • Visual beat dots or a mechanical pendulum • Optional haptic feedback and colour flash PRACTICE WITH PURPOSE • Tempo Trainer to increase or decrease BPM over complete bars • Gap Trainer to alternate audible and silent bars • Countdown timer and stopwatch • One-bar count-in • Practice Presets that save tempo, time signature, subdivision, accents and count-in • Practice Sets that run your presets in order, with optional time or bar goals • Daily practice time, total time and streaks stored on your device STAY IN THE FLOW • Background playback • Lock Screen Live Activities and Dynamic Island controls on supported iPhones • Keep-screen-awake option • Light and dark themes with multiple colour schemes FOCUSED BY DESIGN • No advertisements • No account required • Core practice features work offline • Settings and practice activity are stored locally Metronome is built for musicians at every level who want dependable timing and useful practice tools without unnecessary distractions.
Practimo
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Practicing but not progressing? Practimo turns scattered notes and timers into one guided daily routine — so you always know what to work on, and you can hear yourself improve. • Build a routine by dragging focus items — technique, scales, a song, sight-reading — into the order you want • Hit Start and follow a guided session: per-item timer, metronome, and quick notes, all in one place • Record before/after clips and compare them weeks apart — real proof you're getting better • Rotation surfaces what you've been neglecting, so practice never goes stale • Track your streak and weekly minutes • A genuinely complete metronome (subdivisions, accents, visual + haptic beat) and a chromatic tuner with standard & alternate guitar tunings — free, ad-free, forever Practimo Pro is a one-time unlock — no subscription: unlimited routines, unlimited recordings, and your full 12-week progress view. You own it. Works for any instrument, guitar-first. No account required, and your practice data stays on your device. Terms of Use: https://practimo.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://practimo.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Metronome at none against Practimo's 1. Practimo's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs monthly). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Practimo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Metronome asks for nothing beyond the download.
Metronome ships an update monthly, Practimo every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Metronome | Practimo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Konstantin Merenkov | Aner Sarid |
In-app purchases
Metronome
No in-app purchases
Practimo
- Practimo Pro$19.99
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