Comparison

Simple Metronome & Tuner vs TempoUp

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

Head to head
About

Simple Metronome & Tuner

Features
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ROMIICK Metronome opens ready to play: a simple, beautiful instrument built for accurate practice. Set 30–300 BPM with the tactile rotary wheel or fine-tune the tempo using +/−, then use the large control to start or stop. Choose a meter with a numerator from 1 to 12 and a denominator of 2, 4, 8, or 16. Select quarter notes, eighth notes, triplets, or sixteenth notes, and make the first beat stand out with an accent. Three synthesized click sounds, volume and haptic controls, and a bidirectional beat-synced pulse lane keep the beat clear by ear, touch, and sight. Choose from three visual finishes. Playback continues in the background, and your latest settings are restored automatically. One metronome is free to use. A single Premium purchase unlocks multiple metronomes saved locally on your device. The chromatic tuner listens through the microphone and clearly shows note, octave, Hz, cents, and tuning deviation. Set A4 from 430–450 Hz or play reference tones from C3–C7. Audio analysis stays entirely on your device. Focused by design: no account, ads, subscription, sheet music, practice history, timer, or cloud. Precise rhythm and tuning in one instrument.

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

Simple Metronome & Tuner4 screens
TempoUp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Simple Metronome & Tuner at none against TempoUp's 3. Simple Metronome & Tuner also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Simple Metronome & Tuner asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Simple Metronome & Tuner ships an update weekly, TempoUp monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Simple Metronome & Tuner versus TempoUp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple Metronome & TunerTempoUp
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRomiick LLC彪 石

In-app purchases

None

Simple Metronome & Tuner

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 Simple Metronome & Tuner free?
Simple Metronome & Tuner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TempoUp free?
TempoUp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Simple Metronome & Tuner or TempoUp have ads?
Neither Simple Metronome & Tuner nor TempoUp shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Simple Metronome & Tuner or TempoUp?
Simple Metronome & Tuner ships an update weekly, and TempoUp monthly. Most recently, Simple Metronome & Tuner was updated on October 22, 2026 and TempoUp on October 18, 2026.

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