Keep Time

Name: Keep Time
Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Author: Justin Okun

The visual metronome

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad

2 Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Music
Developer

Justin Okun
Language

EN
English
Size

2.8
MB

Are you a musician who wants to improve your playing? Metronomes are a great way to work on your speed, timing, and accuracy, no matter what instrument you play! Keep Time is a free, fully functioning metronome with a strong visual component. Featuring: - Adjustable speed using touch gestures. You can tap the screen to synchronize it with your tempo. - 4 different metronome sounds - 7 different color choices for the visualizer and interface, including a "rainbow" option - Sub-division options such as: 8th notes, 16th notes, triplets, and shuffles - Visualizer configurable to display 2-8 beats per measure - Advanced features such as Auto Adjust and Simulate Human Rhythm available via In-App purchase - Support for iPad multitasking - Remote tempo adjustment using Apple Watch Directions: Keep Time is operated by using the menu at the bottom of the screen. Start and pause the metronome by using the "Play" button on the far left. Use the "Settings" menu to change the speed, sounds, and colors. Push the "Visualizer" button to remove the settings menu overlay. Finally, the "More" button provides technical information and links to the entire Okunarium Labs catalog.

Ratings & Reviews

4.0

out of 5

2 Ratings

Great Visual Metronome
06/14/2020

jocelyn.bethany
I love this metronome for silently keeping time. I would give the app 5 stars if the number of colors in the rainbow mode matched the number of beats per measure so that the first beat was always a designated color. I’m able to keep time to the color change while reading music, but I have difficulty noting the position of the color bands while reading music.
Great Visual Metronome
06/14/2020

jocelyn.bethany

I love this metronome for silently keeping time. I would give the app 5 stars if the number of colors in the rainbow mode matched the number of beats per measure so that the first beat was always a designated color. I’m able to keep time to the color change while reading music, but I have difficulty noting the position of the color bands while reading music.
Nice but lacks basic steady rhythm.
05/17/2015

TunaPote
It's a very simple to use app with nice features. Nothing fancy, just exactly what you need. Swing beat, increasing or decreasing tempo are nice and humanize feature is cool. But there seem to be a bug so even if I put humanize to off, the metronome doesn't play a straight rhythm. It's still usable but really annoying. If that was fixed I'd put a 5 star rating.
Nice but lacks basic steady rhythm.
05/17/2015

TunaPote

It's a very simple to use app with nice features. Nothing fancy, just exactly what you need. Swing beat, increasing or decreasing tempo are nice and humanize feature is cool. But there seem to be a bug so even if I put humanize to off, the metronome doesn't play a straight rhythm. It's still usable but really annoying. If that was fixed I'd put a 5 star rating.
Great but for a couple of flaws
11/18/2019

CJ345820463aaw
Would be great but for one giant flaw. While the app is running, if you accidentally swipe across the screen, for example when moving the phone, it changes the BPM to match what it thinks you tapped, with random results. I have several times started recording something and then noticed that the app's tempo was way off from what I had set. This could be easily fixed by adding a 'lock tempo' option but right now there's now way to lock in the BPM. This happens to me pretty much whenever I use the app. Also a minor flaw: the font used to tell you what BPM it's been set to is very very small. But this is the one piece of information a user will need to see without having to get up close to the phone!

Developer Response
Thank you for the feedback. Both of your suggestions are addressed in the next version. It will be available soon.
Great but for a couple of flaws
11/18/2019

CJ345820463aaw

Would be great but for one giant flaw. While the app is running, if you accidentally swipe across the screen, for example when moving the phone, it changes the BPM to match what it thinks you tapped, with random results. I have several times started recording something and then noticed that the app's tempo was way off from what I had set. This could be easily fixed by adding a 'lock tempo' option but right now there's now way to lock in the BPM. This happens to me pretty much whenever I use the app. Also a minor flaw: the font used to tell you what BPM it's been set to is very very small. But this is the one piece of information a user will need to see without having to get up close to the phone!
Developer Response 05/25/2020
Thank you for the feedback. Both of your suggestions are addressed in the next version. It will be available soon.
Perfect
12/10/2012

AshleyZM
Except for one little request... Can you add a "silent" sound for the beat (for when I forget to mute phone?) This app is awesome for psychoeducational testing when counting seconds must be precise. I can see the colors out of the corner of my eye. Perfect! Best visual metronome out there. Thanks!
Perfect
12/10/2012

AshleyZM

Except for one little request... Can you add a "silent" sound for the beat (for when I forget to mute phone?) This app is awesome for psychoeducational testing when counting seconds must be precise. I can see the colors out of the corner of my eye. Perfect! Best visual metronome out there. Thanks!