Comparison

Sight Pocket vs Step Metronome

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

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About

Sight Pocket

Develop true sight-reading skills with daily, unique drum exercises. Customize difficulty, practice with auto-playback and groove modes, and utilize practical drum notation. Ideal for drummers preparing for performances or seeking to improve reading abilities.

Highlights
  • Daily unique drum exercises
  • Customizable note values and difficulty
  • Auto-playback of exercises
  • Groove mode with background rhythm
  • Practical drum notation support
  • Unlimited exercise generation (Premium)
Features
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Sight-reading. In your pocket. Read. Listen. Play. Sight Pocket is a sight-reading and music-reading practice app for drummers. Tap Generate to create a new chart, read the notation, listen to the playback, and play it yourself. Customize your exercises and revisit your favorites to make reading part of your daily practice. ā–  A New Chart. A New Challenge. Generate a new exercise at the tap of a button. Bring fresh material into your usual practice routine and work on reading rhythms as you encounter them. ā–  Practice That Fits Your Level Choose note values, rests, markings, and difficulty to suit your needs. Work on patterns you find challenging or try rhythms you want to explore next. ā–  Hear What You Read Play back a generated chart to check how the written rhythm sounds. Use the playback as a reference while you practice. ā–  Read Beyond the Notes Bring the markings you encounter in performance into your daily practice: repeat signs, ties, accents, dynamic markings, and first and second endings. ā–  Keep the Groove. Read the Hits. In Groove Mode, practice reading just the hits while playing a basic beat. Work on reading within the flow of a groove. ā–  Save Your Favorites. Play Them Again. Revisit previously generated charts in History, and save your favorites for another session. Return to an exercise you want to review and practice it again. ā–  Take Your Charts Beyond the Screen With Premium, save your charts as images or export them as PDFs for personal practice and drum lessons. ā–  From Practice to Performance Designed from a drummer's perspective, Sight Pocket brings practical reading exercises to your daily practice, concert band and big band preparation, and drum lessons. ā–  Free Plan • Generate up to 5 exercises per day. • Image saving and PDF export are not included. ā–  Premium Plan $2.99 per month. • Unlimited exercise generation • Save charts as images • Export charts as PDFs • Access to all future features and updates Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://tabitoozaki.github.io/sightpocket-privacy/

About

Step Metronome

Features
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Build the rhythm pattern you need, instantly. Step Metronome — a metronome designed by a professional musician. Want clicks only on offbeat sixteenth notes? Want to combine triplets and sixteenth notes? Want to practice along with a drum pattern? Create the rhythm exercises you want, easily and freely. Developed by professional guitarist Hidehisa Sasaki, drawing on years of performing and teaching experience. From beginners to professionals, across instruments and genres, make rhythm practice more flexible and more musical. PLACE CLICKS EXACTLY WHERE YOU WANT THEM Simply tap the Step buttons to place clicks wherever you need them. Practice with clicks on offbeat sixteenth notes, beats 2 and 4, or specific points in a challenging phrase. Adjust the volume (velocity) of each step to practice accents your way. PLAY THREE METRONOMES TOGETHER Combine up to three metronomes: A, B, and C. Easily create complex patterns by layering different subdivisions, such as eighth notes, triplets, and sixteenth notes. Use snare, kick, and hi-hat sounds to play a drum pattern alongside your click. ADJUST SWING IN 1% INCREMENTS Fine-tune the feel from straight to deep swing. Explore subtle swing in sixteenth-note grooves or the feel of jazz swing, practicing nuances that are difficult to capture with a conventional metronome. AUTOMATIC TEMPO CHANGES AND THREE TRAINING MODES • Step: Change tempo in stages, such as increasing by 5 BPM every 8 bars. • Sweep: Change tempo smoothly to a target over a specified duration. • Random Mute: Randomly silence the click to develop your internal sense of time. Support focused practice, from daily fundamentals to challenging phrases. 65 BUILT-IN PRESETS Explore 65 rhythm patterns created by professional guitarist Hidehisa Sasaki, organized into 7 categories. From basic rhythms to practical exercises, choose a preset and start practicing right away. SAVE AND SHARE YOUR RHYTHM PATTERNS Name and save your patterns, and organize them into categories. Import and export JSON files to share patterns with bandmates or distribute exercises to students. FOCUS ON YOUR RHYTHMIC CHALLENGES • Landing sixteenth-note anticipations accurately • Staying steady when switching to triplets • Avoiding rushing during fills • Keeping your place through long rests • Developing the nuances of swing With Step Metronome, create patterns that target the parts you find difficult and make your practice more focused. For guitarists, bassists, drummers, pianists, wind players, vocalists, and musicians of every kind. Build your ideal rhythm practice environment. Some features require the PRO in-app purchase.

Screenshots

Sight Pocket4 screens
Step Metronome4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sight Pocket at none against Step Metronome's 1. Sight Pocket also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Step Metronome sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sight Pocket asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 6 level
Sight Pocket versus Step Metronome: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSight PocketStep Metronome
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developertabito ozakiHidehisa Sasaki

In-app purchases

None

Sight Pocket

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Step Metronome

One-time1
  • Step Metronome Pro$5.99

Questions

Is Sight Pocket free?
Sight Pocket is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Step Metronome free?
Step Metronome is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sight Pocket or Step Metronome have ads?
Neither Sight Pocket nor Step Metronome shows ads.

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