Metronome™ app review

Metronome™

Price: $1.99

Metronome™ by Frozen Ape Pte. Ltd. is a very accurate metronome app.

A metronome is a tool used by musicians to keep time during practice. An actual metronome has a metal arm that can be adjusted to rock back and forth at a set pace. This app does the same function but in a more convenient way.

There are more than 35 different time signatures that can be used to create any tempo you are looking for.  You can also create complex and compound meters such as 1-13/2, 1-13/4, and 3/8. There are also six rhythm patters for the simple meters and three for compound meters. Customizing the accents or turning beats off are also possible to create very complex rhythms.

The display is brought to life with features such as the visual feedback from the pulsing LED animation. You can also view a pendulum animation. On top of stunning visuals there are useful features such as the ability to store pre-sets in multiple set lists as well as an advanced management system for each set list. The advanced settings let you overwrite, copy between set lists, and delete multiple items simultaneously.

Metronome™ was updated to Version 3.0 on March 13, 2013 and included many new features and modes. There have been 14 ratings for the current version with an average score of four out of five stars.

I like the quality and wide array of features packed into this little app. The metronome is very accurate and the visuals are pretty neat.

For: iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation), iPod touch (5th generation) and iPad with iOS 5.0 or later