Metronome Beats

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4.8
181K reviews
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Everyone
10M+
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About this app

Metronome Beats — a free, accurate metronome, drum machine, and speed trainer designed by musicians. With over 25 million downloads, it's used worldwide for solo and group practice, teaching, live performance, dance classes, running cadence, and golf putting drills.

Built for one-handed control: tap to nudge the tempo by 1 or 5 BPM, sweep the slider, or tap out a tempo with your finger. Visual beat indicators let you follow the bar at a glance — mute the sound and stay in time visually while you read music or talk to your students. Settings are saved automatically, so you pick up exactly where you left off.

Practise smarter:
- Speed Trainer — gradually increase or decrease tempo by bars or seconds to push your speed without losing time.
- Drum Machine — play along to real grooves with multiple drum kits, programmable patterns, and full mixer control.
- Polyrhythms, swing, and complex subdivisions — up to 16 clicks per beat, custom accent patterns, and unusual time signatures.
- Tap tempo — don't know the BPM? Tap it in.

Built-in features:
- Tempo from 1 to 900 BPM
- Italian tempo markings (Largo, Allegro, Vivace…)
- Custom presets — save and recall your go-to settings instantly
- Per beat mute and accent control
- Adjustable pitch and custom sounds so you can hear the click over your instrument
- Timer to stop the metronome after a set number of bars or seconds
- Bar and beat counter
- Plays in the background alongside sheet-music and tab apps
- Lock-screen and Bluetooth media controls
- Optimised tablet layout — every control on one screen
- Light and dark themes
- Export and import settings as .mbeats files to share between devices

Metronome Beats Pro unlocks tools for serious practice and live performance:
- Setlists — chain presets together for rehearsals and gigs
- Songs — build a song from sections (intro, verse, chorus…) each with its own tempo, time signature, and bar count
- Live mode — large, gig-friendly controls and quick switching between songs on stage
- No adverts

Whether you're learning your first scale, drilling tricky passages, or running a band rehearsal, Metronome Beats keeps you in time.
Updated on
May 19, 2026

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Location, App activity and 2 others
This app may collect these data types
Location, App activity and 2 others
Data is encrypted in transit
Data can’t be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.8
172K reviews
Kathleen Spence
May 16, 2026
I'm using the app for my practice sessions. I'm a returning flute player after 53 years, and I'm playing with a band for the first tune since high school. I need to "woodshed" a lot of the speedy passages, and this has been very helpful in keeping me on track. I can start slowly, then gradually speed up to where I'm expected to be! Thank you so much! I anyone had told me even 2 months ago that I would've come this far by then, I never would've believed them!
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Stonekick
May 21, 2026
Thanks for your feedback. We're pleased that Metronome Beats has helped you with returning to playing.
Kayle Needler
April 6, 2026
for a free app its amazing but i payed 10$ for the extra stuff hoping for some more drum sounds and they are all pretty much the same. the only very different one "Djembe" is part of the free app, theres a slightly different eletronic sounding one but paying 10$ is crazy. all the others are im NOT JOKING atleast 50% the same drumset with only a few of the lanes having a different sound. if youre going to pay money for a music app, get a real one.
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Stonekick
April 13, 2026
Hi, the preset drum patterns are included in both the free and paid versions of the app. The paid version adds different drum packs for when you are creating your own patterns. It also includes the ability to save your settings, and create Setlists and Songs. If you have any further questions you can get in contact at support@stonekick.com.
John Bane
May 6, 2026
I am approaching 60 and have never seriously tried to play an instrument. I can not read notes well just yet. Trying to keep time in my head while my brain is focused on learning notes can be frustrating. Your app allows me to hear the beat while my eyes and part of my brain are playing music one note at a time. I am doing things the hard way. I am learning the music notes first, the chords will come later. Your app has helped so much with my learning style and needs. THANK YOU.!!! John B.
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What’s new

You can now backup and sync your presets, setlists, and songs across all of your devices. Sign in from the app side menu.

You can also now use MIDI devices to control the metronome. Configure this in Preferences.

We hope that you like these changes. If you have any questions or feature requests you can email us at support@stonekick.com.