TrueMetronome 4+

Mikhail Motyzhenkov

Designed for iPad

    • £2.99
    • Offers In-App Purchases

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Description

This metronome app is created by a musician for musicians. Almost all metronome apps boast about their accuracy, but users with sensitive hearing notice inaccurate beats all the time. It used to be impossible to create a perfectly accurate metronome on a mobile device. Despite the failure of other apps, perfect time is possible for TrueMetronome: its unique engine creates perfect beats with ABSOLUTE ZERO error. For this reason, TrueMetronome is the most accurate metronome app on any mobile platform.

Sound quality is the second issue for software metronomes. Serious musicians prefer a natural sound filled with overtones, but all metronome apps play short synthetic samples (so that the first sound stops completely before the next begins). Thus, you hear an artificial, dead sound. Moreover, the identical samples playing at the same frequency can drive any man crazy! TrueMetronome solves this problem thoroughly: all sounds are recorded from real metronomes, a beat does not affect the gradual decay of its predecessors, and each beat's sound is a little different from the others. All this contributes to the natural sound which is easier on your ears.

Finally, an aesthetic, thoughtful interface is an important aspect of any application, and TrueMetronome pays particular attention to it. Creating an electronic metronome interface is simple, but TrueMetronome does not cut corners: it recreates the look and feel of a real mechanical metronome; every mark on the scale is labeled with a tempo mark, the deviation angle of the pendulum depends on the tempo, and the tempo is selected by dragging the weight.

You can adjust the tempo in 2 BPM (beats per minute) increments by dragging the digital weight. This restriction prevents a change of tempo from accidental touches, and when you need greater precision in the selection of the tempo, there are "+" and "-" buttons as well. On the lower part of the metronome, you can turn the bell on and off and select the number of beats per measure.

To start or to stop the beats, simply tap anywhere.

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Key features
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- Perfect beats with ZERO error
- Natural sound without duplicate samples
- Realistic look and feel with particular attention to comfortable usability
- Optional bell on the first beat of the measure
- Selection from all known meters: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
- Tap tempo function
- Skins

What’s New

Version 3.11

Added help tips for first-time users
Added value "1" for the bell

Ratings and Reviews

4.5 out of 5
74 Ratings

74 Ratings

Tiffyleek ,

Tap the top to start and stop

After a frustrating first ten minutes I accidentally tapped the tempo number and figured it out! It’s just like a traditional metronome and it keeps going till I’m done which is a vast improvement on my previous one which kept stopping when the screen closed down on my iPhone. Well done.

Developer Response ,

You can also drag the pendulum to the right in order to start the metronome.

Fazer1k143 ,

Not up to expected standard

This metronome does work, but refuses to align to movement of my iPad (the advertising claims it will work) which causes problems. Firstly the iPad has to sit on one side with speakers which isn’t ideal and is completely unusable whilst the iPad is charging as it would require it to sit on the side the cable it plugged into so is not possible. It is possible to use the app with the metronome on it’s side but doing this ruins the aesthetic of the skeuomorphic metronome interface. If the screen would realign in all four directions, instead on just the least desirable one, this would be a great app and ideal for me. As it is, this app was not worth buying and I wish I had realised at the time there is also a ‘lite’ version I could have tried first.

Chris_Co ,

Nothing fancy, just does what is needed

I use several different metronome apps when I want specific features (SoundBrenner for the whole screen flash on beat one when playing with a group, Smart Metronome and Timer when I need the temp or time signature to change during a piece) but this is my go to app when I just need a simple beat, one click per beat with a clear bell on beat one. It might seem minor but it’s really good that it starts instantly when you open the app.

App Privacy

The developer, Mikhail Motyzhenkov, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

Data Not Collected

The developer does not collect any data from this app.

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Supports

  • Family Sharing

    Some in‑app purchases, including subscriptions, may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled.

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