# Time Guru Metronome

> Rhythm & Timing Trainer

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id421929034](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id421929034)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id421929034`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Avi Bortnick
- **Category:** Music
- **Rating:** 4.50 / 5 (450 ratings)
- **Version:** 5.7.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-20
- **First published:** 2011-03-17
- **Size:** 6.75 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-26
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/time-guru-metronome/id421929034)
- **Website:** [http://avibortnick.com/time-guru/](http://avibortnick.com/time-guru/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://avibortnick.com/time-guru-privacy/](https://avibortnick.com/time-guru-privacy/)

## Description

**Time Guru Metronome** is a rhythm and timing trainer designed to strengthen your internal sense of pulse. Its unique random and pattern muting features periodically silence the metronome, helping musicians identify whether they rush, drag, or lose their place.

Create unlimited sequences of complex meters—including combinations such as 4/4, 7/8, 3/4, 11/16, and 3/8—and rearrange them with drag-and-drop. Gradually increase or decrease tempo to build technique, use the practice timer for focused sessions, and tap tempos from 5–300 BPM.

The app also includes 35 sound sets, drum machine-style rhythmic patterns, multilingual voice counting in English, Chinese, French, German, and Russian, iCloud backup and sync, light and dark themes, and full VoiceOver accessibility. A custom audio engine provides precise, reliable timing for practice and performance preparation.

## Rankings

- #77,159 — Overall

## Review summary

Time Guru Metronome excels at flexible rhythm/tempo customization (odd meters, pattern-based mute) and per-song presets with instrument-specific sounds, making it a powerful teaching and practice tool. Reviewers praise its versatility and ability to help internalize timing. However, multiple reviews note post-update reliability and UI issues: performance slowdowns, light/sound desync, and tempo glitches; reorganized UI reduces intuitiveness; trouble deleting or editing saved tempos; and occasional BPM bugs.

### Pros

- Highly flexible meter and rhythm customization (odd meters, patterns, and mixing rhythms)
- Random mute/pattern mute feature to aid timing practice
- Per-song tempo/time presets with instrument-specific sound options
- Great teaching tool for uneven pulses and complex rhythms; versatile for practice
- Simple on-device metronome that can scale from basic clicks to powerful training setups

### Cons

- Post-update reliability and synchronization issues (lag, slow performance, light vs sound desync, tempo glitches)
- UI/UX complexity after updates (reorganized features; not intuitive; hard to program)
- Difficulty managing saved tempos/presets (inability to delete tempos; editing tempo lists issues)
- Tempo-specific bugs (occasional BPM jumps like 99-101; can't set 100)

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