Steady: Metronome & Tuner
BPM, tap tempo & polyrhythm
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Now with Lock Screen and Control Center controls — start, stop and change tempo without unlocking your phone. Works with AirPods and Apple Watch.
Steady is a clean, precise metronome and chromatic tuner built for real practice. No clutter, no ads in the core app, and rock-solid timing that never drifts.
Whether you play piano, guitar, strings, or anything else, Steady keeps you in time and in tune.
METRONOME
• Tempo 20 to 400 BPM. Drag the big number for fine control, or use the numbered tempo ruler.
• Tap tempo: tap along and Steady sets the BPM.
• Time signatures from 1 to 16 beats, with 2/4/8/16 beat units.
• Tap any beat to accent, soften, or mute it.
• Subdivisions: eighths, triplets, sixteenths, dotted, and swing.
• Polyrhythms: layer 2 to 9 cross-pulses over the main beat.
• Low-latency, drift-free timing pinned to a precise audio clock.
TUNER
• Chromatic microphone tuner with a clear needle dial and live frequency.
• Instrument profiles (guitar, bass, ukulele, violin, cello, voice and more) for faster, steadier readings.
• A scrolling pitch graph so you can see how steady you hold a note.
• Adjustable A4 reference and a drone tone to tune against.
• Advanced tuning with Pro: historical temperaments and transposing instruments.
PRACTICE TOOLS
• Tempo trainer: ramp the BPM up to a target every few bars, or ramp it back down to practise a passage progressively slower.
• Gap trainer: play some bars, go silent, and test your inner clock.
• Random trainer: drop beats at random and hold the pulse on your own.
• Count-in bars and a big on-screen beat number.
• Practice tracker: a calendar heatmap, history charts, streaks and daily goals.
• Preset Sequencer: chart a piece section by section — tempo, meter and accent changes bar by bar — then play the whole thing hands-free.
• Record practice clips, play them back, and share them.
SOUND AND FEEL
• Built-in click packs, all synthesised: a realistic mechanical Tick, plus Wood, Click and Beep. Pro adds Cowbell, Clave, Rimshot, Mechanical and Bell.
• Design your own click in the custom sound studio.
• Vibration on the beat for silent practice.
• Visual modes: flash on beat, a swinging pendulum, or the camera flash.
• Pick your accent colour or a gradient theme.
• Keeps clicking with the screen locked or another app in front, with transport controls on the Lock Screen and in Control Center — change tempo or stop the click without unlocking. Works from your AirPods and Apple Watch too.
FREE AND FAIR
The full metronome and tuner are free forever with no ads. Steady Pro is an optional one-time purchase (no subscription) that unlocks the advanced trainer, practice streaks and analytics, the Preset Sequencer, advanced tuning, premium click packs and the custom sound studio.
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
No ads, no analytics, no tracking. The microphone is used on your device only and is never recorded or sent anywhere. Everything you do stays on your device.
Made by a classical pianist and software engineer who wanted a metronome worth practising with.
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• The App Store page is now available in 12 languages, matching the app itself.
Timing is untouched, as always.
The developer, Daniel O'Dea, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- User Content
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Daniel O'Dea
- Size
- 26.9 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. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Steady Pro $9.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Daniel O'Dea