Bounce Metronome Pro is a visual metronome for musicians practicing tempo and rhythm. It supports odd time signatures, arbitrary subdivisions, swing, drum rudiments, polyrhythms, additive rhythms, and rare rhythms. Tempo controls include tap tempo, fractional BPM, gradual changes, silent intervals, speed drills, and automatic switching between tempos and rhythms. Players can follow bouncing visuals, conducting patterns, and beat or sub-beat counts, or use silent metronome mode. Pro adds accents, selectable instruments, chord accompaniment, stereo panning, and MIDI output for VSTi and sound fonts. The maker describes accessibility features for blind, visually impaired, and deaf musicians. A fully featured 30-day Pro trial comes with the download and can be started when the user chooses. After it ends, animations pause every few seconds and audio times out after a few minutes unless an unlock key is purchased. Bounce Metronome Pro costs 29.99 USD per once for Windows desktop; the current download can run on Linux using Wine. The maker says downloadable programs do not collect data, include spyware, or serve ads.
Who it is for
It suits musicians who need visual guidance, detailed rhythm patterns, or tempo practice tools. The maker also describes accessibility features for blind, visually impaired, and deaf musicians.
What is good
- Supports odd signatures and polyrhythms.
- Includes tap tempo and speed drills.
- Offers visual and silent metronome modes.
- Provides MIDI output and chord accompaniment.
- A 30-day Pro trial is included.
What to know first
- After the trial, animations pause every few seconds.
- After the trial, audio times out after a few minutes.
- Current download is for Windows; Linux use requires Wine.
- Older 32-bit Mac beta does not run on High Sierra or later.
Verdict
Bounce Metronome Pro brings visual cues and extensive rhythm and tempo controls into a practice tool. Note the trial behavior and platform details before relying on it.
Bounce Metronome Pro plans and pricing
All plansCompared on metronome apps
- Free plan
- Yes
- Tap tempo
- Yes
- Subdivision control
- Yes
- Custom time signatures
- Yes
- Polyrhythm support
- Yes
- Platform coverage
- Windows, Linux
