Metronome Tempo BPM vs Riddiments
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Metronome Tempo BPM
This app provides a simple and focused metronome for musicians. It allows users to set BPM manually, find tempo by tapping, and adjust meter and feel with a minimal interface. It's designed for distraction-free practice on various instruments.
- Adjustable BPM
- Tap tempo counter
- Meter and subdivision controls
- Feel options
- Light and dark mode
- Cross-device compatibility
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BA2 is a clean and focused metronome app for musicians who want a simple way to keep time, find tempo, and practice with steady beats. Set your BPM manually, use tap tempo to find the beat, adjust meter and feel, and practice with a minimal interface designed to stay out of your way. Whether you play guitar, bass, drums, piano, ukulele, or any other instrument, BA2 helps you stay on tempo during practice, warmups, writing sessions, and daily music routines. Features: • Precise metronome with adjustable BPM • Tap tempo counter to find beats quickly • Meter and subdivision controls • Feel options for different practice styles • Clean light and dark mode interface • Works on iPhone, iPad, and Mac • Free to use BA2 is built for musicians who want a fast, minimal, and distraction-free metronome.
Riddiments
This practice tool offers a metronome with up to four independent rhythmic voices, each with its own time signature and sound. Visualize beats through various modes and build technique with practice sessions and a comprehensive rudiment library.
- Four independent rhythmic voices
- Multiple beat visualizations
- Extensive rudiment library
- Practice mode with tempo progression
- Live editing of rhythm parameters
- Universal app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac
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Riddiments is a rhythm instrument for your pocket — a practice tool with the precision of a metronome and the expressiveness of a drum machine. Most metronomes give you one click. Riddiments gives you up to four independent rhythmic voices, each with its own time signature, sound, and feel — all locked to a single tempo. Different time signatures don't drift apart; they interlock into polyrhythm. It's the difference between counting along and actually hearing how the parts fit together. SEE THE BEAT, NOT JUST HEAR IT Four visualizations, one tap to switch between them: • Circular — a beat wheel with a playhead sweeping the ring. The signature view. • Waterfall — notes rise toward a NOW line, so you can read what's coming. • Timeline — every voice as gems on one lattice. Tap to edit, even while playing. • Notation — real single-line percussion notation with sticking letters, accents, flams, and drags. STICKINGS YOU CAN TRUST The built-in library covers the PAS International Drum Rudiments plus hybrid rudiments, rolls, grooves, and ostinato exercises — every sticking verified against published sources. Flams and drags play as true grace notes, on the correct hand. BUILD REAL TECHNIQUE • Practice mode: timed sessions, count-in, gap click, and automatic tempo progression to push your speed up gradually. • Tempo Lock, lead-hand flipping, and Alternate Lead each bar. • 18 built-in percussion voices — snare, kick, hi-hats, toms, claves, and more. • Per-lane swing, volume, and mute. Every control is live — changes land instantly, without stopping. MADE TO LIVE ON A STAND Every control works while you play. Tempo, transport, session time, and mute state stay readable from drumstick distance. Light and dark appearance. Save your own patterns, and your last session is always waiting when you reopen the app. Designed in the spirit of good tools: useful, honest, and quiet until you need it. Universal — one app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Metronome Tempo BPM at every 3 weeks against Riddiments's every 2 months. 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Metronome Tempo BPM against 5.0 for Riddiments. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Metronome Tempo BPM ships an update every 3 weeks, Riddiments every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.
| Parameter | Metronome Tempo BPM | Riddiments |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Baturay Koc | JORGE HAZAEL ANAYA |
In-app purchases
Metronome Tempo BPM
No in-app purchases
Riddiments
No in-app purchases
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