Metron (Pro Metronome) App Reviews

Its official. With this app, my iPhone has finally become my perfect music studio.

Where do I start...this metronome leaves so little to wish for. You can tap along to music to find out its tempo (use the tap pad, which is visible in portrait mode at the bottom center, with the little happy man SintraWorks logo in it), or simply tap a tempo to set the metronome tempo. (Not sure why the previous commentator did not find it, since it is so obviously there, and listed as a feature right here in the iTunes app entry.) Simple traditional practicing is as easy as with any well-designed metronome, but you get so much more if you need greater flexibility. The control over ways to vary beat speed and beat patterns (rhythm) is virtually endless. There is a large array of controls, but efficiently implemented and laid out. Since the default values are so well chosen, you only need to change those controls that are appropriate for the task at hand. And if, in spite of the intuitive interface anything is unclear, there is even an integrated user guide behind the About tab to dispel any remaining doubts. Many practical adjustments can be made in an instant, but if you want, you can spend some time essentially creating your own, well, compositions. I could list so much of whats possible, but quite a few of the previous commentators have already touched on the possibilities, so Ill keep it very short: if you want near absolute control over your metronome, this is it. Im so chuffed a developer rethought metronome design from the musicians perspective, so we can wield all that power in a way that makes musical sense. I really have only one feature on my wish list for Metron: setlists, but Ive been told that is already in the works. (And, in a way, very basic setlist behaviour is already available trough the list of sequences.) One last thing: the developer proved to be very responsive and appears to enjoy direct feedback from customers.

I hate this app. Im sitting here feeling like I have to learn a new programming language. All I want to do is set up a bar of beats with audible subdivisions, but it beats me how to do it, even after consulting the user guide. I definitely should have chosen the other app I was considering (and now will have effectively paid more for once I buy it, as I will never use this present app.)

Its really comprehensive. However, it has no tap to tempo app in it. I wish it went higher though, 220 is way too slow. It would be nice to have it go up to at least 500.

It is very difficult to figure out how to get the app to work because the directions are impenetrable, for starters. After messing around with it for a couple weeks here and there, I was finally able to program a 6/4-5/4 pattern into the thing. Or so I thought. As I pressed the play button, the screen went blank, and the app froze. Now, I tap on the app, I get a blank metron screen, and then back to the home screen after a few seconds. I wrote the company two weeks ago and they did not respond. Im deleting the app after I finish this review. I would recommend frozen ape tempo 2. It will do mixed meters and is reasonably easy to figure out how to use.

I have played drums and guitar for seventeen years or so. Regardless of what my focus has been on musically I have been a metronome fanatic. After a bit of a learning curve I was able to program looping bar patterns with periodic tempo increases for the eight exercises in the Rudimental Cookbook. As soon as you get a handle on this app, the applications are endless. Please keep this app up to date so I can continue practicing with it. Very pleased.

This metronome has a lot of great features. The ability to create a tempo map for a whole song (with tempo/time changes) is very useful. You can also save your tempo change sequences, apply a tempo scaling factor to the whole piece, and have the metronome speed up (or slow down) slightly each time through, amongst other useful features. It was just a little counterintuitive how to setup a "sequence" and "setlist" but it makes good sense when you get going. Overall, this metronome has horsepower! Money well spent.

Nigh impossible to configure the way I want it. E.g., cant figure out WHY those stupid dot beats are inserted at the end of each bar/phrase. Let alone HOW to get them the heck out of there.

Especially now that it does background metronome. Im almost embarrassed to say I only use the app to pace my cadence on my exercise bike and I use it because my regular metronome drives everyone crazy when it tick rocks away. My family would probably rate this 5 stars or more.

A good, versatile metronome. It a bit of time to figure it out but it is not a simple, single time metronome. It is complex but worthwhile to learn. I am happy with it and use it often.

I bought this for accelerando capabilities and its more than delivered. Also the mixed meter stuff is EASY to figure out (not sure what everyone elses deal is). My only problem is that this is ergonomically tricky to use on the fly- the controls are so small that if you want to flip back to a slow tempo (if you want to repeatedly practice an accelerando for example) it takes several seconds to find an exact tempo thats more than 4 bpm away. If you attempt to slide the control with your finger instead of using the +1 or -1 buttons youll overshoot by 20 clicks, almost always. Even expanded on the iPad its not much better. Id still buy this app for accel. and multi meter but I hope the interface gets updated to be more ergonomic. Thanks!

Everything is there. Easy to use. Quick

I searched high and low to find this app. I wanted to re-create the metronome sequence that Virgil Donato used in his Video "Power Drumming". Its an 7 bar sequence preceeded by an 8 count, and the tempo bumps up from 100bpm to 200bpm in increments of twenty and repeats itself starting from the 8-count again until youre done with several single stroke variations. Its a killer workout for your chops. but all of the Virgil magic distracts you and/or discourages you, and makes you lose count and you miss the tempo changes. So i wanted to emulate it so all i have to worry about is me during the excercises. So... mission accomplished. and its perfect and totally customizeable. Its too much though if you are just wanting a steady pulse or just to work on one time signature. I have 4 other Metronome apps and they all center on some aspect of timekeeping that the others dont. This is an awesome addition to my toolkit and I cant wait to dig deeper into it later. PROBLEM: the video clips on the website are out dated. I initially purchased this based on the demo online only to discover that the interface has changed. It took me another 45 minutes to do what I wanted via trial and error. I dont sight read music but I do have an idea about meters and subdivisions. A begginer or a total score-illiterate will get frustrated and give this app bad reviews... as you have probably already read a few. Cmon guys, it says "professional metronome" in the title. If you want a little clik-tink-tink-tink, then just buy the freebee ones. Ill give it 5 stars when they update the web videos. I really think that is probably whey some people are disgruntled about it. All the reivews are from 2009 and 2010 and are reviewing 2.0 or 2.1. This version is 2.5.2. Just get up to date and itll be cool.

Awkward app. Not intuitive. Worst problem is it crashes half the time I try to add a new sequence. iOS 5.0.1 iPhone 4s.

Great capability but has some bugs. Settings keeps changing on their own. Tap feature is flakey. Not very intuitive in setting up. Id give it a 5+ for capability for the price if not for the bugs.

I bought this app because its very clean and every beat is in that same time like witohut laggs wchich are in free metrnoms!

I was looking for a metronome that would do auto-advancing of tempo and this fit the bill. It can do really complex things with custom beats ala a sequencer if youre practicing a difficult piece of music with various meters and tempos. My needs are not that complex. The biggest thing this app needs is a UI overhaul. The main screen tap targets are very tiny and there is no reason they need to be. Apple HIG suggests a minimum 44x44 tap target and the buttons are smaller than that. They should be as large as possible and possibly have some mechanism for advancing more than a single bpm for a button press (tap and hold for instance). The Play/Pause button should be the largest button on the screen. And how about implementing some gesture recognition? A tap anywhere (not otherwise intercepted by a target) could be used for play/pause. Swipe up/down could raise/lower the current tempo by some fixed amount (determined by a setting). Lastly, Ive noticed some bugginess with the beat indicators not functioning correctly with variance being set, and/or adjusting the tempo and/or variance on the fly as its playing. The indicators get lost and dont animate correctly.

Perfect if you want lots of features and control over them. Im the kind of guy who wants even more features than this has, so I hope the updates keep adding them. If you prefer simplicity, this aint your metronome. An analogy: its the metronome equivalent of Finale notation software.

Fantastic app! Highly recommend this metronome to any musician, worth every penny!

I enjoy the many options for different patterns. I use this fort High School drumline. Its been very effective.