Comparison

Touch Metronome vs Sight Pocket

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

Head to head
About

Touch Metronome

This music app offers intuitive operation and a customizable interface for musicians. It provides accurate rhythm selection and advanced functionality for tempo control and beat adjustment. Developed by a leading instrument manufacturer, it's designed for iOS devices.

Highlights
  • Intuitive single-screen operation
  • Customizable interface layout and colors
  • Accurate tempo control (10-1000 bpm)
  • Adjustable rhythms with beat muting/accenting
  • Save and load common settings
  • Background play compatible
Features
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〓 Intuitive, enjoyable operation 〓 Elegant, customisable interface 〓 Accurate, diverse rhythm selection ◎ Developed for musicians by a leading musical instrument manufacturer. ◎ Designed for iOS, with a clean, elegant interface. ===================================== ● Matching Touch Tuner app also available! ===================================== ■Key strengths 1: Operability - All operations available from a single screen - Effortless, single-finger operation - Intuitive interface with swipeable control dials - Realistic animation effects ■Key strengths 2: Customisability - Freely adjustable interface layout and colour - Amusing ‘auto-layout’ mode - Selectable wallpaper background with accent flash - Adjustable pendulum position and motion settings ■Key strengths 3: Functionality - The highest level of tempo accuracy possible with an iPhone - Adjustable tempo range from 10 to 1000 bpm - Simultaneously set the number of beats and tempo with multi-tapping - Background play compatible - Fine adjustment and dynamically changeable tempo - Adjustable rhythms by muting/accenting individual beats - Load and save common settings as Songsets

About

Sight Pocket

Develop true sight-reading skills with daily, unique drum exercises. Customize difficulty, practice with auto-playback and groove modes, and utilize practical drum notation. Ideal for drummers preparing for performances or seeking to improve reading abilities.

Highlights
  • Daily unique drum exercises
  • Customizable note values and difficulty
  • Auto-playback of exercises
  • Groove mode with background rhythm
  • Practical drum notation support
  • Unlimited exercise generation (Premium)
Features
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Sight-reading. In your pocket. Read. Listen. Play. Sight Pocket is a sight-reading and music-reading practice app for drummers. Tap Generate to create a new chart, read the notation, listen to the playback, and play it yourself. Customize your exercises and revisit your favorites to make reading part of your daily practice. ■ A New Chart. A New Challenge. Generate a new exercise at the tap of a button. Bring fresh material into your usual practice routine and work on reading rhythms as you encounter them. ■ Practice That Fits Your Level Choose note values, rests, markings, and difficulty to suit your needs. Work on patterns you find challenging or try rhythms you want to explore next. ■ Hear What You Read Play back a generated chart to check how the written rhythm sounds. Use the playback as a reference while you practice. ■ Read Beyond the Notes Bring the markings you encounter in performance into your daily practice: repeat signs, ties, accents, dynamic markings, and first and second endings. ■ Keep the Groove. Read the Hits. In Groove Mode, practice reading just the hits while playing a basic beat. Work on reading within the flow of a groove. ■ Save Your Favorites. Play Them Again. Revisit previously generated charts in History, and save your favorites for another session. Return to an exercise you want to review and practice it again. ■ Take Your Charts Beyond the Screen With Premium, save your charts as images or export them as PDFs for personal practice and drum lessons. ■ From Practice to Performance Designed from a drummer's perspective, Sight Pocket brings practical reading exercises to your daily practice, concert band and big band preparation, and drum lessons. ■ Free Plan • Generate up to 5 exercises per day. • Image saving and PDF export are not included. ■ Premium Plan $2.99 per month. • Unlimited exercise generation • Save charts as images • Export charts as PDFs • Access to all future features and updates Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://tabitoozaki.github.io/sightpocket-privacy/

Screenshots

Touch Metronome4 screens
Sight Pocket4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Sight Pocket at Free against Touch Metronome's $0.99. Sight Pocket also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 57%) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 13 months). Touch Metronome's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On 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

Sight Pocket is free to download; Touch Metronome costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Touch Metronome ships an update every 13 months, Sight Pocket every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Touch Metronome versus Sight Pocket: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTouch MetronomeSight Pocket
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKawai Musical Instruments Manufacturing Co., Ltd.tabito ozaki

Customer experience

Touch Metronome

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral10.7%
Negative32.1%

Sight Pocket

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Touch Metronome

No in-app purchases

None

Sight Pocket

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Touch Metronome free?
Touch Metronome costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sight Pocket free?
Sight Pocket is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Touch Metronome or Sight Pocket have ads?
Neither Touch Metronome nor Sight Pocket shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Touch Metronome or Sight Pocket?
Touch Metronome ships an update every 13 months, and Sight Pocket every 6 weeks. Most recently, Touch Metronome was updated on October 21, 2026 and Sight Pocket on October 10, 2026.

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