Simple Metronome

Name: Simple Metronome
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.702970504760742 (2800 reviews)
Author: Ethan Brown

Ethan Brown

4.7

2.8K reviews

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Everyone

About this app

This application is a simple metronome. It's simple but has a very stable tempo, unlike
some of the other free metronome applications. And unlike nearly all free applications this
metronome has NO ADS so your kids won't be solicited by dating sites whilst practicing
their instrument.

PERMISSIONS NOTE: The only required permission for this app is for Power Management so it can keep the screen on (on user request).

Features:
Stable tempo
1st beat accent
Store "Favorites" for quick tempo recall (great for setting tempos for live performances)
Works in background AND simultaneously with other audio applications
Visual click for silent operation

This free application is provided courtesy of WheresTheGig.com.

Updated on

Sep 6, 2020

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Ratings and reviews

4.7

2.6K reviews

A Google user

April 23, 2020

Very good for drumming, simple, no ads, you don't really need more than this. Only thing I don't like is that you have to go into the app itself to stop it - can't do it on the lock screen preview, or the dropdown, nor does it stop when you unplug headphones, all of which are ways to stop music playing in any other app. Also wish the click could be louder, since I am drumming to it, but it's hard to complain when it's free and I use it every day. Thanks!

48 people found this review helpful

Ethan Brown

April 24, 2020

Thank you Tom. I like your suggestions for stopping the metronome more easily when it's in the background. Simple Metronome makes an item in your notification list which you can click to bring you back to the metronome so you can stop it, but it would be easier if there was a "Stop" action right on the notification to save the step. --Ethan

Stephen Hutton

August 1, 2021

It's exactly what it says it is. It's very easy to use, with easily adjustable BPM and time signature. My only complaint for this basic program is that if you choose to accent the first beat to know where the 1 is, it accents in a lower tone. For any musician who has a traditional feel for upbeats and downbeats, this makes it seem like it's accenting the 4 instead of the one. It became too difficult for me to keep the count and I got another app where the pitch is higher on the 1.

29 people found this review helpful

Ethan Brown

August 4, 2021

Thank you for your feedback, Stephen. It's a different sound for the 1st beat accent. Perhaps choosing a different click sound would work better for you. --Ethan

Zac Coleman

May 25, 2020

Great app! Simple and easy to use, but also plenty of options for customisation of sounds and tempo, etc. And there are no ads, which is a huge plus to me. Thanks Ethan! Only idea to mention would be that the flash of the visual click feature seems to come before the sound, and end on the audio click. But if you were using the visual one by itself it wouldn't matter. And admittedly, I don't know how it's meant to be, maybe this is normal, and it's just my perception.

22 people found this review helpful

Ethan Brown

May 26, 2020

Thanks Zac! Yes, where to put the visual click in time is something I'd like to improve. I think the best implementation would be to have the visual click start at the same time as the audio click. However, I'm using the audio click to trigger the visual click, so there is some lag. All my best, --Ethan