True Metronome: BPM Tap Tempo

Real acoustic metronome: natural sound, tap tempo, BPM counter & beat practice.

True Metronome — the practice companion musicians have trusted since 2012.

Free. No ads. No subscription.

Start the metronome in one tap — drag the weight, choose your time signature, and practice. Every beat comes from recordings of real mechanical metronomes, with subtle natural variations that keep long practice sessions pleasant. Not a synthetic click. A real acoustic metronome sound.

WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT

Most metronome apps use synthetic digital clicks. True Metronome records real mechanical pendulum metronomes — the kind that sit on a piano and have been keeping time for musicians since the 1800s. The result is a natural, warm wooden tick that classical musicians, guitarists, pianists, violinists, and students prefer for long practice sessions.

PRACTICE TOOLS (Pro)
- Subdivisions — eighth notes, triplets, and sixteenth notes between the main beats
- Tempo Trainer — gradually increase tempo over a set number of measures, so you build speed without noticing. Perfect for building technique on scales, arpeggios, or difficult passages.
- Beat Detection — the microphone listens and displays your actual BPM in real time. Match a recording, check your own rhythm consistency, or detect the tempo of any music.
- Presets — save and load your favorite setups (BPM, time signature, subdivisions)
- Flash on Beat — the screen flashes on every beat as a visual cue

METRONOME
- Zero timing drift — mathematically precise beats with no clock drift over long sessions
- Natural acoustic sound from recordings of real mechanical metronomes
- Realistic pendulum physics — the pendulum swings with correct non-linear pendulum motion, not a linear animation
- Time signatures from 1 to 13 beats per measure
- Bell accent on the downbeat or custom accent patterns
- Tap tempo to match any song, recording, or drum beat
- Multiple skins and beautiful backgrounds

ANDROID FEATURES
- Home screen widgets — small BPM display, medium widget with full controls, practice time widget
- Quick Settings tile — start, stop, and change tempo directly from the notification shade
- Background playback — keep the beat going while reading sheet music, using a tuner, or anything else

TRACK YOUR PROGRESS
- Practice stats — daily, weekly, and monthly totals
- World Rankings — compare your practice time with musicians in your country and around the world

WHO IT'S FOR

Used by classical musicians, students, music teachers, guitarists, pianists, violinists, cellists, and drummers. Whether you're working through a piano sonata at 60 BPM, building a guitar riff at 120 BPM, running violin scales with a click track, or just checking your rhythm against a steady beat — True Metronome gives you a natural, precise beat to practice against.

ITALIAN TEMPO MARKINGS
Largo · Larghetto · Adagio · Andante · Moderato · Allegretto · Allegro · Vivace · Presto · Prestissimo

FREE VERSION INCLUDES
All tempos (40–208 BPM), all backgrounds, 2 skins, all time signatures, all bell accents, and background playback.

PRO UPGRADE (one-time purchase)
Subdivisions, Tempo Trainer, Beat Detection, Tap Tempo, Presets, Flash on Beat, all skins, and widgets.
No subscription. Pay once, own it forever.

Available on Android phones and tablets.