Comparison

Metronome++ vs TempoUp

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

Head to head
About

Metronome++

Easily find songs, check their BPM, and create setlists for practice or performance. Automatically save song settings and playback times for seamless rehearsal. Organize your music with customizable parts and practice by measure or time.

Highlights
  • Search songs and find BPM
  • Create and organize setlists
  • Set tempo, beat, and subdivisions per song
  • Practice by measure or time
  • Home screen widget for playback control
  • Lock screen and Dynamic Island support
Features
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Find the song. Get the BPM. Build your set. Search Apple Music for songs, artists, albums, and playlists. Metronome++ finds a useful BPM, adds the track length to your metronome setup, and saves everything for your next practice. Set Up Every Song • Adjust tempo, beats, subdivisions, and accents • Find the BPM with Tap Tempo • Save your metronome settings for each song Build Your Setlists • Organize songs for practice, rehearsal, or performance • Arrange every setlist in your own song order • Add the same saved song to multiple setlists • Move through songs in the current setlist order Practice by Bars or Time • Divide a song into multiple parts • Give each part its own BPM and rhythm • Run a part indefinitely, for a number of bars, or for an exact duration • Move to the next part automatically • Import a song’s track length from Apple Music Stay in Control • Control playback and tempo with Home Screen widgets • Follow the beat with Live Activities and Dynamic Island • Use media controls on the Lock Screen and in Control Center • Keep other audio playing alongside the metronome Make It Yours • Choose sound, haptics, or flashlight feedback • Match the interface to the album artwork • Practice with a polished Liquid Glass design • Keep the screen awake while you practice From finding a song to building the set and practicing every part, Metronome++ keeps everything you need close at hand.

About

TempoUp

Features
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TempoUp is a 3-in-1 practice companion for guitar, bass, ukulele and other string players: a pro metronome, a chromatic tuner and a fretboard scale map that plays every note you tap. One app for iPhone, iPad and Mac. ■ Precise Metronome • 1–500 BPM, set the tempo with the dial or tap it in, with Italian tempo markings • Any time signature: 1–16 beats over 2, 4, 8 or 16 • Four accent levels per beat, so 7/8 = 2+2+3 and other compound grooves take seconds to set up • Subdivisions: eighths, sixteenths, triplets, quintuplets, sextuplets, dotted and syncopated • 20 percussion sounds: classic mechanical, woodblock, cowbell, snare, conga, cajón, shaker and more • Multiple visual themes • Keeps ticking in the background and on the lock screen; time and bar counters show how much you've practiced ■ Pro Tuner • Chromatic auto-detection with cent-accurate readout • 14 instruments: 6/7/12-string guitar, 4/5-string bass, ukulele, mandolin, banjo, balalaika, cavaquinho, violin, viola, cello • Dozens of tunings: Standard, Drop D, DADGAD, Half-Step Down, Open G and more • Reference pitch adjustable from 416 to 466 Hz, with playable reference tones to tune by ear ■ Fretboard Scales • Fretboards for guitar, bass, ukulele, violin and more, sharing instrument and tuning with the tuner • 12 scales and modes highlighted: Major, Natural / Harmonic / Melodic Minor, Major and Minor Pentatonic, Blues, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Locrian • Tap to hear any note, with slides and bends; root notes stand out • Sharp/flat note names, left-handed mirror, up to 24 frets ■ Speed Trainer • Set a start tempo, target tempo, step and bar count, and the metronome speeds up automatically • Starts after a count-in; review your practice history anytime ■ Fretboard Note Trainer • Single-note drills: play the note shown on screen anywhere on the neck • Interval drills: find the note a given interval above the root, from a minor 2nd to the octave • The microphone checks every answer; set the session length and pick the intervals to practice • More practice modes on the way ■ Fully Offline, Privacy First No account, no data collection, no ads. ■ TempoUp Pro The free version includes the full metronome, tuner and core fretboard features. Pro unlocks Speed Trainer, Count-in Bars, Sound Selection, Subdivision Rhythms, Set Reference Pitch and Chromatic Mode for the tuner, More Instrument Tunings, Advanced Scales & Modes, Fretboard Note Trainer, plus every future Pro feature. Pro is available as a quarterly subscription, a yearly subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically and can be cancelled anytime in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://shi1543389.github.io/tempoup/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Metronome++4 screens
TempoUp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Metronome++ at none against TempoUp's 3. Metronome++ also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly). TempoUp's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. TempoUp sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 3 months. Metronome++ asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Metronome++ ships an update weekly, TempoUp monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
Metronome++ versus TempoUp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMetronome++TempoUp
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDongkyu Kim彪 石

In-app purchases

None

Metronome++

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

TempoUp

Subscriptions2
  • TempoUp Pro Quarterly$2.993 Months
  • TempoUp Pro Yearly$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • TempoUp Pro Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is Metronome++ free?
Metronome++ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TempoUp free?
TempoUp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Metronome++ or TempoUp have ads?
Neither Metronome++ nor TempoUp shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Metronome++ or TempoUp?
Metronome++ ships an update weekly, and TempoUp monthly. Most recently, Metronome++ was updated on October 6, 2026 and TempoUp on October 18, 2026.

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