Transcriby vs Jazzlore Metronome
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Transcriby
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Transcribe music by ear, faster. Transcriby helps musicians, students, and music teachers figure out songs by ear. Load any audio file or video from your device, slow it down without changing the pitch, loop the tricky bars, and visually scrub through the waveform until every note clicks into place. Designed for iPad in landscape โ also great on iPhone in portrait โ Transcriby gives you the controls professional transcription software has, in an app that opens in two taps. WHAT YOU CAN DO โข Load any audio or video. MP3, WAV, FLAC, M4A, MP4, MOV โ anything iOS can play. โข Slow down without pitch shift. Drop to 25% speed and the music stays in the same key, so you can hear every nuance without re-tuning your instrument. โข Loop a section. Tap Set In where the phrase begins, scrub to the end, tap Set Out โ the loop activates instantly and plays back gaplessly. โข See the music. The full waveform fills the screen. Pinch to zoom up to 64ร, swipe up while dragging to scrub with sub-second precision. โข Move loops freely. Drag the loop region to slide it through the song, drag the green or orange handle to resize either edge. โข Works with video, too. If you load a video file, the picture appears above the waveform โ swipe sideways on the video to scrub through time. WHY MUSICIANS USE TRANSCRIBY You shouldn't need a desktop DAW or a monthly transcription subscription just to figure out a guitar solo or a chord voicing. Transcriby is built around the workflow you actually use: load โ loop โ slow โ repeat. No accounts, no clouds, no friction. REMOVE ADS โ A ONE-TIME PURCHASE The free version is supported by banner ads and an occasional full-screen ad between file loads. The optional Remove Ads in-app purchase ($8.99, one-time) removes every ad permanently across all your devices signed in to the same Apple ID. PRIVACY Your music stays on your device. Files are copied to Transcriby's private folder, played back locally, and never uploaded anywhere. The full privacy policy is linked from the in-app settings menu.
Jazzlore Metronome
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Jazzlore Metronome A focused, reliable metronome built for jazz practice. Most metronomes are designed for classical practice โ strict downbeats, even subdivisions, a click on every beat. Jazz asks for something different. Jazzlore Metronome is built for the way jazz musicians actually train: - Click on 2 and 4 โ the foundation of jazz time-feel. Internalize the offbeat pulse the way the rhythm section does, instead of leaning on a downbeat crutch. - Skip-measure practice โ click for one measure, silent for the next. Then two-on, two-off. Then four-on, four-off. It's how you build a bulletproof internal clock that doesn't collapse the moment the metronome drops out. - Tap tempo for when you know the feel before you know the BPM. - Clean, distraction-free interface โ large legible tempo, full-screen, dark by default. Made to sit on top of the piano without competing for attention. No accounts, no ads, no tracking, no analytics. The app does one thing and gets out of the way. Works offline โ open the app, set the tempo, practice. Part of the Jazzlore family of jazz reference apps. Free, open source, ad-free, made for musicians.
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The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Jazzlore Metronome at none against Transcriby's 1. Jazzlore Metronome also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.4). On price, update cadence and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Transcriby sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Jazzlore Metronome asks for nothing beyond the download.
Transcriby ships an update every 3 weeks, Jazzlore Metronome fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.
| Parameter | Transcriby | Jazzlore Metronome |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly โ better |
| Ads | Yes | No โ better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No โ better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.4 | 16.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jun Young Lee | Aurelien Fontaine |
In-app purchases
Transcriby
- Remove Ads$8.99
Jazzlore Metronome
No in-app purchases
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