Comparison

BeatSense BPM vs TempoScope

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

Head to head
About

BeatSense BPM

Features
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BeatSense is a simple tempo tool for checking the BPM of nearby music or rhythm and generating a steady metronome click. Key features - Real-time BPM analysis from microphone input - Current tempo and confidence display - Tempo labels for Adagio, Andante, Moderato, Allegro, and Presto ranges - 40-220 BPM metronome generator - Time signatures for 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 6/8, 9/8, and 12/8 - No recording, accounts, ads, or tracking How to use 1. In Detector, tap the start button. 2. Allow microphone access. 3. Play music or a rhythm nearby and BeatSense estimates the BPM. 4. In Generator, adjust the tempo and time signature to play a click. Privacy BeatSense does not store audio or send it to a server. BPM analysis is processed on the device.

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TempoScope

Features
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Hold your phone up to the music and it finds the tempo and key in real time. Drop in an audio file and it pulls tempo, key, and the chord progression in one pass. ā–  Free Ā· Live detection — tempo (BPM) and key from the microphone, as it plays Ā· Delay and reverb times — milliseconds worked out from the detected BPM. Straight, dotted, triplet Ā· The whole metronome — 30-300 BPM, 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 6/8, 12/8 Ā· Bar maps — lay out a song that changes tempo or meter partway through and play it straight through. Section looping included Ā· Six sounds — electronic beep, tick-tock, wood block, cowbell, claves, rimshot Ā· Subdivisions — eighths, triplets, sixteenths, swing eighths, dotted eighth + sixteenth, sextuplets, 3:2 polyrhythm Ā· 59 drum style presets with a pattern grid Ā· Haptic beats (iPhone) Ā· Background playback — keeps clicking while you read a score or with the screen locked Ā· Record to MIDI — record your playing to the click and it writes the notes down as a piano roll (iPhone and iPad, reference only) ā–  Pro (one-time lifetime purchase, not a subscription) Ā· Full-song analysis — free covers the first 60 seconds Ā· Save and revisit your analyses Ā· Setlist — put your songs in show order and on stage you only press Next. Tempo, meter, and drum pattern all switch together. Practice mode lets you save the tempo you settle on straight back to the song. Ā· Playback detection — leave it listening and it finds where songs change, splitting them into a list. Saving the song playing right now by hand is free for the first three Ā· Export MIDI — save a Record to MIDI result as a MIDI file, ready to drop into your DAW ā–  About accuracy Measured against 13 tracks with known answers: tempo was right on 13, key on 12. That is a small sample, so treat it as a guide. Chord detection is well below that and is a reference aid only — it goes wrong most often on ballads with dense harmony. Check it yourself with the free 60 seconds before you decide. Record to MIDI is a reference aid too. In one test — 14 bars of a straight 8-beat drum groove, recorded at a live venue with an iPhone on the music stand — it got the kick and snare right in 13 of 14 bars and caught 43 of 56 hi-hat hits. Recording and viewing the result are free, so try it on your own playing first. ā–  No internet needed All analysis runs on your device. No account, no server, no ads. Audio from the microphone never leaves your device. The only recording kept is the last one you make yourself in Record to MIDI, and it stays on your device too. ā–  Made for Ā· Sound engineers who need a song's tempo fast, on site Ā· Mixing engineers who need delay and reverb times that match the BPM Ā· Performers who change tempo song by song through a set Ā· Drummers practising triplets and polyrhythms

Screenshots

BeatSense BPM4 screens
TempoScope4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BeatSense BPM at none against TempoScope's 1. BeatSense BPM also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, 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. TempoScope sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. BeatSense BPM asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BeatSense BPM ships an update every 8 days, TempoScope weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
BeatSense BPM versus TempoScope: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeatSense BPMTempoScope
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJung Woo ChoiHYO SEOP LEE

In-app purchases

None

BeatSense BPM

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

TempoScope

One-time1
  • TempoScope Pro$2.99

Questions

Is BeatSense BPM free?
BeatSense BPM is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TempoScope free?
TempoScope is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BeatSense BPM or TempoScope have ads?
Neither BeatSense BPM nor TempoScope shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BeatSense BPM or TempoScope?
BeatSense BPM ships an update every 8 days, and TempoScope weekly. Most recently, BeatSense BPM was updated on October 12, 2026 and TempoScope on October 15, 2026.

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