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True Metronome
What it is
True Metronome is a metronome app for musicians, with a physics-based pendulum, Italian tempo markings, and natural reverb sound. It supports tempos from 20 to 400 BPM, and its frame-accurate audio engine is designed for precise timing. Practice tracking displays daily, weekly, and monthly progress. Beat Detection uses a microphone to identify tempo from an audio source in real time; the maker says this processing happens on the device and audio is not recorded, stored, or transmitted. True Metronome is available on Android, iOS, macOS, and the web. The browser version requires no download and includes tap tempo and a pendulum animation. The free version requires no account and has no ads during practice, but limits free users to five Tap Tempo uses per day. Free users get two skins and one bell accent. True Metronome Pro costs $9.99 as a one-time purchase and adds unlimited Tap Tempo, a Tempo Trainer, live tempo detection, presets, and other features. A special skin is available for $0.99 as a one-time in-app purchase.
For and against
For
- Supports tempos from 20 to 400 BPM
- Tracks daily, weekly, and monthly practice
- Beat Detection processes microphone audio on-device
- Web version requires no download
- Free use requires no account
Against
- Free users get only five Tap Tempo uses daily
- Free version includes two skins and one bell accent
- Pro features require a $9.99 one-time purchase
The verdict
True Metronome combines a broad tempo range with practice tracking and real-time beat detection. The free version covers core metronome use, while Pro removes the daily Tap Tempo limit and adds practice tools.
Who it suits
True Metronome suits musicians, music teachers, and students who need tempo practice or progress tracking. Its web version may suit users who want browser access without a download.
Plans and prices
Free
20–400 BPM · all time signatures · accent bell · 2 skins
Read 15 Oct 2026 · reddit.com
True Metronome Pro
11 subdivision patterns · Tempo Trainer · live beat detection · unlimited presets and tap tempo
Read 15 Oct 2026 · reddit.com
Special Skin
One special skin
Read 1 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com
On the record
- Ads and accounts
- The teacher page says there are no ads during practice, and the free version requires no account.truemetronome.app · read 1 Oct 2026
- Android data safety
- Google Play reports that the app may share location and app-activity data, encrypts data in transit and says data cannot be deleted.play.google.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Android implementation
- The Android listing describes a low-latency C++ audio engine, background playback and a home-screen widget.truemetronome.app · read 15 Oct 2026
- Apple integrations
- The Apple version includes Apple Watch control, Siri commands, widgets, Live Activities and Dynamic Island support.apps.apple.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Beat detection
- Pro uses the device microphone to estimate playing or recording tempo in real time.truemetronome.app · read 15 Oct 2026
- Browser access
- The web version requires no download and works in modern browsers with sample-accurate timing, tap tempo and pendulum animation.truemetronome.app · read 1 Oct 2026
- Data collection
- The app collects limited pseudonymous analytics and does not sell personal information.truemetronome.app · read 1 Oct 2026
- Data sharing limits
- The maker says it does not require an account, sell personal information, collect precise GPS location or use website cookies.truemetronome.app · read 15 Oct 2026
- Developer identity
- Google Play identifies the developer as Mikhail Motyzhenkov and lists a Sacramento, California address.play.google.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Embeddable widget
- The online page says its metronome can be embedded in a teaching or blog page with one line of code and configurable theme and accent color.truemetronome.app · read 15 Oct 2026
- History
- The maker says musicians have used True Metronome since 2012.truemetronome.app · read 15 Oct 2026
- Independent Android footprint
- AppBrain lists the Android app as free, without ads, with over 12 thousand total downloads in its April 2026 snapshot.appbrain.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Licence and self-hosting
- The reviewed product and documentation pages provide no open-source licence, public SDK, public API or self-hosting option.truemetronome.app · read 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: advertising complaints
- MWM summarizes complaints about occasional intrusive ads in the older Lite version.mwm.ai · read 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: locked features
- MWM reviewers complain that the Lite version caps tempo at 160 BPM and locks some controls behind payment.mwm.ai · read 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: sensitive controls
- Reviewers on MWM describe the tempo slider and drag-to-start control as oversensitive, making it easy to change BPM accidentally.mwm.ai · read 15 Oct 2026
- Microphone privacy
- Beat-detection audio is processed on the device and is not recorded, stored or transmitted.truemetronome.app · read 15 Oct 2026
- Natural sound
- Clicks are recordings of real mechanical metronomes with small natural variations.truemetronome.app · read 15 Oct 2026
