Metronome: Tempo

Frozen Ape Pte. Ltd.

In-app purchases

About this app

Featured by Apple as "New and Noteworthy" and "Staff Favorite".

Tempo is the premier mobile metronome app. It is used daily by performing artists for their gigs, teachers in their lessons, students for their practices and even golfers and bodybuilders in their training.

Tempo gives you the features you need without sacrificing usability. Its engine is written from the ground up for high accuracy and stability. Over that is wrapped an attractive and comprehensive single-screen interface. Flashing LEDs also serve as buttons to customize beats, enabling the creation of complex rhythms. Save your configurations as songs in setlists and share them with friends, including those using iOS devices.

Tempo features an innovative interface that morphs between five modes that each presents a different combination of functionalities optimized for the task at hand: Basic, Preset, Setlist, Practice and Gig.

Features:

Configuration
- 30 different time signatures: 1-13/2, 1-13/4, 3/8, 6/8, 9/8, 12/8 
• 6 rhythm patterns for simple meters and 3 for compound meters 
• Customize accents or turn beats off to create more complex rhythms
• Tap tempo function 
• Tempo ranges from 10 to 400
• Visual feedback in the form of pulsating LEDs

Setlists
• Store presets in multiple setlists 
• Advanced setlist management including search, overwriting, copying between setlists and multi-deletion
• Quick editing
• Share and backup setlists via email
• Setlists data file compatible with Tempo for iOS

Tracker and Automator
• Track number of bars played or time your practice
• Stop playback automatically when limit reached
• Automatic adjustment of tempo every n number of bars or n amount of time
• Coach Mode alternates between unmuted and muted bars

Sound
• Choose from 12 sound sets, including one optimized for live drumming click tracks 
• Volume control
• Multi-tasking support; playback continues outside of app

Miscellaneous
• Classical metronome and Italian tempo markings 
• Control setlists, tempo and playback with AirTurn Bluetooth controllers
• Five color themes

Ratings and reviews

So far, so good. It fits my needs. The only issue is that I have to repurchase it. Originally, I bought it via the Amazon Appstore, but it never got updated, so I can't install it on my new tablet (with a higher OS version). I searched and found it on the Google Play Store, and the price is reasonable. It's cheaper than most metronome apps, and the features meet my needs. Thanks!

I run this on a standalone tablet. A few times now it's stopped because it needs an Internet connection ! At gigs in remote locations that has basically rendered it useless! Needs to be fixed very soon as I've now started looking for an alternative.

Giving this app 1 star review solely because I have a support issue associated with importing a setlist, and I've reported it twice on the main helpsite and once directly to the developer by email and received not a jot of assistance. If your sharing functionality doesn't work, it's not what its supposed to be. If I can't collaborate with band colleagues I'm not interested - and yes, I did pay for it. If the support people deign to contact me, I'll work with you - but I'm expecting to grow old waiting.