BeatStride: Rhythm & Cadence

Your metronome should do more than click.

BeatStride combines a professional music metronome with a running cadence trainer — two tools that serious musicians and runners need, in one lightweight app.

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🎵 MUSIC METRONOME
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Built for how musicians actually practice — not just a BPM slider:

• Regular Metronome — precise timekeeping from 40 to 420 BPM
• Practice Ramp — automatically increases tempo over time, the proven method for building speed on difficult passages
• Countdown Ramp — gradually reduces tempo, perfect for warm-downs and controlled deceleration
• Poly Rhythm — play two independent rhythmic layers simultaneously (e.g. 3 against 2), essential for drummers and jazz musicians
• Loop with Fermata — play a phrase, pause, repeat — designed for focused, deliberate phrase practice

Features:
✓ 18 instrument sounds synthesized in real time — woodblock, cowbell, clave, hi-hat, tambourine, bongo, rimshot, clap, bell, and more
✓ Tap Tempo — tap in rhythm with any song to instantly set the BPM
✓ Subdivisions — quarter, eighth, triplet, and sixteenth notes
✓ Custom accent patterns and adjustable measure counts
✓ Sample-accurate beat counter driven by the audio hardware clock

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🏃 RUNNING CADENCE TRAINER
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Cadence — steps per minute — directly affects your running speed and efficiency. Most runners never train it deliberately.

Elite coaches target 170-180 SPM. Most recreational runners stay at 150-160 SPM without realising it is costing them speed and increasing injury risk.

BeatStride gives you five ways to train it:

• Regular — free-run at your target cadence, no time limit
• Timed Run — set cadence and duration, the app stops automatically
• Fixed Interval — structured sets with configurable rest periods
• Custom Interval — build sessions with different cadence and duration per set
• Cadence Ramp — gradually shift your cadence up or down across a session, the safest way to retrain your natural stride

No smartwatch required. No subscription. Just set your target and run.

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📊 SESSION TRACKING
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Every session is automatically recorded:

• Complete session history with mode, duration, BPM and steps
• Activity heatmap showing your consistency over time
• Streak tracking and achievement badges
• Personal bests — longest session, highest cadence, most beats
• Built-in reflections journal — track how you felt, not just the numbers

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WHY BEATSTRIDE
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✓ Under 5 MB — installs in seconds
✓ No account or login required
✓ Works offline — no internet connection needed
✓ All data stays on your device — nothing is uploaded or shared
✓ One app for musicians and runners — not two separate subscriptions

Download BeatStride and start training your rhythm — whatever rhythm means to you.