Play a track, point your phone at the speaker and watch the BPM settle. Playing in headphones? Tap the beat instead. The number fills the screen and holds still.
Live BPM is a BPM counter and live beat detector for musicians, DJs and producers. Hold the phone up and it reads the song BPM from the music, or tap the tempo yourself.
Four tools, one instrument: Counter, Track ID, Monitor and Match. Tempo is measured on your device, so the BPM counter works with no connection — only Track ID needs one.
Counter — the BPM counter
Hold the phone towards the music and auto BPM detection reads the beats per minute for you. Tapping is there for when the room is too loud, or the track is not playing yet.
• Listen: point the phone at the music and the beat finder works out the tempo on its own.
• Guided: give it a starting tempo and it locks on, even in a busy room.
• Tap tempo: tap the pad in time and watch the BPM settle.
• Back tap: with the phone in your hand, a tap on the back of the case counts as a press of Tap — eyes up.
• Halve or double the reading with one tap when a track comes back at half-time or double-time.
• Decimals: 128.0, not "about 128" — the tenths matter when you are beatmatching.
• Set the tempo range so the Counter searches only where your music actually lives.
Decimals, continuous detection and typed tempo are part of Counter+.
Library and sync
Every reading is saved as you take it and named for you — nothing to remember at the end of a set. The library is stored on the device, so it opens with no connection. Sign in and it syncs across your phones and tablets, so a tempo measured at rehearsal is already there at the gig. The library, renaming, collections and sync are part of Full Kit.
Track ID — know what is playing
Identify the song and artist while you measure the tempo. Useful when you are digging, and when a track goes past and you want the name as well as the BPM. Track ID is the one tool that needs an internet connection.
Monitor — watch the tempo move
A live chart of BPM over time shows what a single number cannot: whether the tempo is holding, rushing or dragging. Set a target tempo and a tolerance band, and Monitor draws the drift as it happens.
• The chart flashes the moment the tempo leaves the band, so you can keep playing and still know.
• Pinch to zoom, tap any point to read the tempo there.
Match — line two tracks up
The microphone reads the master tempo while the track plays, and you tap the cue against it — the difference shows as a signed percentage and updates as you go. Sync phase-aligns the two so the beat indicators line up. Tempo only, no pitch shifting.
Who it is for
DJs and diggers: find the song tempo in seconds with the mic or a few taps, catalog records, beatmatch with confidence.
Drummers and bands: a tempo monitor for rehearsal and for the stage, hands-free while you play.
Producers: get the exact music BPM of a sample before it goes into the DAW.
Dance teachers: check the tempo of a track before you build a routine on it.
How people use it
• What BPM is this song? Hold the phone up and let the BPM detector answer.
• Check whether the band sped up across a song, and by how much.
• Keep a record of the tempos from a set or a practice session in the Full Kit library.
Built for the stage
Dark and light themes, both high contrast, so it reads under stage lighting and in daylight. One hand is enough. With Counter+ the screen can stay awake through a whole set.
Free, Counter+ and Full Kit
Free gives you the Counter with microphone detection and tap tempo, with ads and a limited number of microphone readings.
Counter+ is a single payment that opens the whole Counter: no ads, unlimited microphone readings, continuous detection, decimals, typed tempo, a screen that stays awake, and the option to hide the BPM until the reading settles.
Full Kit is the subscription that adds the other three tools — Track ID, Monitor and Match — along with the library, collections and sync across your devices.
Live BPM: know your tempo. Trust yourself.
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Nope. This one ain’t it. There’s a huge flashing blob on the screen and all sorts of confusing text offing to compare BPM if you sign in - I sure miss the old LiveBPM. It is the only one that really worked. This one will give you a seizure if you look at it.
Counter+ becomes Counter, and there's a new way to keep time.
• Back tap (beta, on every plan): tap the back of your phone to send a TAP anywhere in the app.
• Counter+ is now simply Counter — continuous detection, typed tempo, BPM to one decimal, a reading that waits to settle before it shows, and a screen that stays awake, plus no ads and no cooldown. Already own Counter+? You keep it all, free.
• The tap pad now responds to your touch, and the app runs smoother throughout.
Know your tempo. Trust yourself.
Version 3.1.1
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Seller
Kostiantyn Pogorielov
Size
83.8 MB
Category
Music
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
