TwinPath vs Accelerating Metronome
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TwinPath
This app allows for parallel audio effects processing using your existing Audio Units. It simplifies complex signal routing, offering a compact interface for blending or switching between effect chains. Ideal for musicians looking to enhance their audio production workflows.
- Parallel effects processing
- Simplified signal routing
- Cross-fade between effect chains
- Dual mono operation (L/R, Mid/Side)
- Switchable pre/post operation
- Compact control interface
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TwinPath enables parallel effects processing using your existing Audio Units, without configuring busses or complex routings. It hides the details of managing multiple signal paths, and offers a compact, quickly accessible control interface. The result is a consistent setup you can easily recreate in any DAW, regardless of how each host handles audio routing. Among its possible applications, TwinPath pairs especially well with delay effects for dynamic performances. Shifting focus from deep editing to switching between (or blending) entire modules opens up a new perspective and new features – especially when feedback delays are involved. And of course, both approaches can be applied at the same time. Once inserted into a track’s effects chain, TwinPath handles splitting and merging audio streams and provides several convenience features. It offers two main classes of operation: CROSS-FADE • Blend between two effects chains using a single control • Switchable pre/post operation: pre mode preserves effect tails and lets feedback effects "breathe", while post mode offers instant, direct control DUAL MONO • Run different effects chains for Left/Right, Mid/Side, or a continuous blend between them • Channel mapping and FX bias are smooth, performance-friendly controls • Quick and efficient workflow replacement that overcomes functional limits of stock dual mono modes, such as restrictions on independent preset loading PLEASE NOTE: • An AUv3-compatible host is required to use this app
Accelerating Metronome
This metronome gradually accelerates tempo during practice sessions, logging every minute played. It features customizable practice ramps, peak speed tracking, and visual progress reports to help musicians build consistency.
- Gradual tempo acceleration
- Practice logging
- Customizable practice ramps
- Peak speed tracking
- Visualized practice progress
- Tap tempo functionality
- Tuning reference
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Most metronomes only keep a tempo. This one accelerates gradually while you play, and remembers every minute you practice. Accelerating Metronome is a practice instrument, built by a working musician in Seattle over forty years of daily practice. This is not what a product committee would have asked for. It is a cross between a Stairmaster and Duolingo. Designed to motivate you to keep going and growing in your practice. ACCELERATOR Choose a beginning tempo, a target, and how long you want to practice. It climbs the Ramp in steps, so you invest your time playing rather than reaching for the Dial. When it reaches the target it keeps going at that tempo, and extra time is counted separately as Play Time. Practice and playing are not the same thing. And are not counted as if they were. Save and name your own Custom Ramps. PEAK SPEED Mark the tempo where you hit a wall so you have a visual record of your limits. We graph your Peak Speed(s) so you can see your progress. SPIN THE METRONOME Press this and let the Universe choose a tempo for you. Practicing only at the tempos you like is how blind spots appear. And this is the cure. Spin the Metronome before a Group Rehearsal to bring everyone into listening and warming up together beginning with a cue from the Muse. YOUR PRACTICE, VISUALIZED OVER TIME Every session is documented: when, how long, which tempos, and what you were working on. Name your own Categories and each one has its own color. The Calendar shows a month at a glance, with Celebrations and Gold after you have completed a full hour of practice. STREAKS and CELEBRATIONS A Streak counts the days in a row you practiced. Momentum may motivate you to pick up the instrument on an evening you had decided not to. And practice more than an hour every day from Sunday to Saturday and the whole week is celebrated in Gold. THE METRONOME Tempo from a rotary dial you drag with your thumb, the way a hardware tempo wheel works. Three default voices with five alt Sound Banks deliver a wide variety of sounds. Select a Time Signature, and the downbeat gets its own sound. An integrated Tuner and Tuning references from 432 to 445. TAP TEMPO + TYPE TEMPO Tap the BPM Window, and the tempo changes to what you tap. Press and hold to type in a tempo. MIXING The click plays over (or under) your other app's sound, music, podcasts, or a backing track without interruption. The iPhone silent switch does not mute the Metronome. It keeps going when you switch apps or the screen locks, and so does the Accelerator. The Beats align with the audio hardware's clock rather than on a timer, so nothing drifts while you are not looking. Optional Haptics help you feel the Beat through the phone. The screen stays awake while it plays. A Loudness Booster setting doubles the click volume. YOURS, PRIVATE No account, no login, no shared analytics, no advertising, no tracking, no subscription. You buy it once. Your Practice History is only on your phone. Only two features send data, all of it safe, and both are optional and OFF unless you turn them on: 1. Leaderboard, where you choose the name that appears, and 2. Find Quotes online, which sends a name of a musician or artist you type to Wikiquote. You can back up your practice history to your own Files or iCloud Drive whenever you like, in a plain file you can read. It works offline. You can import your history back onto a new device. Portrait or landscape. English and Spanish. This is a motivating, accelerating practice tool you can use to expand and visualize your work over time. * * *
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Verdict
The clearest difference is chart position: TwinPath at #199 against Accelerating Metronome's unranked. TwinPath also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). Accelerating Metronome's advantage is price ($4.99 vs $6.99). On rating, review sentiment, 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
TwinPath costs $6.99 and Accelerating Metronome $4.99 up front. 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 TwinPath against 5.0 for Accelerating Metronome. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
| Parameter | TwinPath | Accelerating Metronome |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6.99 | $4.99 — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | — | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #199 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 114 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | quantovox | Steve Ball |
Customer experience
TwinPath
Accelerating Metronome
In-app purchases
TwinPath
No in-app purchases
Accelerating Metronome
No in-app purchases
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