Comparison

Pulseview Metronome vs Visual Metronome

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

Head to head
About

Pulseview Metronome

This metronome app provides a visual representation of the beat, allowing musicians to keep time by sight. It offers two distinct visual modes and extensive customization for tempo, accents, colors, and sounds. Designed for practice in any environment, it features an immersive mode that hides controls for distraction-free use.

Highlights
  • Visual beat display (Bars & Circle)
  • Adjustable tempo (10-360 BPM)
  • Customizable accents and bars
  • Multiple color schemes and click sounds
  • Immersive mode for distraction-free practice
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Most metronomes are made to be heard. This one is made to be seen. Pulseview shows you the beat as clearly as it plays it — so you can keep time in a loud rehearsal room, on a noisy stage, or with headphones off entirely. TWO WAYS TO SEE THE BEAT • Bars — each beat is a column that lights up in turn, its height showing the accent • Circle — beats arranged in a ring, pulsing as the bar comes round BUILT FOR REAL PRACTICE • Tempo from 10 to 360 BPM, adjustable in fine or coarse steps • Tap tempo — tap along with a track and the app works out the speed • Bars of 1 to 16 beats • Four accent levels per beat — silent, soft, medium, accented — so you can build anything from a plain 4/4 to complex mixed-metre patterns MAKE IT YOURS • Twelve colour schemes, from high-contrast crimson to a restrained monochrome • Eight click sounds: classic click, wood block, drum stick, clave, hi-hat, cowbell, kick drum, and a pure sine tone • Light and dark themes, following your system setting IMMERSIVE MODE One tap hides every control and leaves only the rhythm pulsing on screen. Prop your phone on a music stand and glance at it — no buttons, no clutter, nothing to distract you. NO NONSENSE No account. No ads. No subscriptions. The metronome works offline. Optional usage analytics not linked to an account stays off unless you allow it. Supported production builds automatically send limited crash and diagnostic data to Google Firebase to help us fix reliability problems.

About

Visual Metronome

Features
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See the beat while you practice. Visual Metronome pairs a clear tempo control with 19 animated rhythm scenes, from a classic pendulum to ripples, rings and a pulse orb. PRACTICE AT YOUR PACE Set a tempo from 30 to 300 BPM using the tempo ruler, plus and minus controls, direct number entry, or tap tempo. Choose 2/4, 3/4, 4/4 or 6/8, with quarter notes, eighths, triplets or sixteenths. MAKE THE BEAT YOURS Choose a click sound, adjust volume, and set individual beats to normal, accented or silent. Build a rhythm in the multi-track pattern editor. Mute the click while keeping the visual beat, or enable a haptic pulse on supported devices. BUILD A PRACTICE ROUTINE Use the tempo trainer to move toward a target BPM and the gap trainer to alternate audible and silent bars. Save tempo, meter, accents and sound as presets for your next session. FOCUS ON THE RHYTHM Open a visualizer fullscreen and keep the display awake during playback. Adjust audio delay compensation for your listening setup. No account is required. Settings and presets are stored on your device.

Screenshots

Pulseview Metronome4 screens
Visual Metronome4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Pulseview Metronome at weekly against Visual Metronome's every 2 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pulseview Metronome ships an update weekly, Visual Metronome every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 10, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Pulseview Metronome versus Visual Metronome: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPulseview MetronomeVisual Metronome
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIlia ShatalovMinhyung Kim

In-app purchases

None

Pulseview Metronome

No in-app purchases

None

Visual Metronome

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pulseview Metronome free?
Pulseview Metronome is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Visual Metronome free?
Visual Metronome is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pulseview Metronome or Visual Metronome have ads?
Neither Pulseview Metronome nor Visual Metronome shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pulseview Metronome or Visual Metronome?
Pulseview Metronome ships an update weekly, and Visual Metronome every 2 weeks. Most recently, Pulseview Metronome was updated on November 10, 2026 and Visual Metronome on November 10, 2026.

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