Comparison

Prog Metronome vs Drift

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

Head to head
About

Prog Metronome

Features
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Metronome for musicians who wish to practice to complex rhythmic ideas without fiddling around in DAWs. Features: - Polyrhythm and polymeter - Metric modulations and BPM changes - Any tuplet and subdivision - Nested pattern groupings and repeats - Per-beat volume and sound - Project save and export - Custom sound import - Custom color themes

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Drift

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Most metronomes give you one tempo and hold it there. Music does not work that way, and neither does getting better at it. This one changes tempo while you play. RANDOM TEMPO Set a range โ€” 70 to 140 BPM, say โ€” and the tempo moves inside it. Every 30 seconds, every 8 bars, or at intervals it picks for itself. Cap how far it may jump for a gentle drift, or leave it uncapped and hold on. GAP TRAINER The click plays for a few bars, then goes silent while you keep the tempo yourself. When it comes back, you hear whether you drifted. The beat indicators go dark during the silence, so there is nothing to lean on. Tempo changes wait until the click returns, because a change you cannot hear would make the exercise meaningless. GLIDE Instead of jumping, the tempo can slide gradually into each new value over a few seconds. Good for practising a controlled accelerando. EVERYTHING ELSE Time signatures from 2/4 to 12/8, with the accent on beat one โ€” or switch that accent off so every beat sounds identical Eighths, triplets and sixteenths Three click sounds, from a dry tick to a woodblock Tap tempo Shuffle straight to a new tempo, from the app or from your headphones Save your practice setups as presets Lock screen and headphone controls Keeps playing with the screen off, and can mix with a backing track BUILT AROUND THE TIMING Every click is scheduled ahead of time on the audio clock rather than fired by a timer. That is why the beat stays where it should be instead of slowly sliding, even at high tempos with sixteenths running.

Screenshots

Prog Metronome3 screens
Drift3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Prog Metronome at none against Drift's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Prog Metronome versus Drift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProg MetronomeDrift
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksโ€”
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size39 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZeyu ChenMick Gelissen

In-app purchases

None

Prog Metronome

No in-app purchases

None

Drift

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Prog Metronome free?
Prog Metronome is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Drift free?
Drift is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Prog Metronome or Drift have ads?
Drift shows ads; Prog Metronome does not.

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